Around the world in style . . . In 1958 Australia's national airline, QANTAS, inaugurated an around the world service using their new Lockheed 1049G Super Constellations. The Super Connies were the queens of international airline fleets, a position they enjoyed until the introduction of the early jets. The rain-wetted ramp might be Hong Kong or Idlewild, Karachi or Le Bourget and one is left with the smell of rain in the evening air.