C-121A Constellation MATS

The Constellation project was launched in 1939 at the request of the company TWA. Under its military name of C-69 the prototype ���Constel��� first flew on 9th January 1943. After the Second World War, ten C- 121 Constellations were made available by the US Air Force for operations by the ���Military Air Transport Service��� (MATS). The C-121 was a version of the model 749, with seats which could be removed and replaced by stretchers in case of an emergency evacuation. The C- 121 played on active port in the ���Berlin Air Lift��� which started in May 1948 transporting freight from the United States to Europe, and on to West Berlin in smaller aircraft.