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The Lockheed JetStar (company designations L-329 and L-1329; designated C-140 in US military service) is a business jet produced from the early 1960s to the 1970s. The JetStar was the first dedicated business jet to enter service, as well as the only such airplane built by Lockheed. It was also one of the largest aircraft in the class for many ...
Instead, every Chicago jet flight was directed to use O'Hare, which had opened to airlines in 1955. Lighter aircraft like turboprop Lockheed L-188 Electras and Vickers Viscounts could have continued to fly out of Midway, but O'Hare's new terminal opened in 1962, allowing airlines to consolidate their flights. From July 1962 until United ...
Nov. 11—A historic Lockheed aircraft was returned home this week, finding its final resting place at Marietta's Aviation History and Technology Center. The JetStar plane was hauled through the ...
Lockheed sought input from Trans World Airlines for the airliner's requirements [1] and several sub-variants were developed. It was a swept wing with the engines mounted at the tail. The same arrangement was later used by the Lockheed JetStar (1957), Vickers VC-10 (1962), and Ilyushin Il-62 (1963).
Fitted with Westinghouse J34 turbojets for flight test purposes, the 119 was first flown on 11 February 1959, but the Air Force rejected it later that year in favor of the Lockheed JetStar (designated C-140), citing concerns about foreign object damage with the 119's low-mounted engines. Following this setback, McDonnell continued to market the ...
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.
On October 17, 2006, Palwaukee Municipal Airport was renamed Chicago Executive Airport. In October 2015, Cincinnati-based Ultimate Air Shuttle announced plans to begin service from the airport to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in January or February 2016. [7] In late 2021, the airport received $1.1 million to make facility ...
It sure looks like Darkstar, Lockheed Martin's secret high-speed jet, is real. The long-rumored SR-71 successor last seen in Top Gun: Maverick may be legit.