Always wanted to see a Connie fly - near on 40 years ago I heard the sound of radials droning over very early one morning and lazily stayed a-bed thinking it was probably something like a Noratlas or DC-3 - my ears weren't so nearly keenly attuned in those days! My mate across the road saw it, an EC-121 on its way to Germany...
Finally caught up with the MATS Connie at Biggin Hill in 199whatever...