page_title: Lockheed L-1649 Starliner
section_title: Surviving aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: Lockheed L-1649 Starliner / Surviving aircraft
caption_attribution_description: English: "Connie" Starliner Airplane at TWA Hotel JFK Airport, New York City
context_page_description: The Lockheed L-1649 Starliner was the last model of the Lockheed Constellation line of airliners. Powered by four Wright R-3350 TurboCompound engines, it was built at Lockheed's Burbank, California plant from 1956 to 1958.
context_section_description: Four Starliners still exist.
  N7316C (c/n 1018)  at Auburn-Lewiston Airport in Maine was being restored to flying condition by Lufthansa. First flight of the restored aircraft was planned for sometime in 2017 to 2018 with the extensive restoration having been continuous since 2007. Lufthansa announced in March 2018 that it is moving restoration to Germany. Decisions about further restoration will be made after it arrives in Germany but they are no longer planning to provide commercial flights.  
  N8083H (c/n 1038), also at Auburn-Lewiston Airport, was being salvaged for parts for N7316C's restoration. The aircraft has been restored and painted in 1950s TWA livery for use as a cocktail lounge at the new TWA Hotel, that opened on May 15, 2019 at the former TWA terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport.  
  N974R (c/n 1040) is on display, outside the Fantasy of Flight museum in Polk City, Florida.
  ZS-DVJ (c/n 1042), currently in Trek Airways colours, is at Rand Airport as part of the static display of the South African Airways Museum Society .
caption: N8083H at TWA Hotel JFK Airport
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