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Touch and goes at Prestwick with a bit of a crosswind.
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This is a three image panorama of the same C-130 flying over Colorado Springs and landing at Pete Field. I decided to play with this and I hope you enjoy.
A prototype SWATH (small waterplane area twin hull) vessel designed by Lockheed Martin and built by Nichols Brothers Shipyards and Pacific Marine & Supply Company, Ltd. Not really a catamaran, there are 4 struts which go into the water, the propulsion comes from the 2 forward pods at the end of the appendages. Weapons systems can be modularized to allow for a variety of different missions.
INFO:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter
THIS PHOTO:
Lockheed XF-104 (S/N 53-7786) in flight. This aircraft crashed on 11 July 1957 due to uncontrollable tail flutter. The pilot, Bill Park, ejected safely.
Date circa 1954-1957
Source National Museum of the U.S. Air Force photo 060928-F-1234S-003
Taken from Rhymes Farm at RIAT 2015 Saturday 18 Jul 15 © Paul Martin. All Rights Reserved - Unauthorized use of this photo is strictly prohibited
PictionID:43267762 - Title:Lockheed XR60-1 - Catalog:16_003987 - Filename:16_003987.TIF - - - - - Image from the Ray Wagner Collection. Ray Wagner was Archivist at the San Diego Air and Space Museum for several years and is an author of several books on aviation --- ---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
The sight of the Galaxy was very impressive and exciting to a (then) young student of aeronautical engineering at the 1971 Paris Air Show.
The panorama is created from two slides scanned and merged in PS.
From Aircraft Wiki:
The C-5 is a large high-wing cargo aircraft. It has a distinctive high T-tail, 25 degree wing sweep, and four TF39 turbofan engines mounted on pylons beneath the wings. The C-5 is similar in appearance to its smaller predecessor, the C-141 Starlifter. The C-5 has 12 internal wing tanks and is equipped for aerial refueling. It has both nose and aft doors for "drive-through" loading and unloading of cargo.
The C-5 features a cargo compartment 121 feet long, 13.5 feet high, and 19 feet wide (37 m by 4.1 m by 5.8 m), or just over 31,000 ft³ (880 m³). The compartment can accommodate up to 36 463L master pallets or a mix of palletized cargo and vehicles. The cargo hold of the C-5 is actually a foot longer than the length of the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers' flyer at Kitty Hawk. The nose and aft doors open the full width and height of the cargo compartment to permit faster and easier loading. Ramps are full width at each end for loading double rows of vehicles. The volume of unusable space in a C-5's tail assembly (aft of the ramp) is larger than the available cargo space of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules.
It has an upper deck seating area for 73 passengers. The passengers face the rear of the aircraft, rather than forward. Its take off and landing distances, at maximum gross weight, are 8,300 ft (2,530 m) and 4,900 ft (1,490 m) respectively. Its high flotation landing gear has 28 wheels to share the weight. The "kneeling" landing gear system permits lowering of the parked aircraft so the cargo floor is at truck-bed height to facilitate vehicle loading and unloading.
Catalog #: 01_00091729
Title: Lockheed, XF-90
Corporation Name: Lockheed
Additional Information: USA
Tags: Lockheed, XF-90
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Designation: XF-90
From the Collection of Charles M. Daniels
How dark was that sky? If you'd told others, who hadn't seen it, they wouldn't have believed you! Here's the proof you need... Stormy!
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Lockheed Martin engineers conduct environmental tests on the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite to ensure its survivability and performance during launch and on orbit operations. www.lockheedmartin.com/aehf
Pima Air and Space Museum
LOCKHEED D-21B
One of the least known members of a family of aircraft that includes the SR-71 is the D-21 reconnaissance drone. The drone was designed to be launched from the back of a modified A-12, the first version of the Blackbird. A ramjet engine that requires very high speeds in order to operate powered the D-21.
Initial testing began in 1963, but the design was not flown until March 1966. Three successful test flights were made, but on the fourth flight the drone crashed into the launch plane. It was then redesigned and fitted with a booster rocket so that it could be launched by the B-52. Testing of this version began in 1967 and eventually several operational missions were flown. The program was canceled in 1971.
The drone on display was modified for launch from a B-52, but was never flown. It was placed in storage at Davis-Monthan AFB in 1976 and was loaned to the Pima Air & Space Museum by the National Museum of the United States Air Force in 1993.
SPECIFICATIONS
Wingspan: 19 ft 9 in
Length: 42 ft 10 in
Height: 7 ft
Weight:1 1,000 lbs (loaded)
Max. Speed: 2,500 + mph
Service Ceiling: 90,000 ft
Range: 3,000 miles
Engines: 1 Marquardt XRJ43-MA-20 ramjet 1,500 pounds thrust
Crew: none
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ZD948 TriStar KC1
ZD950 TriStar KC1
ZD951 TriStar K1
ZD953 TriStar KC1
ZE704 TriStar C2
ZE705 TriStar C2
Published by AV Fry & Co Ltd London. I believe this card was bought when my parents and I visited London (now Heathrow) Airport, c.1957, to see the new terminal and control tower which had recently opened, the first stage of the airport's up-grading.
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II of the 62d Fighter Squadron (62 FS) "Spike War Dawgs" from Luke AFB seen at Nellis AFB, November, 2017.
US Air force
PS: not luck with the C5 Galaxy as this the second time i miss a good shot arriving late !!!
