About This Blog ~ This blog is about a series of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) super-hero, sci-fi, fantasy adventure novels called Rainbow Arc of Fire. The main characters are imbued with extraordinary abilities. Their exploits are both varied and exciting, from a GLBT and a human perspective. You can follow Greg, Paul, Marina, Joan, William, and Joseph, as well as several others along the way, as they battle extraordinary foes or take on environmental threats all around the globe and even in outer space. You can access synopses of the ten books using the individual links on the upper, left-hand column.





The more recent posts are about events or issues that either are mentioned in one or more books in the series or at least influenced the writing of the series.









Sunday, April 22, 2012

Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049G Super G Constellation

I suppose if I had to only retain one vintage postcard, this would be my favorite.  The TWA Super G Constellation was one of the most beautiful airliners, propeller, prop-jet, or jet.  The photograph above shows the Constellation "The United States" with lower Manhattan in the background.  The text on the back of the postcard says that the photograph is from sometime in 1955.  It was sad that in 1960, one of the Constellations collided with a United DC-8 over New York City.  That Constellation crashed on Staten Island.  The DC-8 crashed onto a street in NYC.  Only one passenger, a boy about my age at the time, survived the initial crash but died in a hospital a day or so later.  Everyone else on both aircraft died immediately. 


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