Lockheed 10-A restoration
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Lockheed 10-A restoration
A shop in Newton, Kansas is finishing restoration of a model 10-A - the original "Electra". (Lockheed recycled the name a couple times over 30 years).
My understanding is that this plane was originally delivered in 1937 to Bata Shoe Co. but I have little beyond that, except that when finished, the plane will be ferried back to the Czech Republic to Bata.
If any of our Newton - Wichita area people could fill in more detail, I'd be most grateful!
My understanding is that this plane was originally delivered in 1937 to Bata Shoe Co. but I have little beyond that, except that when finished, the plane will be ferried back to the Czech Republic to Bata.
If any of our Newton - Wichita area people could fill in more detail, I'd be most grateful!
barit1,
Here's another 10A - CF-TCA in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, at Ottawa Rockcliffe Airport. Four pictures, starting here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/steelh...n/photostream/
Trans Canada Airlines first new aircraft. She used to be airworthy. Sad to see that she is now permanently grounded. I wasn't aware that she had been flown around the world.
Here's another 10A - CF-TCA in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, at Ottawa Rockcliffe Airport. Four pictures, starting here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/steelh...n/photostream/
Trans Canada Airlines first new aircraft. She used to be airworthy. Sad to see that she is now permanently grounded. I wasn't aware that she had been flown around the world.
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Best detail I've found so far: 1937 Electra being restored for trip home to Prague | The Wichita Eagle The Wichita Eagle
Apparently she was test-flown about 15 March.
Apparently she was test-flown about 15 March.
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I'm no longer in Wichita but the reporters at the Eagle are a friendly bunch and probably would welcome the interest so why not contact Molly McMillin yourself.
I'm no longer in Wichita but the reporters at the Eagle are a friendly bunch and probably would welcome the interest so why not contact Molly McMillin yourself.
Apparently she was test-flown about 15 March.
Photo Gallery: 1937 Lockheed 10A 'Electra' Restoration | Aviation Week
Looks absolutely gorgeous.
http://www.planes.cz/photo/1206/1206...y-ewk-kewk.jpg
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Looks and sounds aboslutely marvellous doesn't she?
We've been deprived of an airworthy Electra in Europe since Bernard Chabbert's suffered a gear collapse several years ago - anyone know what's happened with that?
We've been deprived of an airworthy Electra in Europe since Bernard Chabbert's suffered a gear collapse several years ago - anyone know what's happened with that?
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L-10-A OK-CTB is enroute to Prague. On Facebook there's a photo of it over the Greenland icecap.
http://www.facebook.com/tocnaairport...719908/?type=1
and
https://www.facebook.com/tocnaairpor...hoto&sk=photos
http://www.facebook.com/tocnaairport...719908/?type=1
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https://www.facebook.com/tocnaairpor...hoto&sk=photos
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A rough plot (subject to change I'm sure) shows it arriving in NE Scotland, Thurso perhaps, then onward to the greater London area.
Then direct to Prague.
Then direct to Prague.
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It occurs to me that the Electra, with first flight of its prototype 23 Feb. 1934, has become the oldest aircraft type to complete a modern Atlantic crossing. 
Closest competitor must be the DC-3/C-47.
Closest competitor must be the DC-3/C-47.
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Photos of the aircraft at Duxford can be found here
Duxford Diary (2015) - Page 42.
Also another one from Le Ferte last weekend (image 16) here
La Ferté-Alais Airshow 24th of May 2015 France
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Duxford Diary (2015) - Page 42.
Also another one from Le Ferte last weekend (image 16) here
La Ferté-Alais Airshow 24th of May 2015 France
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It stopped for fuel and sandwiches at EHLE (Lelystad, Netherlands)
(Dean of aviation photographers WTL is particularly enamoured of this collection)