Lockheed H to Z

REVISED: 5/1/09

Lockheed K to Lockheed-Martin

L-100 Hercules - Commercial version of C-130E; four 4050hp Allison T56D propjets; span: 132'7" length: 97'10". Payload: 47,990#.

L-100 1964 = To domestic and foreign airlines. POP: 22, of which 13 were converted to the suffix -20 and -30 models.
L-100-10 1967 = Initial offering to airlines, based on C-130H, but reportedly none was ordered.
L-100-20 1968 = 4508hp Allison 501-D22A; length: 106'1" v: 371 range: 2400. 49' cargo hold, payload: 48,380#. POP: 27.
Lockheed L-100-30 [N15ST]

L-100-30 1970 = Largest of the civil Hercules; length: 112'8". 56' cargo hold, payload: 51,677#; ff: 9/x/70. POP: 58.

L-133 - Canard jet fighter project not built; Nathan Price.

Lockheed L-188 Electra (Lockheed)

L-188 Electra 1957 = Commercial transport, the first propjet ordered by US airlines. 77pClwM rg; four 3750hp Allison 501-D13 (T56) propjets; span: 99'0" length: 104'6" load: 54,500# v: 448/407/x range: 2880; ff: 12/6/57. POP: 169. USN version P-3/P3V.

Lockheed L-245 [N125D] (Dan Shumakr coll)

L-245 1953 = T2V-1 as a company prototype with leading- and trailing-edge flaps employing new boundary layer control technology for slower landing speed; 6100# Allison J33-A-24; ff: 12/15/53. POP: 1 [N125D].

L-1011 TriStar (Model L-1011-365) - 246-362pClwM rg; three Rolls Royce turbofans; span: 155'4" length: 177'8" range: 3300-6000 ceiling: 43,000'. Payload: 84,393#. First in operation with EAL, Delta, TWA in Apr 1972. 33 in use with foreign airlines included those upgraded from older models; 9 acquired by RAF from BOAC and PAA for use as tankers.

Lockheed L-1011 (Lockheed)

L-1011 1970 = v: 288/x/152; ff: 11/16/70 [N1011] (p: H L Dees). POP: 1 prototype and 4 for testing.
Lockheed L-1011-1 [N339EA] (Steve Brimley)

L-1011-1 1970 = Initial production with three RB211-22B; v: x/599/x range: 3302. POP: 161.
L-1011-50 19?? = POP: 14.
Lockheed L-1011-100 [N31029] (Michael McLaughlin)

L-1011-100 1975 = v: x/593/x range: 4211; ff: 4/25/75. POP: 14.
Lockheed L-1011-150 [CF-TNG] (David Unsworth)

L-1011-150 19?? = range: 4638. POP: ??.
L-1011-200 1977 = 50000# R211-524B; v: x/610/x range: 4235; ff: 10/8/76. Payload: 89,400#. POP: 200.
L-1011-250 1986 = v: x/605/x range: 4520nm; POP: ??.
L-1011-500 1978 = 246p; span: 164'4" length: 164'2" v x/625/x range: 6053; ff: 10/16/78. Payload: 89,718#. POP: 50. Six bought from British Airways and three from Pan-Am by RAF in 1982 as TriStar K Mark 1.

L-2000 SEE CL-823.

Lockheed 60 [N1601L] (K O Eckland)

Lockheed LASA-60 [N3380G] (Roger Cain)

60, LASA-60, Santa Maria (Model L-402) 1959 (?>1961) = 6pChwM light utility transport. 260hp Continental TSIO-470; span: 39'4" length: 28'1" load: 1510# v: 167/130/x range: 550. Al and Art Mooney. POP: 2 prototypes as pattern aircraft [N601K, N601L=XBGUZ=N1601L]. License-built by Lockheed-Azcarate SA in Mexico, whose acronym gave the airplane its LASA-60 designation, also in Italy as Santa Maria and in Argentina.

According to Airlife's General Aviation (1991) there were 2 built by Lockheed Georgia, 44 by Lockheed-Azcarate SA in Mexico (included 18 for the Mexican Air Force) (c/ns 1001 to 1044), and Aermacchi built 4 AL60-B1 models and 81 AL60-B2 models before moving on to the AL60C with a tailwheel. (— Bill Lines 6/4/02)

Lockheed Little Dipper [NX18935] (Lockheed)

Little Dipper aka Air Trooper (Model 33) 1944 = 1pOlwM; modified 50hp ACM/Franklin 2AL, later 40hp Continental A-40; span: 25'0" length: 17'7" load: 300# v: 100/90/30 range: 210 ceiling: 16,000'; ff (as Air Trooper): 8/x/44 (p: Bud Martin). John Thorp. POP: 1 [NX18935] and 1 unfinished prototype. Originally intended as a "flying motorcycle" for Army D-Day ground troops, as the war drew to an end the focus shifted to a civil market and its name became Little Dipper. However, the market never developed, and the planes were scrapped.

Lockheed Lodestar 18 (C-60A) [NC19944] (Larry Joplin coll)

Lockheed Lodestar 18-56 Modified [NC177L]

Lodestar 18 1940 (ATC 723) = 17pClwM rg; two 900hp Wright GR-1820 Cyclone; span: 65'6" length: 49'10" load: 6868# v: 233/229/68 range: 2000. Prototype was a stretched 14. $85,000+. Had several motor variants as dash numbers. To AAC as C-59, -60 and USN as R5O; military export version as Vega Ventura. POP: 625, of which 3 from PAA to USN as Lodestar [99093/99095].

Lodestar 18H 1940 (ATC 2-556) = Two P&W Hornet S1.

Lockheed M-21 with piggy-back D-21 (NASA Dryden)

M-21 = A version of A-12 (USAF YF-12A) used to launch the D-21 unarmed strategic reconnaissance drone. The latter was also referred to as Q-12, although that was not a USAF designation. M-21 was a Lockheed designation only, and in which "12" was [purposely] reversed. First flight of the two M-21s [60-6940/6941] with the D-21 mounted was on 12/22/44; first launch of the D-21 on 3/5/66, followed by flights on 4/27 and 6/16/66. On 7/30/66, during the fourth flight, an M-21 and D-21 collided and the concept was abandoned. Instead another five D-21 flights were made from NASA's B-52 carrier aircraft. SEE Flight of Blackbirds.(— Jos Heyman, 2/14/02, ref: Jay Miller's "Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works")

O-3 - "Quiet Thrust" technology. SEE QT-2.

Lockheed YO-3A [N718NA] (NASA Dryden)

YO-3A 1969 = Heavier version of QT-2 with a wider wing, military electronics, and 210hp Continental O-360D; v: 138/70-110/70 range: 600±. POP: 2 [69-14000/14001] became QT-2 [N2471W/2472W], and 14 [69-18000/18013], of which 1 to NASA [N718NA], 2 to LA Wildlife Dept [N14425/14426], and 2 to FBI [x, x]. Most were eventually re-registered in civil and NASA licenses or went to museums.

SEE Lockheed Orion registrations

Lockheed Orion 9 Varney [NC12224] Speed Lanes or Speed Lines, take your pick (K O Eckland coll)

Orion 9 1931 (ATC 421, 2-367) = 1-8pO/ClwM rg; 450hp P&W Wasp SC; span: 42'9" length: 27'8" load: 1950# v: 210/180/64 range: 650-800. Gerard Vultee. Pilot in separate canopied cockpit. $25,000; POP: 14. Monocoque fuselage was constructed using the same methods as in 1919 Loughead S-1 Sport.

