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barit1 25th Mar 2015 21:26

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!

India Four Two 25th Mar 2015 22:12

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. :ok:

barit1 26th Mar 2015 00:49

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. :)

ICT_SLB 26th Mar 2015 04:02

Barit,
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.

DaveReidUK 26th Mar 2015 07:59


Apparently she was test-flown about 15 March.
March 12th, according to this AWST article:

Photo Gallery: 1937 Lockheed 10A 'Electra' Restoration | Aviation Week

Looks absolutely gorgeous.

http://www.planes.cz/photo/1206/1206...y-ewk-kewk.jpg

ETOPS 26th Mar 2015 12:20

And here's a video of the test flight...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw-LrBrNS3A

treadigraph 26th Mar 2015 14:06

Looks and sounds aboslutely marvellous doesn't she? :ok:

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?

LynxDriver 11th Apr 2015 06:38

The bottom of the instrument panel doesn't look particularly 'knee friendly' in the event of a mishap!

barit1 24th May 2015 17:15

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

evansb 24th May 2015 17:48

http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/...et/1264757.jpg

HEATHROW DIRECTOR 24th May 2015 17:52

Anyone know if it will pass through the UK please?

barit1 24th May 2015 20:14

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.

DaveReidUK 25th May 2015 08:41

Looks like it's currently in Iceland.

Live(?) tracking here:Sledujte cestu Electry online | Electra se vrací dom? | Aktuality | Flying Revue

DaveReidUK 25th May 2015 14:18

Now appears to be at or overhead Wick.

DaveReidUK 25th May 2015 20:35

Duxford nightstop.

barit1 26th May 2015 11:29

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. :D

Closest competitor must be the DC-3/C-47. :)

Jhieminga 26th May 2015 20:25

It stopped for fuel and sandwiches at EHLE (Lelystad, Netherlands) today before moving on to Germany. I haven't seen any photos yet unfortunately...

G-APDK 27th May 2015 12:12

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

G-APDK

DaveReidUK 27th May 2015 18:48

Now at Hof-Plauen (Bavaria), just short of the Czech border.

barit1 3rd Jun 2015 23:52


It stopped for fuel and sandwiches at EHLE (Lelystad, Netherlands)
Lockheed L.10A Electra N241M

(Dean of aviation photographers WTL is particularly enamoured of this collection)


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