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The "Electra Junior" name did not catch on in the way that the original Electra's name had. Most users simply referred to the aircraft by its model number, as the Lockheed 12. [3] 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.
The Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company was established in San Francisco on December 19, 1912 by the brothers Allan and Malcolm Loughead.In 1916, the company was renamed the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company and relocated to Santa Barbara, California, the same year Santa Barbara resident Jack Northrop (aged 20) took his first job in aviation working as a draftsman for Loughead Aircraft.
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.
The Lockheed P-38 Lighting is an American two-engine fighter used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II. Of the 10,037 planes built, 26 survive today, 22 of which are located in the United States, and 10 of which are airworthy.
Federal authorities are investigating the crash of a twin-engine Lockheed 12A plane near Chino ... A small plane carrying two people crashed shortly after departing Chino Airport around 12:35 p.m ...
The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer.Lockheed was founded in 1926 and merged in 1995 with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin.Its founder, Allan Lockheed, had earlier founded the similarly named but otherwise-unrelated Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company, which was operational from 1912 to 1920.
A few years ago, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen assured Lockheed Martin investors that their company's F-35 Lightning II fighter jet was the only game in town ...
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