Lockheed Orion 9A

Orion 9A Special 1932 (ATC 2-397) = 5pClwM; 450hp P&W Wasp SC. POP: 1 [X/NC12229] The Spirit of Fun for Hal Roach film studios.
Orion 9B 1931 (ATC 462) = 8p with 575hp Wright Cyclone; span: 42'9" length: 27'8" load: 1830# v: 225/195/65 range: 580. POP: 2 for SwissAir. Prototype began as 6phwM Air Express.
Lockheed Orion 9C [NX12222] (William T Larkins)
Lockheed Orion 9C [NR12222]

Orion 9C 1932 (ATC 2-416) = Conversion of the experimental Altair DL-2A with 450hp P&W Wasp E, redesigned cockpit, and mail compartment to a passenger cabin. Work was performed during a financial low-point in Lockheed's existence by Dick Von Hake, Jimmy Gerschler, and Nina Wyatt, working without pay in the deserted factory. POP: 1 [NR/NC12222] c/n 180. Repowered with 650hp Wright SR-1820 as James Doolittle's red-and-orange Shellightning, the only metal Orion. Acquired by Paul Mantz, then by SwissAir, who restored it as the only surviving Orion.
Lockheed Orion 9D Special[NR14222]
Lockheed Orion 9D2 [N799W] (William T Larkins)

Orion 9D, 9D1, 9D2 1933 (ATC 514, 2-464, 2-488) = 1-5pClwM rg; 550hp P&W Wasp; span: 42'9" length: 28'4" load: 1687# v: 226/206/63 range: 720. Known as the "Long-nosed Orion." POP: 12, with 1 converted under (421) to Orion 9, and 1 as 9D Special [NC14222]. (2-464) for wing flaps modification as 9D1 [NC232Y]. (2-488) in 1934 for modification as 9D2 for Detroit News camera ship [X799W] Early Bird, which went to USAAC [42-62601].
Lockheed Orion 9E TWA (CAM 34), became the ill-fated Post-Rogers ship [NC12283]

Orion 9E 1933 (ATC 508) = 4-6pClwM rg; 450hp P&W Wasp SC; span: 42'9" length: 27'6" load: 1736# v: 228/205/65 range: 800. POP: 3 [NC12277/12278, NC/NR12283], the last one to Wiley Post as the Orion Explorer twin-float plane in which he and Will Rogers were killed at Point Barrow AK on 8/15/35.
Lockheed Orion 9F [NC12284] (Paul Mantz coll)

Orion 9F 1933 (ATC 512) = 6pClwM rg; 645hp Wright Cyclone; span: 42'10" length: 27'11" load: 1692# v: 242/220/63 range: 450. POP: 1 [NC12284]; eventually met its end in Spanish Civil War 1938.
Orion 9F1 1933 (ATC 557) = Custom-built 9F for Phillips Petroleum Co. POP: 1; also ended up in the Spanish Civil War.
Orion 9 Special 1932 (ATC 508) = 9E as 1p cargo carrier for TWA. POP: 1 [NC12277].

P-2 Neptune SEE P2V.

P-3 Orion, Sentinel, CP-140 Aurora - ClwM rg; four 4910hp Allison T56-A turboprops; span: 99'8" length: 116'10" v: 460/357/x range: 5570; ff: 8/19/58.

YP-3A 1958 = POP: 1 converted from Electra L-188.
Lockheed P-3 (Lockheed)

P-3A 19?? = First production. POP: 157.
P-3B 1965 = 4910hp T-56. POP: 124, plus 20 exports to Australia [155291/155300] and 5 to Norway [156599/156603].
Lockheed P-3C (USN)

P-3C 1969 = POP: 245, plus 32 exports.
P-3D 19?? = POP: 2.
RP-3D 19?? = POP: 1 [158227].
WP-3D 19?? = POP: 3 to DoC.
EP-3E 19?? =
P-3F 19?? = Export version. POP: 6.
P-3J 19?? = License-built in Japan. POP: 42.
P-3 AEW&C Sentinel 1984 = AWACS radar platform with 24' radome. POP: 1.
Lockheed CP-140 (Lockheed)

CP-140 Aurora 1979 = To Canada with custom electronics. POP: 18.

Lockheed YP-24 (Lockheed)

P-24 (Altair XP-900) 1931 = 2pClwM; 675hp Curtiss V-1570; ff: 9/29/31. Robert Wood. Design continued as Consolidated P-25/P-30 when Wood left Detroit-Lockheed for Consolidated Co. POP: 1 prototype Y1A-g (did not fly), and 1 YP-24, aka Detroit YP-24.

The doodle that became a legend In 1937, Kelly Johnson scribbled some preliminary ideas on a scratch-pad when the AAC asked the aviation industry to come up with a design for a multi-engine fighter. One of those doodles affected the course of aviation history... it was called the P-38.

P-38, F-4, F-5 Lightning (Models 22, 122, 222, 322, 422) - 1pCmwM rg; two 1150hp Allison V-1710; span: 52'0" length: 37'10" load: 1993# v: 417/393/80 range: 400. James Gerschler, Hall Hibbard, J J Johnson, Kelly Johnson. The first US fighter to exceed 400mph in level flight (Vought F4U was the first single-engine US plane to do so). Also built by Consolidated-Vultee Co. Nearly 10,000 were built by the end of WW2. SEE Lockheed P-38 in detail

Lightning Mk I, II SEE P-322.
Lockheed XP-38 [37-457] (Lockheed)

XP-38 (Model 22) 1939 = Inward-rotating props (production models were outward-rotating); ff: 1/27/39 (p: Ben Kelsey). POP: 1 [37-457].
Lockheed YP-38 [39-700] (USAAF)

YP-38 (Model 122) 1940 = ff: 9/16/40. POP: 13 [39-689/701].
Lockheed RP-38 [40-744] (Edwards FTC)
Lockheed P-38 Cockpit, model uncertain (USAF)

P-38 (Model 222) 1940 = 37mm cannon; range: 1490. POP: 30 [40-744/773], of which 1 converted to XP-38A and 1 fitted with an experimental cockpit in the port boom as RP-38 [40-744] to test physical effects on a person remote from the center of gravity.
Lockheed XP-38A [40-762] (USAF Museum coll)

XP-38A (Model 222) 1942 = Pressurized cockpit. POP: 1 conversion from P-38 [40-762].
Lockheed P-38D [40-774] (USAAF)

P-38D Lightning (Model 222) 1941 = First to use the "Lightning" name. Self-sealing tanks, 23mm cannon. POP: 36 [40-774/809].
Lockheed P-38E modified as Swordfish for flight testing wings [41-2048] (Los Angeles Mirror-News)

P-38E (Model 222) 1942 = 20mm cannon, equipment changes. POP: 310 [41-1983/2292], of which 99 were converted to F-4 photo-recons.
Lockheed P-38F [4-17485] (USAF)
Lockheed P-38F (NACA)

