West Milford. A rare 1946 Lockheed L-049 Constellation, the only surviving Air France aircraft of its kind, has stood at Greenwood Lake Airport for nearly 50 years after making a remarkable final landing on the airport’s short runway.
Every day people pass a large, graceful aircraft attached to the Greenwood Lake Airport offices on their way to take flying lessons, skydiving lessons or to visit the diner located on premises.
Few people realize the airliner is one of the rarest surviving airliners in the world. The plane once carried...