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#OnThisDay in 1946, the first Lockheed 049 Constellation was delivered to Pan American World Airways. Nine days later, Pan Am opened North Atlantic Constellation service to Europe. Though TWA received their Constellations first, Pan American beat TWA to start Constellation service; TWA's service started on February 5, 1946. Image: Pan American World Airways, Lockheed Constellation, late 1940s. Gift of Jon E. Krupnick. 2008.056.1081 This image was posted on January 05, 2018.

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