#Lockheed Vega

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Amelia Earhart photographed with a Lockheed Vega 5P in January, 1935, just before her solo flight from Honolulu to California.

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Not just an "auto," but a Duesenberg Model J!

Lockheed Vega. w auto

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LOCKHEED EVOLUTION.

1. Lockheed Vega (1927)

2. Lockheed Model 10 Electra (1934)

3. Lockheed Lightning (1939)

4. Lockheed Hudson (1938)

5. Lockheed Constellation (1943)

6. Lockheed Shooting Star (1944)

7. Lockheed T-33 (1948)

8. Lockheed Starfire (1948)

9. Lockheed U-2 (1955)

10. Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (1964)

11. Lockheed S-3 Viking (1972)

12. Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk (1981)

13. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (1968)

14. Lockheed C-130 Hercules (1954)

15. Lockheed P-2 Neptune (1945)

16. Lockheed L-188 Electra (1957)

17. Lockheed P-3 Orion (1959)

18. Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (1970)

19. Lockheed C-141 Starlifter (1963)

20. Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (2005)

21. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (2006)

22. Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon (1974)

23. Lockheed Martin A/F-117X Nighthawk (1981)

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Today in 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the U.S. nonstop. Earhart piloted her Lockheed Vega 5B from Los Angeles to Newark in a record 19 hours and 5 minutes. #OnThisDay

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Bob’s Burgers→ 13.22 Amelia

“Heroes don't have to be perfect. You know? They just have to make you think bigger about yourself somehow.” - Linda 

“Amelia Earhart didn't fly around the world. And some people may think that makes her a failure. And those people might say that loudly, while standing next to you with hot breath. And sometimes, yeah, people with louder, deeper voices get heard more and that's really annoying, but that doesn't make me want to make my voice lower and deeper. That just makes me mad... Look what Earhart did. She saved her money and she bought her bright red Lockheed Vega. That was her saying, "Hello. This is what my voice sounds like."... Okay, so we know what probably happened. But who knows, right? When you're that far out in the world, there's more magic. That's true. Maybe after she made her peace, just before she got too tired to keep afloat, maybe some of that magic lifted that plane right back up underneath her. And maybe she got to fly it back up into the air and maybe she never had to land again. Maybe she dropped Fred Noonan off in Navigator Heaven and then kept going. I like to think of her flying around up there right now. She makes me want to write a story for myself that's as big and as fricking cool as hers. So that's why Amelia Earhart is my hero.” - Louise

This ep was so awesome. The way it references how women’s history is often forgotten and ignored, the fact we don’t know a lot BECAUSE it’s a woman so we have to guess what happened. How Louise focused and made sure she did a good job despite her not liking how Amelia’s story ended.

Also the theme of Linda being so proud of Louise throughout and Louise being her hero as opposed to the other way around, the way she mentions how she thinks of how must Amelia Earhart’s mother must have felt because she had this marvelous daughter and she’s not sure exactly what she did to make her so remarkable and fearless.

And then that they are both the colour in each other’s day at the end <3 <3 Louise was upset she had to spend Mother’s Day working on her project, but Linda got to be a mother on mother’s day - her favourite thing in the world. And the fact that final scene takes place under the loft bed, the bed Tina and Louise stayed up to finish themselves and made Linda so proud! Another one of those ones that makes me surprise!cry by the end and reminds me how good this show can be. If this ep didn’t make you cry then you’re a robot and we can’t be friends.

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Lockheed Vega (1927)

Lockheed Model 10 Electra (1934)

Lockheed Lightning (1939)

Lockheed Hudson (1938)

Lockheed Constellation (1943)

Lockheed Shooting Star (1944)

Lockheed T-33 (1948)

Lockheed Starfire (1948)

Lockheed U-2 (1955)

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (1964)

Lockheed S-3 Viking (1972)

Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk (1981)

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (1968)

Lockheed C-130 Hercules (1954)

Lockheed P-2 Neptune (1945)

Lockheed L-188 Electra (1957)

Lockheed P-3 Orion (1959)

Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (1970)

Lockheed C-141 Starlifter (1963)

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (2005)

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (2006)

Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon (1974)

Lockheed Martin A/F-117X Nighthawk (1981)

LOCKHEED EVOLUTION

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1933 Lockheed Vega DL-1B One of ten built in Detroit purchased by the Morrell Meat Packing Company in 1933 becoming the first Executive Aircraft. This is the last one flying and is painted in the USAAC colors of the 35 Pursuit Squadron based in Langly Field, Virginia in 1932.

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Actress Rita Hayworth receiving check for war relief from Buck-of-the-Month club members of Lockheed-Vega

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Low angle front of parked XB-38, a variant of B-17 with V1710 engines, built by Boeing/Lockheed Vega.

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"The last flying Lockheed Vega"

The last flying Lockheed Vega is owned by Arizona Pilot John Magoffin. She is a 1933 DL-1B, one of 10 built in Detroit with a metal fuselage over its wooden frame. She was purchased in 1933 by the Morrell Meat Packing Company of Ottumwa, Iowa, which made it the first executive aircraft in the country and saw service with a number of companies and corporations around the US. She is currently painted in USAAC colors to mimic one that flew for the 35th Pursuit Squadron, based at Langley Field, Virginia in 1932.

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Trick or treat!!

You get:

Lockheed Vega

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Low angle front of parked XB-38, a variant of B-17 with V1710 engines, built by Boeing/Lockheed Vega.

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Charles Lindbergh and an unidentified man stand next to a Lockheed Air Express at Vail Field in Montebello, (1927)*

Historical Notes:

The plane as seen above was the second aircraft designed and created by the Lockheed Aircraft Company after its founding in 1927. The design of the Air Express was based on the original fuselage of the Lockheed Vega, but the wing was raised to a parasol configuration above the fuselage and the cockpit was moved to behind the wing. Only seven Air Express planes were built.*

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Lockheed Vega. The Lindbergs. At Bolling Field en route to South America. 1929