P-38F (Model 222) 1942 = First to see large-scale active service in Europe and North Africa. Wing bomb racks, drop tanks, and a "maneuvering" flap to allow Fowler flaps to be extended 8 degress in combat for increased lift. 1325hp V-1710; load: 3636# v: 402/300/85. POP: 547 [41-2293/2392, -7484/7680, 42-12567/12666, 43-2035/2184], of which 20 were converted to F-4A. Some also modified with a jump seat for student instruction.
Lockheed P-38G (USAAF)
Lockheed P-38G on skis (USAF Museum)

P-38G (Model 222) 1942 = Equipment changes. 1325hp V-1710-51/-55/-F-10; load: 3600# v: 404/340/89 range: 350. POP: 1,082 [42-12667/12866, -12870/13557, 43-2185/2558], included 524 Lightning Mk II diverted from RAF orders.
Lockheed P-38H [42-67079] (Lockheed via USAAF)

P-38H (Model 222) 1943 = Supercharged 1425hp V-1710-89/-91; load: 3920# v: 402/300/88 range: 300. POP: 601 [42-13559, -66502/67101], of which 123 were converted to F-5C.
Lockheed P-38J [42-68008] (Tony LeVier coll)

P-38J (Model 422) 1943 = Redesigned fuel tanks, cooling; later models had dive brakes; load: 4720# v: 415/350/105 range: 450. POP: 2,970 [42-12867/12869, -13560/13566, -67102/68191, -103979/104428, 43-28248/29047, 44-23059/23768], with many conversions to F-5E. Some P-38Js and -38Ls in Europe were equipped with transparent noses and Norden bombsights, known as the "Pathfinder" model, to act as lead bomb-aimers for formations of P-38 rigged as bombers.
Lockheed TP-38J Note blacked-out insigne [44-23492] (Tony LeVier coll)

TP-38J (Model 422) 1944 = "The plane that never was." Although an unofficial designation, probably applied by those who came up with the idea of a "piggy-back" 2p radar night fighter, this shows up occasionally on USAF and Lockheed records as the field prototype for P-38L, subsequently P-38M.
P-38K (Model 422) 1943 = POP: 1 converted from the first P-38J [42-13558].
Lockheed P-38L [44-25419] (USAF)
Lockheed P-38L "Droopsnoot" (USAF)
Lockheed TP-38L [44-53097]

P-38L, TP-38L (Model 422) (Consolidated, Lockheed) 1944 = Final production, some with rocket launchers. High-altitude model similar to P-38J but with 1600hp V-1710; load: 4700# v: 414/x/105 range: 450 ceiling: 44,000'. POP: 3,923 by Lockheed [44-23769/27258, -53008/53327] and 113 by Consolidated-Vultee in Nashville TN [43-50226/50338], included conversions to F-5E/G, and TP-38L 2p trainer. Also, as with P-38J (qv), served as "Pathfinder" bomb-aimer, aka "Droop snoot."
Lockheed P-38M (USAF)

P-38M 1945 = 2p night fighter in the Pacific with radar, and a raised rear seat for its operator. POP: 1 converted from P-38L. SEE TP-38J.
Lockheed P-322 [RAF AE992] (Tony LeVier coll)

P-322 1941/42 = Originally destined for RAF in orders of 150 as Lightning I and 524 as Lightning II, only 3 actually made it to England. The rest were diverted to USAAF, with 150 as P-38F, 374 as P-38G, and 150 as various Models P-222, with some retaining this oddball P-322 designation.
Lockheed F-5E Jim DeSanto and 1946 Sohio racer [NX49721] (Morris A Koshchuk coll)

Unarmed photo-recon versions: F-4 = POP: 99 [41-2098/2099, -2121/2156, -2158/2171, -2173/2218, -2220]; F-4A = POP: 20 [41-2362/2381]; F-5A = POP: 181 [41-2157, 42-12667/12686, -12767/12786, -12967/12986, -13067/13126, -13267/13326]; F-5B = POP: 199 [42-67312/67401, -68192/68301], included 4 to USN as FO-1 [01209/01212]; F-5C = POP: 123 converted from P-38H; F-5D = POP: 1 converted from F-5A; F-5E = POP: 705 converted from P-38J/L. F-5F and -5G were also field conversions of P-38J/L.

Lockheed XP-49 [40-3055]

P-49 1940 = P-38 as high-altitude engine test-bed; two 1600hp Continental IV-1430; length: 40'1" load: 3286# v: 458/262/x range: 680. POP: 1 as XP-49 [40-3055].

Lockheed XP-58 [41-2670] (Lockheed)

P-58 Chain Lightning 1944 = 2pCmwM rg; two paired Allison V-3240; span: 70'0" v: 430; ff: 6/6/44. Larger version of P-38 with tail turret and 75mm nose cannon as escort fighter. POP: 1 as XP-58 [41-2670].

P-80 cockpit (Lockheed)

P-80, F-80 Shooting Star - USAF's first fully-operational jet fighter. 1pClwM rg; Kelly Johnson, Don Palmer, William Ralston. An F-80 (p: Lt Russell Brown) scored history's first all-jet combat victory in downing a North Korean MiG-15 on 11/8/50. USN/USMC version TO-1 (TV-1 after 1949). Total, excluding trainers: 1,732. "P-" designation changed to "F-" in June 1948. Exports to Brazil (33), Chile (18), Colombia (16), Ecuador (16), Peru (16), Uruguay (14).

Lockheed XP-80 [44-83020] (Lockheed)

XP-80 (Model L-140) 1944 = 2640# de Havilland H-1 turbojet; span: 37'0" length: 32'10" load: 2333# v: 502/400/x range: 1200; ff: 1/8/44 (p: Milo Burcham). POP: 1 [44-83020], nicknamed Lulu Belle.
Lockheed XP-80A [44-83021] (USAF)

XP-80A (Model L-141) 1944 = Modified 4000# GE (Whittle) I-40; span: 38'11" length: 34'6" v: 560 ceiling: 48,500'; ff: 6/10/44. $495,210; POP: 2 [44-83021/83022]. The former crashed after engine failure; pilot Tony LeVier bailed out safely.
Lockheed YP-80A Modified as XF-14 [44-83024] (Edwards FTC)

YP-80A 1944 = 3850# Allison-GE J33-GE-11; ff: 9/13/44. POP: 13 [44-83023/83035], with 1 modified as XF-14 photo-recon [44-83024]. Appeared briefly in WW2 when 3 planes were shipped to Great Britain and 2 to Italy in late 1944 for use in field testing and non-combat patrols only; of those [44-83026] exploded in flight and [-83027], refitted with a R-R Nene engine, crash-landed after engine failure, both in England.
Lockheed XFP-80A "01" tail number [44-85201] [Lockheed]
Lockheed P-80A [48-5004] (Lockheed via TKnL coll)

P-80A 1945 = Dive brakes, new gun bay; span: 39'11" length: 34'6" load: 3780# v: 558/410/x range: 1440 ceiling: 45,000'. POP: 525 (?>563), included 1 as prototype XFP-80A [44-85201] and 38 as production FP-80A photo-recon, and 1 as XP-80B/-80R; 3 to USN as P-80A [29667/29668, 29689].
DF-80A 1947 = Target drone director modified from F-80A/C.

