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Lockheed 1, 2, 5 Vega 1927 |
First becoming keenly interested in aviation during 1910, the brothers Allan and Malcolm Loughead (pronounced Lockheed) founded in early 1916 ... read more ... |
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Lockheed 8 Sirius 1929 |
Developed originally to meet a requirement of Charles Lindbergh for a low-wing monoplane of high performance, the Lockheed 8 Sirius ... read more ... |
The sole YP-24, delivered to the Army on 29 September 1931, was the first fighter designed by the Lockheed firm ... read more ... |
Lockheed YP-24 1931 |
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Lockheed 8 Altair 1931 |
When acquiring his Sirius, Charles Lindbergh had intimated that he might be interested in having retractable landing gear, with a ... read more ... |
Seeing, in the latter part of 1930, a potential market for a light transport aircraft, Lockheed began development of the ... read more ... |
Lockheed 9 Orion 1931 |
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Lockheed 10 Electra 1934 |
Lockheed's first major move towards becoming a significant manufacturer of transport aircraft came with design of the Lockheed 10 Electra. ... read more ... |
The Hudson was originally built to the order of the British government as a military conversion of the L.14 transport. ... read more ... |
Lockheed Hudson 1938 |
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Lockheed Vega Starliner 1939 |
Designed by Lockheed's subsidiary AiRover Company, which by 1938 became the Vega Airplane Company, the Vega Starliner was a five/six-seat ... read more ... |
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Lockheed Vega 35 1941 |
North American Aviation Inc, designed during 1937 the prototype of a lightweight primary trainer which it designated North American NA-35.
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The Lockheed XP-49, its designation seemingly out of sequence in that it was a conception of pre-war years, was designed ... read more ... |
Lockheed XP-49 1942 |
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The first US Navy contract for two XP2V-1 Neptune maritime-reconnaissance bombers was placed in April 1944. The first prototype flew ... read more ... |
Lockheed P-2 Neptune 1945 |
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Lockheed's P-80 Shooting Star has its own special niche in USAAF/USAF history. From it evolved a lengthened-fuselage two-seat trainer version, ... read more ... |
Lockheed T-33 1948 |
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Lockheed F-94 Starfire 1948 |
Third member of Lockheed's F-80 family, the F-94 Starfire was evolved to satisfy a requirement for a two-seat all-weather radar-equipped ... read more ... |
The Lockheed XF-90 was built to meet a USAF requirement for a long-range penetration fighter (along with the McDonnell XF-88 ... read more ... |
Lockheed XF-90 1950 |
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The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop aircraft that serves as the main tactical airlifter for military forces worldwide. ... read more ... |
Lockheed C-130 Hercules 1954 |
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Lockheed XFV-1 Salmon 1954 |
Under the designation Lockheed XFV-1, the company completed and flew the first of two prototypes of a single-seat VTOL research ... read more ... |
Development of the U-2 began in the spring of 1954 to meet a joint CIA/USAF requirement for a high-altitude strategic ... read more ... |
Lockheed U-2 1955 |
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When in August 1957 the US Navy needed an advanced ASW/maritime patrol aircraft, the urgency was highlighted by the fact ... read more ... |
Lockheed P-3 Orion 1959 |
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The USAF's SR-71A two-seat strategic-reconnaissance aircraft originates from the remarkable Lockheed A-11, detail design of which began in 1959. Almost ... read more ... |
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird 1961 |
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Successfully kept secret for nearly 15 years, the Lockheed F-117A was the
winning submission for the 'black' XST (Experimental Stealth Technology) ... read more ... |
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk 1981 |
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Lockheed F-22 Raptor 1990 |
Without doubt, the most exciting combat aircraft of the early twenty-first century is the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. In the ... read more ... |
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