KANSAS CITY CONVENTION Sept. 27-30, 2007
Nichols Fountain at The Plaza
Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza
4445 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
 WE WILL TOUR 'CONNIE"
What some believe is the most beautiful airplane ever built will be returning
to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2006, as the Airline History Museum’s “Star of America”
Lockheed Super Constellation makes its first appearance at the event since 2004.
The resurrection of “Star of America” was aided greatly by a corps of retired
employees from TWA, the airline that flew Super Constellations extensively. With
talented specialists from every aspect of this aircraft’s operations working tirelessly,
the group needed only 18 months to complete the original restoration and begin
nationwide stops on the air show circuit. In the late 1990s, employees from TWA’s
Kansas City maintenance base donated a new paint job in the original TWA colors.
Along with its appearances on the air show circuit, the “Star of America” has
made numerous movie and television appearances over the past 15 years, including
the 2005 blockbuster film “The Aviator.” It is one of the few Constellations or
Super Constellations still flying anywhere in the world, and the only one flying
that did not begin its life as a military aircraft.
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