FP-80A 1944 = Photo-recon (redesignated RF-80A in 1948). POP: 114, plus 53 converted from P-80A.
RF-80A, -80C - Redesignations of photo-recon versions, later as F-14.
QF-80A, -80F 1947 = Target drone modifications of F-80A/C.
Lockheed P-80B [45-8565]

P-80B, F-80B 1947 = Ejection seat, wing modifications, redesigned cockpit interior. 5200# Allison J33A. POP: 240, of which 1 to USN [29690].
Lockheed XP-80R [44-85200] (USAF Museum)

XP-80B, -80R 1947 = Clipped-wing and small-canopied racing modification of P-80B with 5080# J33-A-17 for the Nationals; span: 37'0" length: 34'6" range: 1045 ceiling: 45,000'. $168,000; POP: 1 redesignated as XP-80R [44-85200], set world speed record at 623.753mph on 6/19/47 (p: Col Albert Boyd). Displayed at USAF Museum.
Lockheed F-80C Conversion from P-80A [44-85004] (Lockheed)
Lockheed F-80C [49-1820] (Lockheed)

P-80C, F-80C, TO/TV 1948 = Fighter-bomber with 5400# J33A-23; length: 34'6" load: 7096# v: 580/349/x range: 1380 ceiling: 42,750'; ff (as P-80C): 3/1/48 (p: Tony LeVier). POP: 798 (as F-80C) [47-171/224, -525/604, -1380/1411, 48-376/396, -853/912, 49-422/878, -1800/1899, -3597/3600], of which 50 to USN/USMC as TO-1/TV-1, plus about 120 modified from earlier models. Two, as XF-80C, were of all-magnesium construction, one was ski-equipped in Alaska [49-429], and [44-85044] was fitted with a prone-position second cockpit in its nose (photo above was taken prior to this modification).
TF-80C 1948 = 2p trainer, modified and lengthened from P-80B. POP: 1 [48-356]. Designation changed to T-33A in May 1949.
F-80D - Projected model for Allison J33-A-29; unbuilt.
F-80E - Swept-wing design was unbuilt.
P-80N - Planned production of P-80A by North American Aviation was cancelled by war's end.
P-80R SEE XP-80B.
P-80Z - Temporary designation for P-80B.

P-322 SEE P-38.

P2V, P3V, P-2 Neptune - 7-9pCmwM USN patrol bomber evolved from PV-1/-2. John W Thorp (preliminary design). USAF version RB-69. Also licensed production by Kawasaki in Japan as P2V-Kai in 1966. Redesignated P-2 in 1962. Exports to Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal.

Lockheed P2V (Lockheed)

XP2V-1 (Model 26) 1945 = 8pCmwM rg; two 2300hp Wright R-3350-8; span: 100'0" length: 75'4" load: 21,044# v: 289/176/x range: 4130 (?>4210) ceiling: 23,200'; ff: 5/17/45 (p: Harold Johnson, Joe Towle). POP: 2 [48237/48238].
P2V-1 (Model 126) 1946 = POP: 17 [89082/89085, 89087/89096]. Of note was [89082] as Truculent Turtle used to set world non-stop distance record (Perth, Australia, to Columbus OH; 11,326 miles in 55h:17m) on 9/29/46.
XP2V-2 1947 = ff: 1/7/47. POP: 1 [89086].
Lockheed P2V-2 (USN)

P2V-2 (Model 226) 1947 = 7p with 2100hp R-3350-24W; span: 100'0" length: 78'3" load: 19,900# v: 320/178/x range: 3985; ff: 5/20/47. POP: 81 [39318/39319, 39321/39368, 122438/122467].
P2V-2C 19?? = Modified as carrier-based nuclear bomber. POP: 1 [122449].
P2V-2N 1947 = Arctic operations with two 16' retractable skids. POP: 2 [122465/122466].
P2V-2S 1947 = POP: 1 [39320].
Lockheed P2V-3 [122924] (William T Larkins)

P2V-3 (Model 326) 1948 = 3200hp R-3350-26W; v: 338/180/77 range: 3935 ceiling: 28,000'. POP: 102 [122923/122951, 122964/122987].
P2V-3B 19?? = Conversion of all P2V-3C to close support role.
P2V-3C 195? = Conversion as carrier-based nuclear bombers. POP: 11 (?>9) modified from P2V-3.
P2V-3E 19?? = Modified as combat transports. POP: 2 [122986/122987].
P2V-3W 1949 = Anti-sub with search radar. POP: 6 [124354/124359], the second of which was modified as P2V-3B.
P2V-3Z 1950 = Armed personnel transport. POP: 2.
P2V-4 (P-2D) (Model 426) 1949 = 8p with 2650hp R-3350-30W; span: 101'0" length: 77'11" load: 11,979# v: 352/x/109 range: 4200 ceiling: 31,000'. POP: 57 [124211/124267].
P2V-5 (P-2E) (Model 526) 1950 = 9p with glazed nose turret and twin 20mm cannon, center-mounted wingtip-tanks; load: 25,746# (?>28,400#) v: 340/227/x range: 3194. Army designations AP-2E/OP-2E, the latter for tactical operations, such as dropping movement sensors/detectors on the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail. POP: 424, of which 52 to RAF Coastal Command in 1952 as Neptune Mk1.
P2V-6 (P-2F) (Model 626) 1952 = Anti-sub and mine laying. POP: 34 [126514/126547], of which 5 to French Navy.
P2V-6F (P-2G) 195? = Trainer conversion. POP: ??, redesignated P-2G.
Lockheed P2V-7 Borate bomber [N716AU] (K O Eckland)

P2V-7 (P-2H, -2J) (Model 726) 1953 = Two 3500hp Wright R-3350-32W turboprops + two 3400# Westinghouse J34-WE-36 turbojet pods; span: 101'4" (?>103'10") length: 91'8" load: 26,989# (?>23,040#) v: 312*/188/109 range: 4350 (?>3685) ceiling: 22,400'*; plus P-2J turboprop versions. * v: 402 and ceiling: 29,700' with jet pod boost. POP: 311 [140151/140160, 140430/140433, 140441, 140443, 140962/140986, 141231/141232, 141234/141251, 142542/142545, 143172/143183, 144675/144684, 144732, 145900/145923, 146431/146438, 147946/147971], 12 to RAAF [149070/149081], 23 to French Navy [144685/144692, 147562/147570, 148330/148336]; plus 47 P-2H (?>42 >68) built by Kawasaki for Japan (aka GK-210) in 1965 [149089/149130, 153611/153616] amd 83 P-2J in 1978.
Lockheed AP-2H without camouflage paint and with TRIM motion sensors

AP-2H, SP-2H 19?? = Night-attack AP-2H.
P2V-7LP 1960 = POP: 4 [140434, 140436/140437, 140439]. Became LP-2J.
Lockheed P2V-7S [148347] (USN)

P2V-7S 1961 = POP: [140435, 148337/148362], plus 6 transferred from USN [150279/150283] to USAF [61-2923/2927].
P2V-7U 19?? = POP: 4 [140438, 140440, 140442, 141233].
YP3V-1 1959 = Four 4585hp Allison T56A turboprops; span: 99'0" length: 113'7"; ff: 11/25/59. POP: 1.

PBO 194? = Ex-RAF Hudson IIIA, repossessed for use by USN. POP: 20 as PBO-1 [03842/03861].

