"Clipper Tony Alvarez" is one of Joey Paulo's eight Super Constellations that fly under his freightline "Paulo-Freightmaster".

The Lockheed Constellation was one of the premier propliners of the "Golden Age of Aviation". A sleek, fast, long range airliner of its era, the Constellation went through three major design changes from its original L-049/C-69 roots.

When Douglas developed the stretched DC-6A and B, Lockheed lost its advantage with the L-749A Constellation. Lockheed had intended to developed a stretched Connie, but the lack of suitable engines hindered the idea until the early 1950's. Responding to market demands, Lockheed bought back the XC-69E sold to Howard Hughes, a one off C-69 that was uniquely powered by the R-2800 Double Wasp. Lockheed took "Ole 1961" and enlarged the fuselage with two large "plugs", stretching it to allow more room for passenger seating. The L-1049 also incorporated square, instead of round cabin windows, and a larger, seven pane windshield. The first civil Super Constellations were severely constrained by their underpowered engines; Lockheed had intended to use the newly developed/evolved Wright R-3350 turbocompound Duplex-Cyclone, but the US military would not grant the engine for civil use until 1953. The first L-1049, for TWA and Eastern were forced to use the non-compound R-3350, until the L-1049C came into being in mid 1953. US Military Connies however (L-1049A/B/F) used the R-3350-972TC-18 radials.

This aircraft was a former US Air Force C-121C, built by Lockheed in 1954 as (L-1049F-55) 54-232. It entered service with the USAF MATS (Military Air Transport Service) in late 1954 and served for nearly 20 years, retiring in 1971. It did not sit around for long; the C-121 was purchased from Davis-Monthan and flew for numerous cargo operators throughout the 1970's, ending its career in Maine as a fish hauler from Maine to Newfoundland. Along with a fellow sistership and two Navy R7V-1's, the Connie ended its career in 1989, being stored in a hangar with its sister-ships in Maine until being discovered in 2014 by Jake Barion.

The brother to Rob Barion, Jake Barion tried an ambitious attempt to start a cargo service with two C-121A's and the four Super Connies in Maine. He managed to get them flying again and ferried them back to Ohio where they were restored further and repainted into their original USAF and Navy colors. However due to his lack of experience in aviation and naive business decisions, his business "Old Bird Cargo" folded quickly. Exiting the aviation business in 2015, Jake gave the Super Constellations to his brother's partner Joey Paulo, who began successful freight operations with a single L-1049H and DC-7C. He incorporated the two C-121C's into his fledgling fleet, acquiring two more C-121C's in exchange for his troublesome C-97G's. Repainting them in the initial "Black Lightning" scheme, and now the "Royal Paulo Blue" colors, the two C-121C's still sport black painted propellers, a hold over from her original USAF color pallet.

Keeping with protocol to name his planes after his friends, 54-232 was christened "Clipper Tony Alvarez", after his snarky house guest Tony, the boyfriend to Rob's adopted son Felix Barion. She flies every single day, hauling cargo on the east coast, from New York to Opa Locka. Along with the other C-121C's, three L-1049H's, a single L-1049G, the Connies are his iconic flagships, a unique presence wherever they go.