Lockheed Model 10 Electra

The Lockheed Model 10 Electra was a twin-engine all-metal monoplane airliner developed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in the 1930s to compete with the Boeing 247 and Douglas DC-2. The aircraft gained considerable fame as it was flown by Amelia Earhart on her ill-fated around-the-world expedition in 1937.

Lockheed Model 10 Electra - 1934 (Twin-engined piston transport) Miles Hawk Major - 1934 (Single-engined liaison and trainer) Parnall Heck - 1934 (Single-engined piston communications) Saro London - 1934 1
Lockheed Model 10 Electra aircraft was unstable. He made multiple design changes, all of which were accepted by Lockheed.2
The Lockheed Model 10 Electra was a twin-engine, all-metal monoplane airliner developed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in the 1930s to compete with the Boeing 247 and Douglas DC-2.3

Made by Lockheed Corporation.

Lockheed Model 10 Electra is the predecessor of the Lockheed XC-35.

Lockheed Model 10 Electra (of Earhart fame and one half of the subject of this thread) 4
the world in a Lockheed Model 10 Electra aircraft in 1937. Unfortunately Earhart's plane disappeared mysteriously while she attempted to fly over the Pacific Ocean. Retrieved from "http://fallout.wikia.5
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Height Main
307.34000000000003
Height Alt
3.1 m
Length Alt
11.8 m
Thrust Main
lbf
Jet Or Prop
prop
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Range Main
713 mi
Loaded Weight Main
10500.0
Designer
Hall Hibbard
Crew
2
Loading Main
23
Power/mass Main
12
Introduced
1935
Power/mass Alt
142
Capacity
10
Max Speed Main
202 mph
Cruise Speed Main
190 mph
Ceiling Main
19400.0
Number Built
149
Successor
Lockheed XC-35
Thrust Alt
kN
Loaded Weight Alt
4760.0
Cruise Speed Alt
306.0
Area Main
458.0
Span Alt
16.8 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
340.0
Engine(prop)
Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior
Afterburning Thrust Alt
kN
Manufacturer
Lockheed Corporation
First Flight
1934-02-23
Climb Rate Main
1000.0
Power Main
450 hp
Number Of Props
2
Climb Rate Alt
18000.0
Variants With Their Own Articles
Lockheed XC-35
Afterburning Thrust Main
Pound-force
Length Main
1176.02
Span Main
1676.4
Area Alt
42.6 m²
Range Alt
1150.0
Similar Aircraft
*Beechcraft Model 18*Boeing 247*Douglas DC-2*Barkley-Grow T8P-1*Avro Anson*Airspeed Oxford*Caudron C.440*SAI KZ IV
Max Speed Alt
325.0
Related
*Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior*Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra
Empty Weight Main
6454.0
Ceiling Alt
5
910 m
Category
Lockheed aircraft
United States airliners 1930-1939
United States military transport aircraft 1930-1939
World War II transport aircraft of the United States
Empty Weight Alt
2930.0
Loading Alt
112

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