Lockheed L-1649 Starliner
E442594
The Lockheed L-1649 Starliner is a late-1950s long-range, piston-engined airliner and the final, most advanced variant of Lockheed’s Constellation series, designed for transatlantic and intercontinental routes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lockheed L-1649 Starliner canonical | 1 |
| Lockheed commercial airliner design | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4476588 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lockheed L-1649 Starliner Context triple: [Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone, notableApplication, Lockheed L-1649 Starliner]
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A.
Convair 990 Coronado
The Convair 990 Coronado was a narrow-body jet airliner introduced in the early 1960s, known for being one of the fastest commercial passenger aircraft ever built.
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B.
Lockheed C‑69 Constellation
The Lockheed C‑69 Constellation was a World War II-era four‑engined military transport aircraft that served as the precursor to the famous Lockheed Constellation airliner.
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C.
Airbus Voyager
Airbus Voyager is a military air-to-air refuelling and transport aircraft used primarily by the Royal Air Force, based on the Airbus A330 platform.
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D.
Convair 440
The Convair 440 is a twin-engine, short- to medium-range commercial airliner developed in the 1950s as an improved, pressurized variant of Convair’s successful series of piston-powered passenger aircraft.
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E.
Lockheed L-188 Electra
The Lockheed L-188 Electra is an American four‑engine turboprop airliner introduced in the late 1950s, known for its use in both passenger and cargo operations worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lockheed L-1649 Starliner Target entity description: The Lockheed L-1649 Starliner is a late-1950s long-range, piston-engined airliner and the final, most advanced variant of Lockheed’s Constellation series, designed for transatlantic and intercontinental routes.
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A.
Convair 990 Coronado
The Convair 990 Coronado was a narrow-body jet airliner introduced in the early 1960s, known for being one of the fastest commercial passenger aircraft ever built.
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B.
Lockheed C‑69 Constellation
The Lockheed C‑69 Constellation was a World War II-era four‑engined military transport aircraft that served as the precursor to the famous Lockheed Constellation airliner.
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C.
Airbus Voyager
Airbus Voyager is a military air-to-air refuelling and transport aircraft used primarily by the Royal Air Force, based on the Airbus A330 platform.
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D.
Convair 440
The Convair 440 is a twin-engine, short- to medium-range commercial airliner developed in the 1950s as an improved, pressurized variant of Convair’s successful series of piston-powered passenger aircraft.
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E.
Lockheed L-188 Electra
The Lockheed L-188 Electra is an American four‑engine turboprop airliner introduced in the late 1950s, known for its use in both passenger and cargo operations worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lockheed Constellation variant
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airliner ⓘ long-range airliner ⓘ piston-engined airliner ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | all-metal ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Starliner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Super Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 4 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed |
about 330 knots
ⓘ
about 610 km/h ⓘ |
| designedFor |
intercontinental routes
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transatlantic routes ⓘ |
| engineModel | Wright R-3350 Turbo-Compound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | Trans World Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1956-10-11 ⓘ |
| firstOperator | Trans World Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height |
23 ft 7 in
ⓘ
7.2 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1957 ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length |
116 ft 2 in
ⓘ
35.4 m ⓘ |
| majorOperator |
Air France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iberia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lufthansa NERFINISHED ⓘ Varig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Lockheed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumPassengerCapacity | up to 106 ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
about 350 knots
ⓘ
about 650 km/h ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
longest range of any piston-engined airliner
ⓘ
new high-aspect-ratio wing compared to earlier Constellations ⓘ pressurized cabin ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 44 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| predecessor | Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
long-range transatlantic service
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passenger transport ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | late 1950s ⓘ |
| propulsion | four-bladed propellers ⓘ |
| range |
approximately 10,100 km
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approximately 6,300 mi ⓘ |
| series | Lockheed Constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor |
Lockheed L-188 Electra
NERFINISHED
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early jet airliners such as the Boeing 707 ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | triple-tail ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 99 ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| wingspan |
150 ft
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45.7 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lockheed L-1649 Starliner Description of subject: The Lockheed L-1649 Starliner is a late-1950s long-range, piston-engined airliner and the final, most advanced variant of Lockheed’s Constellation series, designed for transatlantic and intercontinental routes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone
subject surface form:
Lockheed C-69 Constellation
this entity surface form:
Lockheed commercial airliner design