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	Lockheed Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lockheed Corporation was an aerospace company founded in 1912 which merged with Martin Marietta in 1995 to form Lockheed Martin.
		In 1956 Lockheed received a contract for the development of the Polaris Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM), this would be followed by the Poseidon and Trident nuclear missiles.
		Lockheed had hired underworld figure Yoshio Kodama as a consultant in order to influence Japanese airlines to purchase the L-1011 aircraft.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Lockheed (881 words)

	VEGA - The Lockheed File
		The Vega was flown from Hanworth to Belfast.
		The Vega was test-flown at Maylands, W.A. by Horrie Miller.
		Horrie Miller flew the Vega in the Aerial Derby at Maylands.
	www.adastron.com /lockheed/vega/vega.htm (1479 words)

	Lockheed 5B Vega
		The aircraft she used was a bright red Lockheed Vega 5B, a sleek, new monoplane with a fully cantilevered wing and roomy cabin area that was quickly welcomed by record seeking pilots and the air transport industry.
		It was an aesthetically pleasing aircraft with a spruce veneer monocoque fuselage and a spruce cantilever wing.
		The first Vega flew in 1927 and, in an era of biplanes, featured an advanced monoplane configuration in which the wing was completely braced internally, and the fuselage was of monocoque (shell) construction.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/lockheed_5b.htm (672 words)

	Lockheed Vega -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Vega was a six-passenger (An airplane with a single wing) monoplane built by the (Click link for more info and facts about Lockheed) Lockheed company starting in 1927.
		The fuselage was monocoque, but built from sheets of (A laminate made of thin layers of wood) plywood skinned over wooden ribs.
		The first Vega 1, named the Golden Eagle, flew from Lockheed's (A city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States) Los Angeles plant on July 4, 1927.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/lockheed_vega.htm (514 words)

	Artifacts
		The Vega was an aesthetically pleasing aircraft with a spruce veneer monocoque fuselage and a spruce cantilever wing.
		The Vega was the first airplane built by Lockheed, and it established a tradition of Lockheed excellence in design that has continued to this day.
		The Vega was noteworthy in reintroducing the monocoque fuselage shape, which had first appeared on the Deperdussin monocoque racing airplane of 1913.
	2k.si.edu /2ksearch/Low_Artifacts.asp?ObjectData_Action=Find('ID','d510') (628 words)

	ch4-4
		Reduction in drag and subsequent improvements in the performance of a monoplane such as the Lockheed Vega could obviously be achieved by retracting the landing gear.
		On an aircraft such as the Lockheed Vega, however, which was characterized by cantilever wings, highly streamlined fuselage, and efficiently cowled engine, the drag of the landing gear would be expected to be a significant portion of the total drag; hence, retraction of the gear would be expected to give a large increment in performance.
		An aircraft with as broad a speed range as the Lockheed Orion requires some sort of variable pitch propeller in order that the desired amount of power may be efficiently extracted from the engine over a wide range of flight conditions.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/SP-468/ch4-4.htm (2311 words)

	Articles - Lockheed Corporation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the beginning of World War II, Lockheed, under the guidance of Clarence (Kelly) Johnson, one of the best known American aircraft designers answered a specification for an interceptor by submitting the P-38 Lightning fighter plane, a somewhat unorthodox twin-engine, twin-boom design.
		In 1943 Lockheed began, in secrecy, development of a new fighter at its Burbank facility, based on a jet project competitor Bell Aircraft did not have facilities for.
		Other designs out of Lockheed included the F-104 Starfighter (late 1950's), the world's first Mach 2 fighter plane, the L049 Constellation and L1649 Super Constellation series of propellor airliners (affectionately called Connies), L-1011 TriStar tri-jet transport and the C-5 Galaxy four-engined jet air transport.
	www.izeez.com /articles/Lockheed (808 words)

	Lockheed Vega
		Although the Lockheed Vega is best remembered for its speed and record-breaking flights, it was designed as an airliner by the Lockheed Company.
		The Vega was named for one of the brightest stars in the sky and followed Lockheed's custom of naming aircraft after astronomical bodies.
		The prototype Vega, the Golden Eagle flown by Jack Frost and Gordon Scott, was lost in the Dole Derby race from California to Hawaii in August 1927.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/vega/Aero14.htm (975 words)

	Lockheed 5C Vega
		It was named for the daughter of its original owner, F. Hall, who hired Post to pilot the plane, which had been purchased in June 1930.
		At times, the Winnie Mae attained a ground speed of 340 mph, indicating that the airplane was indeed operating in the jetstream.
		It was released after takeoff by the pilot using a cockpit lever, thus reducing the total drag of the plane and eliminating its weight.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/lockheed_5c.htm (728 words)

	Air Classics: Chasing the WINGED STAR
		He was also associated with the regional distributor of the Lockheed four-wheel hydraulic brake for automobiles that his brother had inverted and marketed.
		Northrop suggested Vega as the airplane's name because it was short, easy to pronounce and remember, and connoted astronomical speed and distance.
		Lockheed thought the Vega could have flown right over Hawaii when the islands were obscured by clouds and that somewhere in the Pacific it ran out of fuel.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_200407/ai_n9452417 (1443 words)

