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Originally Posted by Coochycool
Can't be sure if it was the same one, but summer 1993 I stumbled across a similarly abandoned Connie in Malta. Fraid the precise location escapes me, but it had certainly been used as a restaurant/diner.

Managed to get inside her, which was I recall a little rough. Looking for souvenirs I found quite a few Maltese coins scattered around the floor!

Cooch
It seems unlikely that there were two abandoned ex-restaurant Connies in Malta.

From Exdac's link
Lockheed Constellation Survivors

Not permanently closed in April 1988 but our visit could well have been one of the last only 5 or 6 months later.

Mine host, "George", who said he was one of the owners switched on the cockpit lights and suggested starting an engine. There was a whirring noise from one of the nacelles and consternation from my lady, now wife.
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