VH-EAB (1)  Lockheed L-749A-79 Constellation       (c/n  749-2565)

                                  
                                                                      
                                      The above lovely Kodachrome is from the Bob Fripp collection (via Geoff Goodall)    My own
                                      Qantas supplied B&W back in the 1940s (below) was probably taken at the same time.  This,
                                      the second of four original Connies was named 'Lawrence Hargrave' and often sported the
                                      Speedpak cargo pod as seen in these images.   The L-749s were a common sight at Heathrow
                                      in the late 1940s, having been used on through Kangaroo Route services from Sydney to London.
                                      (The trip took three days).  VH-EAB went to BOAC in 1955 as G-ANUR.