Jay Honeck wrote:
Nah, not this time. Last year (at the same event) we got some stick
time in the MATS Connie (which someone told me is not on the airshow
circuit anymore -- can anyone verify that?), but this year they had
paying customers lined up to fly from the right seat...

As I recall, the SAC Connie out of Kansas City blew an engine sometime
in the last month or two. They were soliciting donations for a rebuild.