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Anyone heard of the constellation group?
« on: 31 January 2022, 19:03:16 »
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Re: Anyone heard of the constellation group?
« Reply #1 on: 31 January 2022, 19:12:32 »
They should buy Duracell etc if they want to car world  :P
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Re: Anyone heard of the constellation group?
« Reply #2 on: 31 January 2022, 20:00:03 »
I remember their vacuum cleaners.  :)
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Re: Anyone heard of the constellation group?
« Reply #3 on: 31 January 2022, 20:06:21 »
I will always associate the term “constellation” with steam locomotives with a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement :D ;)
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Re: Anyone heard of the constellation group?
« Reply #4 on: 01 February 2022, 13:05:14 »
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 31 January 2022, 20:06:21
I will always associate the term “constellation” with steam locomotives with a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement :D ;)

Nah....Royal Enfield. :)
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Re: Anyone heard of the constellation group?
« Reply #5 on: 01 February 2022, 14:33:19 »
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 31 January 2022, 20:06:21
I will always associate the term “constellation” with steam locomotives with a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement :D ;)

I always think of this when I see Constellation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Constellation
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Re: Anyone heard of the constellation group?
« Reply #6 on: 01 February 2022, 17:01:19 »
Quote from: henryd on 01 February 2022, 14:33:19
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 31 January 2022, 20:06:21
I will always associate the term “constellation” with steam locomotives with a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement :D ;)

I always think of this when I see Constellation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Constellation

Me to, I always think of the swiss one that occassionally visits the UK  airshow circuit
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Re: Anyone heard of the constellation group?
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Re: Anyone heard of the constellation group?
« Reply #8 on: 02 February 2022, 16:54:17 »
What the hell does "Vertically Integrated" mean?  :-[  Corporate bullshine at it's finest.
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Re: Anyone heard of the constellation group?
« Reply #9 on: 02 February 2022, 17:00:12 »
TRE will be along shortly to explain :D
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Re: Anyone heard of the constellation group?
« Reply #10 on: 02 February 2022, 19:31:40 »
Quote from: henryd on 01 February 2022, 14:33:19
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 31 January 2022, 20:06:21
I will always associate the term “constellation” with steam locomotives with a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement :D ;)

I always think of this when I see Constellation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Constellation

Indeed, that is the other Constellation I was thinking of.  When I was a child I remember those flying over Tunbridge Wells, and a visit to London Heathrow with Dad in the early sixties also was a chance to see these distinctive planes.

In 1994 my family went back to Malta for a holiday, and we found a Super Constellation looking very sad, parked up in a small plot that had been used as a cafe.  But by then it was out of use.

Just looked that plane up on Google and have found this sad video filmed 3 years before we saw it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbIPoQkYaCk&t=52s

I also found out it was eventually burnt out by an arsonist, shortly before it was going to be restored. There is a picture on Google of it's sad remains. :'( :'(
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