Lockheed Model 9 Orion

The Lockheed Model 9 Orion was a single engine passenger aircraft built in 1931 for commercial airlines. It was the first airliner to have retractable landing gear and was faster than any military aircraft of that time. Designed by Richard A. Von Hake it was the last wooden monoplane design produced by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.

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Varney Speed Lines Lockheed Model 9 Orion in Burbank, California. Continental Airlines began service in 1934 as Varney Speed Lines (named after one of its initial owners, Walter T.2

Made by Lockheed Corporation.

X-ABEI, Lockheed Model 9 Orion, notes: C/n 169, delivered to Pan Am in 1934. Pan am assigned this Lockheed Orion to Aerovias Centrales. The fate of this Lockheed Orion is not known.3
Height Main
294.64
Designer
Richard A. Von Hake
Length Alt
8.64 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
5200.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
* List of Lockheed aircraft
Range Main
652.0
Height Alt
2.95 m
Introduced
1931
Max Speed Main
192
Cruise Speed Main
178.0
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
2359.0
Ceiling Main
22000.0
Number Built
35
Crew
one
pilot
Unit Cost
25000.0
US$25
000
Cruise Speed Alt
12300.0
Area Main
294.1
Span Alt
13.04 m
Plane Or Copter?
Power Alt
410.0
Engine(prop)
Pratt & Whitney Wasp S1D1
Manufacturer
First Flight
1931
Span Main
42
Power Main
550 hp
Number Of Props
1
Empty Weight Alt
1651.0
Length Main
863.6
Area Alt
27.32 m²
Range Alt
45000.0
Similar Aircraft
*Heinkel He 70
Max Speed Alt
13200.0
Related
* Lockheed Vega* Lockheed Air Express* Lockheed Explorer* Lockheed Sirius
Empty Weight Main
3640.0
Ceiling Alt
6
705 m
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