	William S. Brock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On August, 1930, Crosley bought the Lockheed Vega that Bock and Schlee used for their Jacksonville to Los Angeles record run in 1929.
		Here are some details on the Lockheed Vega that William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee used to set their transcontinental round-trip record in 1929.
		Her technical advisor, Clarence Chamberlain, outfitted the airplane for a trans-Atlantic flight, but Nichols was delayed by first a crash and then a fire in the Vega, and Amelia Earhart edged her out as the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo.
	www.earlyaviators.com /ebrock3.htm (646 words)

	Boeing Lockheed Vega XB-38 - US Air Force Museum Bomber Virtual Aircraft Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The XB-38 was a modification project, done by Lockheed Vega, on the 9th Boeing B-17E (S/N 41-2401) built.
		Vega proposed, in March 1942, to convert a B-17 airframe by replacing the standard Wright R-1820 radial engines with Allison V-1710 'Vee' engines.
		The Vega Airplane Division of Lockheed received the B-17E and intended to use it as a pattern source for an all new design.
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/research/bombers/b3-87.htm (338 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As a result, using $22,500 from Keeler and $2,500 from Loughead, the four formed the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in December 1926, with Keeler as president, Loughead as vice president and general manager, Northrop as Chief Engineer and Stadlman as Factory Superintendent.
		The timing of the building of the Vega was propitious, for in 1927 Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris renewed a tremendous interest in aviation.
		Part of the reason Northrop left was that Lockheed's management refused to invest in developing new metal aircraft and chose to make the most money it could from its proven wood designs.
	www.nationalaviation.org /website/index.asp?webpageid={F3401AC2-408C-42A7-AD0F-CDDC7942F110}&eID=305 (3523 words)

	Walter Lees & Bernarr Macfadden, 1929 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Because of the delay, however, in obtaining authority for an army pilot to fly a civilian plane, it was necessary for MacFadden to obtain another to fly the Lockheed.
		The MacFadden plane is the same one recently flown to New York from the Pacific coast by Lieutenant R. Moffat, in charge of the flight research branch of Wright field.
		The "Yankee Doodle," another Lockheed plane, which was forced down last week at Columbus, Ohio, when attempting to establish a new transcontinental record, also took off yesterday with its destination San Diego.
	home.earthlink.net /~ralphcooper/pimagi44.htm (337 words)

	The Albuquerque Tribune: Local (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lockheed Martin is most publicly identified as the military contractor that makes high-performance jet fighters including the F-16, the staple of the Air Force fighter fleet and a fixture at Kirtland, the exotic F-117 Nighthawk stealth stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, the future F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
		Lockheed's Vega was one of the first monoplanes to be a success in commercial sales, but it was World War II that cemented the fortunes of the Lockheed and Martin companies.
		Loren Thompson, chief operating officer of the Lexington Institute, said Lockheed Martin reached a low point in the '90s when "the company thought of itself as a national asset." Under President and Chief Operating Officer Robert Stevens, Lockheed Martin is much more focused on profits and rewarding investors, Thompson said.
	www.abqtrib.com /albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_3736102,00.html (941 words)

	Braniff Airways 1930-1936 - The Braniff Pages
		The Lockheed Vega was considered the fastest airplane of the early 30s.
		Lockheed was formed in 1921 by the "Loughead" family from Ireland.
		Lockheed would produce some of the best commercial airliners from the 1930's to the 1970's (with the fantastic L-1011).
	www.braniffpages.com /1930/1930.html (1901 words)

	Microsoft Flight Simulator Century of Flight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		No, this Vega, registration number N7952, serial number 22, was the plane that Amelia Earhart flew across the Atlantic and then non-stop across the United States in 1932.
		As basic as the cockpit comforts are, the Model 5B Vega from Lockheed was a marvel of both form and function - a ship whose construction was as beautiful as its performance was remarkable.
		The Vega was envisioned as a cabin-class commercial plane that would get executives or paying passengers wherever they wanted to go in an efficient manner.
	www.microsoft.com /games/flightsimulator/aircraft_vega.asp (646 words)

	Solo Flights around the World
		The Lockheed Vega was probably the most advanced aeroplane of its time, of glued monocoque wood construction, having a high wing without struts, and a Wasp engine from Pratt and Whitney.
		This was the first successful aeroplane built by the Loughead brothers before they changed their name to 'Lockheed', and its design was very modern, at a time when biplanes were the norm.
		The Vega was destroyed and Mattern was left with a broken ankle.
	soloflights.org /post_text_e.html (2719 words)

	Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae
		The Lockheed Vega was one of the most famous record-breaking airplanes of the early 1930s.
		Although the Vega first flew in July, 1927, it was during the early 1930s that the plane established its reputation for rugged reliability and airworthiness.
		He took his famous five year-old single-engine Lockheed Vega 2,035 miles in 7 hours and 19 minutes with an average ground speed of 279 mph in a 179 MPH aircraft.
	www.acepilots.com /post.html (3824 words)

