Lockheed Orion - 1932

The latest Lockheed Orion was not the first Lockheed Orion:

"This Lockheed Orion was flown by Major James H. Doolittle when he was
employed by the Shell Oil Co. It was known as the "Shellightning". Note
the NACA cowling, internally braced wing and retractable landing gear."
10-4-1932

http://lisar.larc.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SM...001-00035.jpeg


-Rusty

Rusty wrote:

The latest Lockheed Orion was not the first Lockheed Orion:

"This Lockheed Orion was flown by Major James H. Doolittle
when he was employed by the Shell Oil Co. It was known as the
"Shellightning". Note the NACA cowling, internally braced wing
and retractable landing gear." 10-4-1932

http://lisar.larc.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SM...001-00035.jpeg

Rusty, the latest Lockheed Orion was not even the second Lockheed
Orion.

Have you forgotten the Lockheed P-3 Orion (derived from the
Lockheed Electra airliner)?

Jim Davis

Jim Davis wrote:
Rusty wrote:

The latest Lockheed Orion was not the first Lockheed Orion:

"This Lockheed Orion was flown by Major James H. Doolittle
when he was employed by the Shell Oil Co. It was known as the
"Shellightning". Note the NACA cowling, internally braced wing
and retractable landing gear." 10-4-1932

http://lisar.larc.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SM...001-00035.jpeg

Rusty, the latest Lockheed Orion was not even the second Lockheed
Orion.

Have you forgotten the Lockheed P-3 Orion (derived from the
Lockheed Electra airliner)?

Jim Davis

Doh! I should have included the P-3 Orion. I used to live near Moffett
Field NAS, California. The P-3's used to fly over and my house about
once an hour. You can feel the vibration on the ground from those four
turboprop engines.

Rusty

"Jim Davis" wrote in message
1.7...
Rusty wrote:

The latest Lockheed Orion was not the first Lockheed Orion:

"This Lockheed Orion was flown by Major James H. Doolittle
when he was employed by the Shell Oil Co. It was known as the
"Shellightning". Note the NACA cowling, internally braced wing
and retractable landing gear." 10-4-1932

http://lisar.larc.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SM...001-00035.jpeg

Rusty, the latest Lockheed Orion was not even the second Lockheed
Orion.

Have you forgotten the Lockheed P-3 Orion (derived from the
Lockheed Electra airliner)?

Of course, that Electra, (Model L-188?) wasn't the first Lockheed Electra
either

Neil Gerace wrote:

Of course, that Electra, (Model L-188?) wasn't the first Lockheed Electra
either



Yeah, there were 149 of these built:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-10_Electra

Pat