Stargazer: The Lone Flying L-1011 TriStar
Out of 250 Lockheed L-1011 TriStars ever built, only one remains airworthy today. That is the L-1011 Stargazer. The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was a groundbreaking aircraft for its time. In…
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The Screaming Eagles Crush Top Gun with Prop Gun
Prop Gun is One of the Best Movie Spoofs We Have Ever Seen There are some great gag films out there. Class videos are sometimes seriously entertaining too. We’ve managed…
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The Lockheed XF-90 Looked Like A Million Bucks But Never Really Got Off the Ground
Lockheed’s XF-90 Prototypes Were Underpowered and Overbuilt, But They Sure Were Easy On The Eyes Almost immediately after the end of World War II the United States Army Air Force…
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The C-130 Hercules: Every Generation Gives Thanks For This Amazing Aircraft
The Herc May Not Be Comfortable or Fast, But The Airlifter Has Done It All- and Well Enough to Stick Around The Lockheed C-130 Hercules has been called “the most…
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The C-130J: The High-Tech Millennial Grandchild Of The 60-Plus Year Old Hercules
Meet the Latest and Most Advanced Generation of the Ageless Herc On 5 April 1996 the prototype Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules flew for the first time. While the J…
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The Lockheed Connie Shrunk The Pond With Non-Stop Flights Across the Atlantic
“Shapely” and sexy…the L-749 Connie was also a key evolutionary step in the advancement of air travel. On March 14th 1947, the first Lockheed L-749 Constellation took to the skies.…
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A record-setting flight by a “fast” female pilot
Learn about a record-setting flight and the pioneering female aviator who was at the controls. On April 22, 1961 a Lockheed L-1329 JetStar flew from New Orleans to Bonn and…
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Based On This Video, This Super Constellation Could Have Been Named The Spitfire
You’ll get fired up watching this Super Constellation’s exhaust flames as it takes off at twilight. Flames on an airplane are usually the signal of impending doom. The combustion needs…
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