	Lockheed B-34 Ventura -- Chapter 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon (Model 15-27-01) was a major redesign of the PV-1 Ventura to optimize it for the maritime reconnaissance role.
		Like its predecessors, the PV-2 Harpoon was built by Lockheed's Vega subsidiary, which by now had been absorbed into the Lockheed complex as Plant A-1.
		A quick modification involving a 6-foot reduction in wingspan to obtain a uniformly flexible wing did not cure the problem, and Lockheed was forced to carry out a complete wing redesign, which delayed the entrance of the Harpoon into service.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/baugher_us/b034-05.html (1088 words)

	ADF Serials - RAAF A42 Lockheed 5 Vega Dl-1A
		The Vega was ground looped at Cairns on 17 June 1942, with serious wing damage.
		On 9 March 1944, the Vega was issued to DCA for disposal having been declared surplus by the RAAF.
		On 17 September 1945, the Vega was approved for conversion to components and on 12 October 1945, the aircraft was dismantled and trucked to 2 CRD at Richmond for conversion to components.
	www.adf-serials.com /2a42.shtml (392 words)

	Boeing B-17F Fortress
		After receiving a B-17E pattern aircraft and all necessary blueprints from Boeing, the Vega division of Lockheed began production of the B-17F in its new A-1 plant at the edge of the Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank, California.
		The details of similar B-17F block numbers as built by the three companies did not correspond, so it was necessary to include the manufacturer's code (BO for Boeing, DL for Douglas, VE for Vega) for complete determination of details for service publications.
		The B-17F went into action with the 8th Air Force in Europe, and was used for the first American bombing raid against the German homeland on January 27, 1943 in a raid on Wilhelmshaven.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher2/b17_11.html (1968 words)

	Lockheed Vega (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Listed below are specifications and performance data for the "wasp" powered Lockheed "Vega 5 C"; wing span 41', chord at root 102", chord at tip 63", M.A.C. wing area 275 sq.
		The Vega pictured above is a Lockheed Vega 5 C
		The Vega was sold to Shell Oil of San Francisco in 1933.
	www.moxon.org /aircraft/vega.htm (263 words)

	Fantasy of Flight's Lockheed Vega
		It was a great combination and their Vega became the aircraft of the Golden Age for setting records.
		Other aircraft designs by Lockheed used the same basic fuselage but the configuration and model type determined where the cockpit and door openings were cut.
		The high-wing version was the Lockheed Vega, the parasol was the Lockheed Orion and the low-wing was the Lockheed Sirius.
	www.fantasyofflight.com /aircraftpages/vega.htm (406 words)

	Lockheed FD
		In 1937, the Lockheed Fire Department existed under Vega Aircraft as a combined unit of firefighters and guards.
		Expansion continued when Lockheed entered into the commercial aircraft business with the L-1011 and a new facility for assembling the L-1011 in Pamldale.
		After 50 years of service to Lockheed Corporation, the fire suppression, EMS and hazardous materials operations were eliminated permanently.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Lobby/5396 (533 words)

	WWII WOMEN: LUNCH BREAK AT LOCKHEED IN BURBANK, CA 1943
		The Vega was the first plane produced by Lockheed in 1927.
		The original Lockheed was bankrupted by the Depression and Vega was a separate company for a while, but by World War II Vega and Lockheed were back on their feet, merged into one company again, and one of the most important aircraft companies in the United States.
		Vega's facilities were called Lockheed's Plant A-1, the site of some of the war's production miracles as they cranked out hundreds of B-40 and F-9 planes plus 2,752 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers (identified by manufacturer code VE in the serial number).
	www.olive-drab.com /gallery/description_0056.php (297 words)

	Lockheed PV Ventura / Harpoon by Jack McKillop
		In September 1939, LAC submitted a proposal to the British Air Ministry for a new, improved aircraft, based on the Model 18 Lodestar, that could serve as a replacement for (1) the Hudson in the maritime reconnaissance and antisubmarine warfare (ASW) roles and/or (2) the Bristol Blenheim in the light or medium bomber role.
		The Vega Airplane Company, formed in August 1937 as the AiRover Company and renamed Vega Airplane Company in 1938, was a wholly owned subsidiary of LAC that had been established to built light, general aviation aircraft.
		Vega was merged with LAC on 31 December 1941 and finally absorbed by LAC in November 1943.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/aviation/pv_ventura.htm (9956 words)

	VEGA SELECTED FOR CSOC CONTRACT BY LOCKHEED MARTIN (VEGA Group PLC) - Pressi.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		VEGA is proud to announce it has been selected for award by the NASA CSOC
		VEGA is the lead member of a team of
		VEGA employs approximately 600 staff and has a turnover of £40.2 million.
	www.pressi.com /gb/release/21214.html (399 words)

	Lockheed Vega Aircraft and Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This may be of use to anyone building model kits of the Vega, or researching the history of an example of Vega.
		If, perhaps for a birthday or to help with a rebuild project, you are looking for books and manuals on classic Lockheeds, or Vegas in particular, just click here to see what Lockheed book titles Amazon has available.
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	www.classic-aircraft.oldclassiccar.co.uk /lockheed_vega.htm (369 words)

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