PO 19?? = Early Warning modification of 749A Constellation, redesignated WV-1 in 1952. POP: 2 as PO-1W [124437/124438].

PV Ventura, Harpoon (Model 37) - USN version of Lodestar. Reported combined total of 3,028 built.

Lockheed PV-1 (NACA)

PV-1 Ventura 1942 = ClwM rg; two 2000hp P&W R-2800-31; span: 65'6" length: 51'9" load: 10800# v: 322/270/x range: 1360 ceiling: 26,500'. POP: 1,600, 675 of which to RAF as Ventura, in turn handed over to RNAS for coastal defense and anti-sub duties.
Lockheed PV-2 (USN)

PV-2 Harpoon 1944 = POP: 470 [37065/37534], plus exports.
Lockheed PV-2C (USN)

PV-2C 1944 = POP: 30 [37035/37064].
PV-2D 1944 = POP: 35 [37535/37550, 84057/84064].
PV-3 1944 = RAF Ventura MkII conscripted by USN. POP: 27 [33925/33951].

QT-2, Q-Star, X-26 - 2pCmwM; 100hp Continental O-200A with muffler; span: 57'0" v: 115/75/x; ff: 7/x/67 (p: Quinten Burden). QT = "Quiet Thrust," as a silent, slow-flying plane for Vietnam surveillance operations under the code name of "Operation Prize Crew." Modified from Schweizer SGS2-32 sailplanes, with engine amidships behind the cockpit, and an overhead propshaft driving a slow-turning, four-blade prop; tandem wheels. SEE ALSO Schweizer X-26A.

Lockheed Q-Star [N5713S] (Lockheed)

Q-Star 1968 = Extensively modified SGS2-32 as a direct follow-on to QT-2. POP: 1 [N5713S].
QT-2, X-26B 1967 = POP: 2 converted from YO-3A [N2471W=67-15345=715345, N2472W=67-15346(?) (AF c/n uncertain as some records show that number as "not used")], both saw service in Vietnam as X-26B, with the first transferred to USN [715345]. One modified with larger tail, beefed-up wings, conventional gear, and a 185hp Wankel rotary with a six-blade prop.

Lockheed XR2O-1 [0267] (Clark Scott)

R2O 1936 = Electra 10A to USN. POP: 2 as R20-1 and 1 as XR2O-1 for Secy of Navy [0267]; sold post-war surplus as [N57573].

R3O 1936 = Electra 10B to USCG; two 440hp Wright R-976-E3. POP: 1 as XR3O-1 for Secy of Treasury [383=V151]. A sole 12A [NC33615] was impressed by USN in 1942 and curiously recorded as R3O-2 [02947] instead of the 12A's assigned JO designation, and shipped to Great Britain in 1944 for use by our Naval Attaché. Apparently it was sold there in late 1945 and acquired UK license [GAGTI], then went to France as [FBJJY-FAZLL]. A conflicting, non-USN report has it sold surplus post-war in the USA, reverting to its [NC33615], and ending up in use by several airlines.

R4O 1939 = Electra 14 to USN as staff transport. POP: 1 as XR4O-1 [1441].

R5O Lodestar - Model 18 purchased and impressed by USN. SEE ALSO C-56, -57, -59, -60, -66.

XR5O-1 1939 = POP: 1 [2101].
Lockheed R5O-1 Secretary of the Navy, 1941 [4250] (William T Larkins)

R5O-1 1941 = POP: 2 for Navy Dept, plus 1 to USCG [4249/4250].
R5O-2 1940 = POP: 1 [7303].
R50-3 194? = Upgrade of R50-2. POP: 4 [27959, 30148/30150].
R50-4 1942 = POP: 12 [05046/05050, 12447/12452].
R50-5 1942 = Same as USAF C-60. POP: 41 [12454/12491].
R50-6 194? = Paratroop carrier. Transferred USAF C-60A. POP: 35 [39612/39646].

Lockheed XR6O-1 (USN)

Lockheed R6V-1 [85163] (USN)

R6O. R6V Constitution (Model 89) 1946 = Double-deck USN transport. 168-180pClwM rg; four 3000hp P&W R-4360-22W; span: 189'1" length: 156'1" load: 69,425# v: 303/269/x range: 4500; ff: 11/9/46. POP: 2 as XR6O-1 [85163/85164]; redesignated as R6V-1.

R7O, R7V - USN adaptation of Super Constellation as transport and airborne early-warning station. Initially R7O-1, redesignated as R7V. USAF version C-121.

R7V-1, -1P 1945 = 97pClwM rg; span: 135'6" length: 116'2" load: 32,000# v: 375/335/x range: 2990. First units initially designated R7O-1. POP: 51 [128434/128444, 131621/131629, 131632/131659, 140311/140313]; 1 modified as photo-recon R7V-1P. Most all to transferred to USAF as C-121G.
Lockheed R7V-2 Turboprops (USN)

R7V-2 1953 = USN; ff: 9/1/53. POP: 4 transferred to USAF in 1955 [131630/131631, 131660/131661] as YC-121F, two of which were refitted with P&W YT34-P-12A turboprops.

RB-69 1954 = P2V-7 transferred to USAF. POP: 7. Redesignated P-2 in 1962.

RO 1931 = Altair for Asst Secy of Navy, replacing Curtiss XO2C-2. First USN plane with fully-retractable gear. POP: 1 as XRO-1 [A9054].

RS-71 SEE SR-71.

S-3 Viking - USN multimission and antisub warfare. 4pChwM rg; two 9000# GE TF34 turbofans; span: 68'8 length: 53'4" load: 39,900# v: 518/184/x range: 3450.

YS-3A 1971 = Evaluation prototype. POP: 8 [157992/157999]. All were converted to S-3A.
Lockheed S-3A (Lockheed)

S-3A 1971 = ff: 11/8/71. POP: 179 [158861/158873, 159386/159420, 159728/159772, 160120/160164, 160567/160607]. Modified with new electronics in 1981.
ES-3A Shadow 1991 = Unarmed, carrier-based electronic recon. POP: 16 converted from S-3A. Also served as tankers for NATO forces.
KS-3A 197? = Converted from S-3A as tanker. POP: 1.
US-3A 1976 = 6p conversion for aircraft carrier shuttle operations. POP: 6 [158868, et al].
Lockheed S-3B (Lockheed)

S-3B 1985 = Conversion of S-3A with new weapons systems and aerial refueling capability.

Lockheed Saturn [NX90001] (Lockheed)

Saturn 1946 = 16pChwM; two 525hp Wright Cyclone; span: 74'0" length: 51'6" load: 4366# v: 248/207/x range: 2000. Projected feeder transport; unique right-left interchangeable components (gears, tail surfaces, outboard wings, etc). POP: 1 [NX90001].

Lockheed Sirius 8/Altair DL-2 Charles Lindbergh (Lockheed)

Sirius 8 1928 (ATC 300) = 2pOlwM; 450hp P&W Wasp C; span: 42'9" length: 27'6" load: 1540# v: 175/150/60 range: 975. Gerard Vultee. $18,985; POP: 5 [NR12W, NC14W, NC16W, NX211, NC349V], of which 1 (with no ATC) was Tingmissartoq, set on floats for Pan American route survey flights 1931-33 by Charles Lindbergh [NR211], later converted to 8 Special/Altair DL-2, and 1 export to Mexico [XBADA] c/n 149.

