Customer Reviews

Lockheed's Constellation (Enthusiast Color Series)

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very good fuselage photos and history. Too bad not even ONE interior cabin, cockpit, galley, head etc. shots. especially interesting would have been extensive photo coverage of the interior conversions for private or corporate use. Hopefully the author can go and do a followup with emphasis on interior photos aspect. lastly. a listing of locations where any remaining constellations can still be viewed and or boarded.

It's not a BAD book. Perhaps I should have done more research. It's out of print so the "New" prices are quite high as you can see. I thought I scored by picking up a used one for around $26. Not so much. The original list price was $12.95. For that, it's not so bad. There's very little text and the photos are abundant but not terribly impressive. The vintage pictures of the Connie in commercial service are basically not-terribly-good reproductions of the famous shots we've all seen before. (i.e. the cover shot). The rest are photos that presumably the author took himself fairly recently of restored / derelict Connies at Pima and other places. Also, there's an over-concentration, (in my opinion), on military variants, possibly because of the availability of photo subjects. Like I said above, it's not at all a bad book, but I certainly wouldn't pay more than fifteen bucks for it if I had it to do over again.

Have to apologize for publisher's choice of printing firm in Hong Kong. Didn't do justice to TWA's color scheme on cover. Please disregard rating with this data--couldn't leave blank. Author

There are several excellent books written about the iconic Lockheed Constellation, but unfortunately this is not one of the better ones. It does have excellent photographs -- some that are rarely seen -- but the text is disjointed and not well-organized. The book is not bad or inaccurate by any means, but there are numerous other books that cover the topic more thoroughly; fortunately, there are many publications on this most-famous aircraft.

This thin book has many, many great picture of this classic aircraft, but as text goes, it lacking in depth as well as style. Overall, I'd say it's so-so.