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The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar is a passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era, developed as part of the Model 10 Electra family; developed from the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra .
The Coast Guard acquired a Lockheed Model 18 (R5O-1), Lockheed registration number 2008, and it was delivered and accepted on 14 May 1940. It was used as an executive transport aircraft.
21 de sept. de 2022 · With its origins dating back to World War Two, the Lockheed Model 18 loadstar was an 18-passenger twin-engine airliner based on the Lockheed 14 Super Electra. During the late 1930s, Lockheed's Model 14 Super Electra sales were not what the California aircraft manufacturer had envisioned.
Lockheed Model 18 (R5O-5) Lodestar. The Model 18 is a slightly enlarged Model 14 Super Electra designed to compete with the Douglas DC-3. While the Lodestar was relatively successful in airline service it never quite met the expectation placed on it.
Lockheed twin-engine, twin-tail passenger aircraft were familiar sights at American and foreign airports during the 1930s. The most famous, which was featured prominently in movie newsreel and magazine photos, was the Electra 10E flown by aviatrix Amelia Earhart on her ill-fated round-the-world flight in 1937.
The Lockheed R5O was the US Navys designation for the Model 18 Lodestar transport, of which nearly 100 were used during the Second World War.
The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar was a passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era. Sales of the 10–14 passenger Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, which first flew in 1937, had proved disappointing, despite the aircraft's excellent performance, as it was more expensive to operate than the...