This tribute to the Lockheed Electra sits on a roundabout in Ainsdale. It celebrates a transatlantic flight made from Ainsdale beach to New York in 1937.
Pic showing how the landing gear reattracts. Front landing gear is from Aleks' Tempest. The wing is from Ralph's Typhoon.
Commemorative Air Force: Arizona Wing Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon configured as a RAF B-32 Ventura.
Derived from the PV-1 Ventura model, the PV-2 Harpoon made modifications on the previous model by increasing the wing area giving it more load-carrying capability. The redesign came about from weaknesses found in the PV-1 from poor-quality takeoffs with a full load of fuel. Armament was also upgraded to a standard five forward-firing machine gun arrangement. The bombardier's position from early PV-1s was also removed as part of the redesign in the PV-2. Due to the added weight, and the use of the same engines as the PV-1s, the Harpoon was unable to meet anticipated speed statistics. Initial stress tests on the wings uncovered a tendancy to dangerously wrinkle. As a result, deliver to the Navy was delayed until the redesign of the wings was completed.
The PV-2 Harpoon saw combat as part of the US Naval Reserve in the Pacific Theater up until the later 1940s. Surplus models ended up being supplied to nations such as Portugal, Peru, the Netherlands, Italy and Japan. Many models were converted into civilian VIP transport aircraft by the Howard Aero Services, while even more were coverted into mosquito-spray planes. Today, only a few remain in flying condition as historical warbirds.
The PV-2 Harpoon was a major redesign of the Ventura with the wing area increased from 551 ft² to 686 ft² giving an increased load-carrying capability. The motivation for redesign was weaknesses in the PV-1, since it had shown to have poor-quality takeoffs when carrying a full load of fuel. On the PV-2, the armament became standardised at five forward-firing machine guns. Many early PV-1s had a bombardier's position, which was deleted in the PV-2. Some other significant developments included the increase of the bombload by 30% to 4,000 lb. Another development was the ability to carry eight 5 in HVAR rockets under the wings.
While the PV-2 was expected to have increased range and better takeoff, the anticipated speed statistics were projected lower than those of the PV-1, due to the use of the same engines but an increase in weight. The Navy ordered 500 examples, designating them with the popular name Harpoon.
Early tests indicated a tendency for the wings to wrinkle dangerously. As this problem could not be solved by a 6 ft reduction in wingspan (making the wing uniformly flexible), a complete redesign of the wing was necessitated. This hurdle delayed entry of the PV-2 into service. The PV-2s already delivered were used for training purposes under the designation PV-2C. By the end of 1944, only 69 PV-2s had been delivered. They finally resumed when the redesign was complete. The first aircraft shipped were the PV-2D, which had eight forward-firing machine guns and was used in ground attacks. When World War II ended, all of the order was cancelled.
With the wing problems fixed, the PV-2 proved reliable, and eventually popular. It was first used in the Aleutians by VP-139, one of the squadrons that originally used the PV-1. It was used by a number of countries after the war’s end, but the United States ceased ordering new PV-2s, and they were all soon retired from service.
A birds-eye view of the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite being encapsulated in a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket payload fairing. www.lockheedmartin.com/muos
LOCKHEED MARTIN F-16CM FIGHTING FALCON (MSN CC-153) USAF SOUTH CAROLINA ANG (92-3911) / BASE AÉREA DE MORÓN (LEMO)
The base’s first two F-35 aircraft arrive at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on March 6, 2013. The aircraft are F-35A variants slated for Operational Test and Evaluation.
Reporters pose questions to Chairman and CEO Robert J. Stevens at the 2010 Lockheed Martin Media Day
another chance to get the U2 operating live missions from Fairford, this time returning nearly 10 hours after departing that same day
The annual Lockheed Martin 5k walk/run and Family Day took place on May 2, 2015 at Lockheed Martin Headquarters in Bethesda, MD for Washington metro area employees and their guests. The day kicked off with the 5k walk/run to benefit Team Red, White and Blue. Afterwards the days continued with nearly 50 hands-on activities.
Title: Lockheed, S-3A, Viking
Catalog #: 01_00091010
Corporation Name: Lockheed
Designation: S-3A
Official Nickname: Viking
Additional Information: USA
Tags: Lockheed, S-3A, Viking
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Lockheed P-3C Orion--Perman Collection Image--Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
IWM Duxford July 8 2023
Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior G-AFTL
Built 1936
Previous registrations include
NC16007NX21707
VP-TAI
N1161V
N12EJ
(I believe the following to be accurate)
G-AFTL is a very historic and important aircraft it spent from 1936 to 1939 with several companies in the U.S.A, before in 1939 being exported to the U.K. Where it was registered as a cover as G-AFTL with British Airways.
On arriving in the U.K it was rebuilt by Cunliffe-Owen with long range fuel tanks and fuselage hatches with F.24 cameras.
It was then used on several photo reconnaissance mission as far afield as the Middle east but primarily over pre-war Germany.
Damaged in 1940 after an air raid it was shipped back to Lockheed for in Burbank for rebuilding.
It then spent many years with different owners until 2015 when it was due to be sold to a French owner but it then remained in pieces in a hangar at Jefferson County Airport owned three French antique dealers. The history until 2022 remains a mystery to me, until it arrived at Sywell for restoration for Fighter Aviation Engineering, Dunmow finally flying again in spring of 2023.
Training/Practice flight