The history of the P-38 lightning through the planes that preceded it
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The history of the P-38 lightning through the planes that preceded it
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Vega to lightning. Story of the P-38
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BACK of the amazing and versatile per-
formance of the P-38 Lockheed Light-
ning is a long line of famous planes. Al-
though the first Lockheed (built by Allan
and Malcolm Loughead) appeared in 1912,
the story really goes back only to 1927,
when the first of the famous “star” series —
the Vega—was born. With clean lines made
possible by a patented plywood monocoque
construction, the Vegas were among the
fastest ships of their day. Wiley Post's
Winnie Mae was one of the early Vegas.
Then came the Sirius, Orion, and Altair,
low-wing monoplanes that figured in the
record-breaking ocean flights and are asso-
ciated with such great names as Lindbergh,
Earhart, and Kingsford-Smith. The Orion |
marked Lockheed's first use of retractable |
landing gear.
~The Lightning's characteristic. twin en-
gines and twin-tail assembly first appeared
i in the Electra, in 1934. The twin tail was |
perfected in the Lockheed 14, test-flown in
1837. This ship, also incorporating Lock-
heed-Fowler flaps and exceptionally high
wing loading, made history in 1938 with
Howard Hughes’ 91-hour 'round-the-world
flight.
Lockheed entered warplane construction
by building modified 14's for the British as
the Hudson bomber, followed by the Ven-
tura. The P-38's prototype was test-flown
secretly in 1939
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1944-04
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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96-97
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Lorenzo Chinellato
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 4, 1944