Lockheed Sirius 8 Special [NC118W] (Gene Palmer coll)

8 Special 1929 (ATC 2-400, 2-423) = POP: 1 converted from 8 [NX211] c/n 140, and 1 from 8A [NR118W] c/n 152 for planned, but never implemented, 1930 NYC-Paris flight by George R Hutchinson—plane repossessed by Lockheed after a crash on 8/2/30 and rebuilt. (2-400) for 450hp P&W Wasp SC1 issued to film director Victor Fleming, its next owner 1931-34 [NC118W]. Sold back to Lockheed, who modified it with a fresh Wasp SE and a new wing as Altair 8D for Charles Kingsford-Smith's entry in the 1934 London-Melbourne MacRobertson Race as Anzac [NX118W]. Shipped to Australia, rechristened Lady Southern Cross [VHUSB]. Did not race, but was flown by Kingsford-Smith and P G Taylor on first Australia-USA flight 10/21-11/4/34. (2-423) for 550hp Wasp S1D1 and shipped to England in 1935 [GADUS], from where Sir Kingsford-Smith and Tommy Pethybridge set off for Melbourne, then vanished in a storm over the Bay of Bengal on 11/8/35.
Lockheed Sirius 8A Camera plane [NC117W] (Paul Mantz coll)

8A 1930 (ATC 300) = Retractable gear (the first Lockheed so equipped), larger empennage; length: 27'10" load: 1622#. POP: 4 [NC16W, NR115W, NR117W, NC167W], plus 1 modified as 8 Special [NR/NC/NX118W], and 3 converted to Altair and USAAC Y1C-25 [NC13W, NC/NR15W, X/NR119W=32-393].
8C Sport Cabin 1930 (ATC 2-374) = 4pOlwM; 420hp P&W Wasp C; span: 42'9" length: 27'1" load: 2810#. Fancied up with wheel pants and added 2p cabin, painted red and white much like Gee Bee racers. POP: 1 [NR/NC116W] c/n 150.
Lockheed Sirius 8 DL-2 [NR8494] (Paul Mantz coll)

DL-2 1930 (ATC 378, 2-386) = 2pClwM. POP: 1 [X/NR8494] Metal fuselage Sirius was converted as Altair DL-2A with retracting gear and 645hp P&W Wasp E, then to AAC in 1931 as Y1C-23 [32-232].

Sky Zephyr SEE Invicta.

Lockheed SR-71A Cockpit (Lockheed)

SR-71 Blackbird - High-altitude recon. 2pCmwM rg; two 32500-34000# P&W J58 axial-flow turbojets with special afterburners; span: 55'7" length: 107'5" load: 112,000# v: Mach 3.5+ range: 3250 ceiling: 82,000'+. Titanium alloy construction covered with a special heat-emitting black paint to withstand temperatures up to 800° Fahrenheit caused by friction; folding wings. Evolved from A/F-12. POP total: 31; SEE Flight of Blackbirds. One [61-7972] flew from NY to London on 9/6/74, in four minutes short of two hours (p: Maj Thomas Estes, Maj Dewain Vick). Then, on 9/11/74, this plane made the return flight to Los Angeles in 3h:47m to set a new record (p: Capt Harold Adams, Maj William Machorek). On its final flight on transfer to NASM, 3/6/90, it went from California to Maryland in 68 minutes at an average speed of 2,124 mph. Except for two planes at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, where they are used as test-beds for high-altitude research, the SR-71s have now been retired. Military designation was originally RS-71 (Reconnaissance Strike) but, as he did when he introduced A-12 as "A-11," President Lyndon Johnson erroneously referred to it as "SR-71" at a press conference, and records were duly amended as such.

Lockheed SR-71[61-7950] (USAF Museum)

SR-71 1964 = ff: 12/23/64. POP: 1 prototype [61-7950].
Lockheed SR-71A NASA "beads" (AETC)
Lockheed SR-71A LASRE (see text) [61-7980=NASA844] (NASA Dryden)

SR-71A 1966 = POP: 30 [61-7950/7980], with 2 modified as SR-71B, plus 1 from YF-12 as -71C trainer [60-6937]. Set world speed record of 2193.167 mph 7/27/79 [61-7958]. [61-7980=NASA844] used for NASA Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE) in 1998 to provide in-flight data for Lockheed Martin in validating the computational predictive tools they used to determine the aerodynamic performance of a future potentially reusable launch vehicle. ALSO SEE M-21.
Lockheed SR-71B

SR-71B 1966 = Tandem 2p trainer with elevated rear cockpit. POP: 2 modified from -71A [61-7956/7957].
SR-71C 196? = 3p trainer similar in looks to to SR-71B, but was a hybrid forward fuselage from a static test unit mated to the wing and rear section of YF-12A [60-6934]. POP: 1 [61-7981].

SST SEE CL-823.

Starliner SEE Vega Unitwin.

Super Constellation 1049 SEE Constellation.

Lockheed 14H (NASA)

Super Electra 14H, 14H2 1937 (ATC 657) = Electra 14F with two 750hp P&W Hornet S; span: 65'6" length: 44'4" load: 7200# v: 247/215/65 range: 1500. $85,000. 14H2 had 800hp Hornet S; load: 6800# v: 250/230/65 range: 870. Evolved into export Hudson in 1938. POP total Super Electra 14: 111.

Lockheed 14N2 Hughes 1939 world flight, over Manhattan [NX18973]
Lockheed 14N2 [NX18973] (William T Larkins)

Super Electra 14N 1938 (ATC 683) = 900hp Wright Cyclone; load: 4650# v: 260/235/65 range: 950. Modified 14N2 used for Howard Hughes' record global flight of 7/10-14/39 [NX18973].
Super Electra 14WG 1937 (ATC 673) = 840hp Wright Cyclone; load: 6475# v: 248/240/65 range: 1600.

T-33 Shooting Star = 2pClwM rg; 4600# Allison J33; span: 38'11" length: 37'9" load: 6600# v: 543/455/x range: 1345; ff (as TF-80C): 3/22/48 (p: Tony LeVier). Developed as trainer from F-80. Also produced by Canadair for RCAF, and Kawasaki in Japan. Popular nickname was "Tee-Bird." USN version TV.

Lockheed T-33A (Lockheed)
Lockheed T-33A Quad flight (USAF)

T-33A 1948 = POP: almost 5,691, included 526 for USN as TV-2, and 1,058 for export. One built as experimental twin-tail version to test stability.
AT-33A 19?? = Modifications for tactical suipport duty.
DT-33A 19?? = Drone director.
Lockheed NT-33A [51-4120] (USAF Museum)

NT-33A c.1950 = Longevity? After 46 years of military service, a much-modified NT-33A [51-4120] was retired by the USAF as its oldest operational aircraft on inventory. Delivered in Oct 1951, its historic career as a research aircraft ended in Sep 1997 when it was consigned to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB. SEE sidebar.
QT-33A, -33B 19?? = Target drone. Transfers from USAF to USN. POP: 252 [155918/156169].
Lockheed RT-33A [53-5090] (Lockheed via John K Lewis)

RT-33A 1949 = Photo-recon. POP: 95.

