Thanks for the reply. I enjoyed the smoothness of the ride on the Lockheed Super-G Connie, shown below:
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On the other hand, and also widely used by carriers during that era was the equally famous but more utilitarian Douglas DC-3 which I flew (as a passenger) many times on the old Capital routes:
In it's own way, the rather dumpy DC-3 did have its own beauty but the Connie was stunning.
When I first started flying, TWA had lots of Martins. Our wheel was KC-Wichita-Amarillo-Los Angeles, stay overnight and come back, each way taking at least 8 hours. We couldn’t serve alcohol until after we left the Kansas and Oklahoma air space since those two states were dry. Could always tell if the pilot drank or not by paying attention to our flight pattern. Got to know the passengers very well back then and always served at least two full meals including crystal, sterling silver, real plates and starched, ironed mini white table cloths over the trays.
Remember when we had to land wheels up in Amarillo in a blinding snowstorm one time - but once was quite enough.
BTW,if that car was red, I would swear it was the one I had then.