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The original Lockheed 12 version, with Wasp Junior engines, was the Model 12A. [4] Almost every Lockheed 12 built was a 12A or derived from the 12A. There was also a Model 12B , using 440 hp (330 kW) Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind radials, but only two of this model were built. [ 3 ]
Lockheed fabricated the wings and Rodert moved the Flight Research Branch to the Ames Laboratory next to the Navy's Moffett Field in California. The Ames based team used a North American O-47 for tests until the 12A was ready from the Lockheed factory on 22 January 1941.
This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from its founding as the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1926 to its merging with Martin Marietta to form the Lockheed Martin Corporation in 1995. Ordered by model number, Lockheed gave most of its aircraft astronomical names, from the first Vega to the C-5 Galaxy.
Federal authorities are investigating the crash of a twin-engine Lockheed 12A plane near Chino Airport that reportedly left two people dead Saturday.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the twin-engine Lockheed 12A crashed shortly after 12:30 p.m. Saturday, just west of Chino Airport in San Bernardino County. Firefighters doused the flames ...
With all the troubles the U.S. defense industry has endured over the past few years (since, oh, about January 20, 2009), you'd think we might be ready to cut the defense contractors some slack.
1936: Established as North Sea Aerial Navigation Company. Operated Blackburn Segrave, Blackburn Kangaroo [278] North Sea Air Transport: 1946: 1949: Operated Avro Anson, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Lockheed 12A, Lockheed 14 [279] North West Airlines (UK) 1949: 1957: Formed by the merger of Mannin Airways and Ulster Aviation.
The team of Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes wins in a Beechcraft C-17 Staggerwing, Laura Ingalls places second flying a Lockheed Orion 9D Special, and the team of Amelia Earhart and Helen Richey finishes fifth in a Lockheed 10E Electra. Joe Jacobson ' s Northrop Gamma 2A catches fire and crashes near Stafford, Kansas, but he parachutes to ...