Lockheed T2V-1 Civil prototype [N125D] (Lockheed)

Lockheed T2V-1 [N125D] and T-33A (Lockheed)

T2V Sea Star 1955 = 2pClwM rg; Allison J33-A-16A; span: 42'0" length: 38'0" v: 600/x/97 range: 900±. Boundary layer control wings. POP: 150 as T2V-1 [N125D, 142261/142268, 142397/142399, 142533/142541, 144117/144216, 144735/144764]; redesignated as T-1A in 1962. [N125D] was company prototype Model L-245.

TO, TV Shooting Star - P-/F-80C and T-33A transferred to USN and USMC, with similar specs.

Lockheed TV-1 (NACA)

TO-1 1948 = Same as F-80C. Redesignated as TV-1 in 1950. POP: 50 [33821/33870].
Lockheed TO-2 [128676] (USN)
Lockheed TV-2 Blue Angels hack

TO-2 1949 = Same as T-33A. Redesignated as TV-2 in 1950, then T-33B in 1962. POP: 526 [124570/124585, 126583/126626, 128661/128722, 131725/131888, 137934/138097, 138977/139016, 141490/141558, 143014/143049], most of which retained their USAF s/ns for administrative purposes.

TR-1, ER-2 - Tactical recon. 1pCmwM rg; 17000# P&W J75; span: 103'0" length: 63'0" v: 430 range: 4000 ceiling: 65,000'+; ff: 8/1/81. Larger version of U-2R.

Lockheed TR-1 (Lockheed)

TR-1 1981 = POP: 1 prototype.
TR-1A 19?? = POP: 18. Redesignated U-2R.
Lockheed TR-1B [80-1044] (Lockheed)

TR-1B 19?? = 2p trainer. POP: 2. Redesignated U-2R(T), later TU-2S.
Lockheed ER-2 [N809NA] (NASA/Dryden)
ER-2 c.1996 = 17000# GE F-118 turbofan; v: 467 range: 2530-3450 ceiling: 70,000'. NASA earth resources survey ship, used as platforms for a variety of high-altitude science experiments flown over various parts of the world, including earth resources, celestial observation, atmospheric chemistry, ocean processes studies, and for electronic sensor research and development, satellite calibration and data validation. POP: 2 [80-1063=N706NA, -1097=N809NA] (NASA 806 (originally 706) and 809). Range for a normal 8-hour mission was 3,450 miles, yielding about 7 hours of data collection at high altitude, but the aircraft was capable of longer missions in excess of 10 hrs and 6,900 miles. Max payload: 2,600# in equipment bay, nose area, wing pods.

TV SEE TO.

Lockheed U-2 (USAF)

U-2 1955 - High-altitude surveillance, originally built expressly for the CIA. 1pCmwM rg; 11200# P&W J75; span: 80'0" length: 49'7" v: 528 range: 4000 ceiling: 70,000'. Kelly Johnson et al; ff: 8/4/55 (p: Tony LeVier)—the high-lift wings surprised LeVier by getting him to an altitude of 35' before he knew it during taxi trials that day! Designed around an F-104 fuselage. POP total U-2: 53. SEE ALSO TR-1. USAF s/ns [68-10341/10353] were not issued, but were sometimes used on U-2s for purposes of deception.

Lockheed U-2A (USAF Museum)

U-2A 1955 = 17000# J57.
U-2C 19?? = Trainer; became U2-CT.
U-2CT 19?? = Tandem-cockpit trainer; 17000# P&W J57-P. POP: 2 converted from U-2C/-2D.
U-2D 19?? = POP: 5 trainers.
Lockheed U-2R (USAF Museum)

U-2R 1969 = One production run in 1969 and a second in 1980. Aircraft produced in the first production run were designated U-2R and those from the second production were TR-1 and ER-2, but all were later redesignated U-2R. POP: 25 [68-10329/10340] (see NOTE above about succeeding s/ns).
Lockheed U-2S ex-TR-1A [80-1080] (Roger Cain)

U-2S 1994 = Repowered with GE F118-101. POP: 4 conversions from U-2R [68-10329, -10331, -10336/10337].
HASPU-2 = "High-Altitude Sampling Patrol." POP: ??.
WU-2 = Weather observer conversion.

UV 19?? = USN designation for C-140C. POP: 2 as UV-1.

Lockheed Vega 1 [NC7427] (Lockheed)

Lockheed Vega 1 Detroit News Polar flights [X3903] (Eric Blocher coll)

Vega 1 (V-1) (Hollywood) 1927 (ATC 49, 2-427) = 5pChwM; 220hp Wright J-5; span: 41'0" length: 27'6" load: 1550# v: 138/118/50 range: 900. John Northrop, Tony Stadlman, Gerard Vultee; ff: 7/4/27 (p: Eddie Bellande). $13,500; POP: 28, plus six fuselages. First plane was built for George Hearst as entry for 1927 Dole Race as Golden Eagle (p: John "Jack" Frost) [2788=NX913]; was lost at sea. 1928 fame as the first plane to fly over both the North and South Poles [X3903] (p: George Hubert Wilkins & Ben Eielson). (2-427) was for a 7p conversion with 225hp Packard DR-980 diesel by Clarence Chamberlin in 1932 for Miss Teaneck, used by Ruth Nichols to set diesel altitude record of 19,928' on 2/14/32, which still stands.

Vega 2 1929 (ATC 140) = Vega 1 with 300hp Wright J-6; load: 1713# v: 155/133/50 range: 800. $14,000; POP: 5, of which 1 was converted to 5A [NC623E=XABKG] (ATC 227), and 1 to 5B in 1934 (ATC 277), then to 5D in 1935 [NC2875=XADEC] (ATC 384).

Vega 2A 1929 (ATC 252) = 7p; load: 1915#. $14,985; POP: 1 [NC505K].
Lockheed Vega 2D [NC197E] (William T Larkins)

Vega 2D 1931 (ATC 2-377) = Conversion to 300hp P&W Wasp Jr. POP: 1 one on floats [N199E] c/n 40.

Lockheed Vega 5 [NC7953] (K O Eckland coll)

Vega 5 1929 (ATC 93, 169, 2-256) = 5pChwM; 425hp P&W Wasp; span: 41'0" length: 27'8" load: 1672# v: 170/140/54 range: 725. POP: 35. One 6p with similar data [NC9424] produced as 5-B in 1929 under (169). One 2p modified with 510hp Wasp as Wiley Post's Winnie Mae [NR105W]. Another [NR496M] used by Ruth Nichols in 1930-31 record attempts had modified shoulder-wing that was lowered noticeably. About four or five were registered, but canceled or never completed. (2-256) was a float modification for [NC32M=XADAI] Detroit News.

