The duration of the flight was about 31 seconds from the time it passed over the end of the runway until the aircraft first contacted the water in a tail-down slightly right-wing low attitude. The Constellation entered a shallow descent over the River Shannon. The flight then passed over the remaining 1600 feet of runway in a shallow climb, retracting its landing gear. V1 speed was reached at 3500 feet and lift-off at 125 knots was made just over the V2 speed at approximately 4000 feet from threshold. Takeoff was made at 02:38.on September 5,1954. The before takeoff run-up was completed in takeoff position. The flight left Shannon Terminal Building at 02:30 hours at night and taxied to runway 14 (5643 feet long). A scheduled refueling stop was made at Shannon. The KLM Super Constellation, named “Triton”, operated on the Amsterdam-New York route. It had stopped over in Shannon Airport, Ireland. KLM Flight 633 was a passenger flight from Amsterdam to New York City. However in 1954 flying was quite expensive and was only affordable for a few or after saving money for it for possibly year, especially for transatlantic flights. Come to think of it I have been probably more on a plane then in a train.
Nowadays boarding a plane is nearly as common as get on a train.
