Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Collection

Lockheed XP-80 "Lulu Belle", 1943. Creator: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Germany and Great Britain went to war in 1939 with jet aircraft programs well underway, but the United States took longer to appreciate and develop the new technology

Lockheed Vega 5B flown by Amelia Earhart, 1927-1929. Creator
NR7952. High-speed cabin monoplane with cantilever wings and streamlined design. On May 20-21, 1932, Amelia Earhart flew this Vega across the Atlantic Ocean becoming the first woman to fly

Lockheed F-104A Starfighter, 1950s. Creator: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Known as " the missile with a man in it, " the stubby-winged Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was the first U.S. jet fighter in service to fly Mach 2, twice the speed of sound

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, 1964. Creator: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Twin-engine, two-seat, supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft; airframe constructed largley of titanium and its alloys; vertical tail fins are constructed of a composite

Lockheed U-2C, 1955. Creator: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Single-seat, single-engine, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, used by CIA, NASA, and USAF. This U-2 flew the first operational mission over the USSR on 4 July 1956

Lockheed Vega "Winnie Mae", 1930. Creator: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
High wing cantilevered monoplane with monocoque fuselage, fixed landing gear, ground adjustable propeller. Flying this specially modified Lockheed 5C Vega

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