Vega 5A 1929 (ATC 93, 2-284) = Executive version of Vega 5. POP: 9. (2-284) for 450hp P&W Wasp C and added equipment on [NX309H=XABAM].
Lockheed Vega 5B Stanavo paint-job [NR106N] (Paul Mantz coll)
Lockheed Vega 5B Third paint-job, reregistered [NR869E] (Paul Mantz coll)

Vega 5B 1929 (ATC 227, 2-274) = 7pChwM with 450hp P&W Wasp; span: 41'0" length: 27'6" load: 1775# v: 180/155/55 range: 690. About $17,000; POP: 29, of which 1 converted from Vega 5. One 6p model with similar data [NC9424] produced in 1929 (ATC 169); (2-274) for 420hp P&W Wasp. Standard Oil's colorful eagle-painted Stanavo was [NR106N=NR869E]; Amelia Earhart's 1932 transatlantic solo plane was [NC7952], sold to Franklin Institute in 1933.
Lockheed Vega 5C [NC13705] (William T Larkins)
Lockheed Vega 5C [NC14236] (Ed Stewart coll)
Lockheed Vega 5C Tallmantz [N965Y] (K O Eckland coll)

Vega 5C 1929 (ATC 384, 2-386) = 6p Vega 5B with larger fin and rudder for $18,985; POP: 30, of which several were converted from 5B; one to USAAF in 1942 as UC-101. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly Honolulu-Oakland, and Los Angeles-Mexico City-New York City, in her "Hi-Speed Special" [NR/X/NC965Y] (registration transferred to Tallman-Mantz Vega [NC/NR199E] in 1962). (2-386) for floats.

Vega DL-1 1930 (ATC 308) = 5pChwM; 450hp P&W Wasp C; span: 41'0" length: 27'6" load: 1905# v: 178/153/60 range: 600. Prototype [NC497H] was built in Detroit, and shipped to Burbank for final assembly; the rest were built in Detroit. Duraluminum fuselage. POP: 4, of which the prototype was used by Amelia Earhart in setting three 1930 speed/load trials, rebuilt as DL-1B after a crash (p: Luke Christopher); 1 to AAC as Y1C-12 [31-405]; 1 [NC8495] to Stanavo with the eagle paint scheme, reregistered [NC239M] as Miss Streamline II (p: Roy Brown); one to Mazatlàn in 1942 [NC8496=XADAY] after several owners.

Vega DL-1 Special 1931 (ATC 2-316) = Competition version with 420hp P&W Wasp C. POP: 1 to Great Britain, then Australia [GABGK=VHUVK]; impressed by RAAF during WW2.
Vega DL-1B 1930 (ATC 308) = Duraluminum fuselage 7p DL. POP: 4, [NC288W, NC483M, NC8497], and 1 rebuild of DL-1 [NC497H].
Vega DL-1B Special 1933 (ATC 2-448) = DL-1B with 450hp P&W Wasp SC. Constructed from Detroit Vega duraluminum fuselages and leftover parts of Burbank planes. POP: 2; [NC12288] and 1 for AAC as Y1C-17 [31-408] — at the time it was the fastest plane in the Army at 221mph.

VZ-10 - Initial designation for XV-4.

WV USN version of USAF C-121.

Lockheed WV-1 (Lockheed via Dan Shumaker coll)

WV-1 (formerly PO-1) 1950 = USN early-warning and weather-recon version of Constellation 749, 1049. POP: 2 [124437/124438].
WV-2 Warning Star (formerly PO-2) 1954 = USN. POP: 124 (?>142), redesignated as EC-121K, -121L, and -121M in 1962.
WV-3 1954 = USN. POP: 8 conversions from WV-2 [137891/137898], became WC-121N, then transferred to USAF as EC-121R in 1962.

X-22A - Mythic anti-gravity saucerlike fighter plane that somehow gained Ryan's own X-designation and is championed by the UFO mavens, who claim it is stored in a cave in Utah.

X-26B SEE QT-2.

Lockheed X-27 Mock-up (Lockheed)

X-27 Lancer (Models CL-1200. -1200-2, -1400-N) 1968 - Lockheed-funded fighter-interceptor project based on F-104G to compete with MDD F-4F and Northrop F-5E, built only to non-flying mock-up stage before being cancelled. Kelly Johnson. CL-1200-2 was a design revision and CL-1400-N was a projected variant for USN.

XA-9 - P-24 design study; none built.

XDV-4 Hummingbird 1973 = VTOL design?

XP-900 1937 = Altair with Unitwin motor and wooden cantilever wing. Became YP-24.

XST 1977 = 1pClwM rg; two non-afterburning GE J85-4A; span: 22'6" length: 47'3" v: subsonic. Gross wt: 12,500#. A product of the so-called Have Blue studies, XST ("Experimental Stealth Test-bed") was a proof-of-concept experimental aircraft, eventually leading to F-117. POP: at least 2.

XV-4 (VZ-10) Hummingbird - 2pCmwM VTOL jet-lift research aircraft.

Lockheed XV-4A [62-4503] (Lockheed)

XV-4A 1962 = Two 3000# P&W JT12A, their jet efflux directed through a diverter valve in each exhaust; span: 25'8" (?>26'0") length: 32'8" (?>33'11") load: 2200# v: 518/390/0 range (as VTOL): 335; ff (conventional): 7/7/62 (hover): 5/24/63. Full double-transition flight achieved on 11/8/63. POP: 2 [62-4503/4504], the last one converted to -4B. The first crashed fatally on 6/10/64.
Lockheed XV-4B [62-4504] (Lockheed)

XV-4B 1968 = Six 3015# GE J85, four of them mounted vertically and two horizontally for propulsion; span: 27'1" length: 33'10" load: 5120# v: 463. POP: 1 conversion from XV-4A [62-4504]. Crashed on 3/14/69.

Lockheed Martin X-35 (Lockheed Martin)

-Martin X-35, BF - Stealthy Short Take-off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to eventually replace multi-service A-10, AV-8B, F-16, F/A-18E/F, and RAF/RNAS Sea Harrier and GR.7. While Lockheed Martin was prime contractor, Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems are principal partners in the project, and eight nations joined USA as participants in the 10-year Systems Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase—Australia, Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Turkey.

Lockheed Martin X-35B (Lockheed Martin)

X-35 JSF 2000 = 1pCmwM rg; P&W F135 turbofan coupled to R-R Lift System; span: 35'0" length: 50' 6" load: 18,400# (max take-off wt: 60,000#) v: 1200 (Mach 1.8) range: 13890 ceiling: 60,000'; ff: 12/16/00. Lightweight CTOL version for USAF had 25mm cannon as X-35A, was later converted to VSTOL as -35B [301]. Heavier X-35C was USN STOVL prototype for carrier ops [300].
Lockheed Martin F-35 (Lockheed Martin)

F-35 Lightning II 2006 - $300 billion contract for 3,000 units awarded 10/26/01. Specs similar to X-35.
Lockheed Martin F-35A (Lockheed Martin)

F-35A 2006 = Production on the conventional (CTOL) first prototype began 11/10/03; ff: 12/15/06 (p: Jon Beesley); ff (USMC): 3/19/09 (p: Maj Joseph Bachmann). POP: 1.
Lockheed Martin BF-2 (Lockheed Martin)

F-35B, BF-1/-2 2009 = STOVL; ff (Bf-2): 2/25/09. POP: 2. BF was USN designations.

-Martin X-44 MANTA (Multi-Axis No-Tail Aircraft) projected 2007 = Box-wing helicopter joint project with NASA/USAF/Pratt & Whitney. Highly-modified F-22A—removal of tail, installation of delta wings with pitch/yaw low observable nozzles, pneumatic vortex control, mechanical and fluidic thrust vectoring nozzles replacing conventional moveable surfaces. POP: contract in 2001 for 24 as X-44A.

-Martin-Boeing-P&W F-22 Raptor SEE F-22.