Documentary (1959)
Starring:
CAV Productions (Doris Holberg)
Promotion short film for the the new turbo-prop airplane of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.
One of the primary users with ‘ ’Fly Easterns Prop-Jet Electra’ ’ marking.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Eastern Airlines.
At Lockheed Aircraft Corporation factory in Burbank, California.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Eastern Airlines.
An American Airlines L-188 in the foreground, three Easterns in the background.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Eastern Airlines.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Eastern Airlines.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Eastern Airlines.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Eastern Airlines.
First operator of the Electra, American Airlines.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of American Airlines.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of American Airlines.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of American Airlines.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of American Airlines.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of American Airlines.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of American Airlines.
Registration N6104A, c/n 1025. Built in 1958, and delivered to AA in January 1959. Sold to VARIG and registered as PP-VJM in 1962. Preserved since 1992 at Museu Aeroespacial do Campo dos Afonsos.
Reg.N6104A Lockheed L-188A Electra
Flagship Washington of American Airlines.
Reg.N6104A Lockheed L-188A Electra
Flagship Washington of American Airlines.
Reg.N6104A Lockheed L-188A Electra
Flagship Washington of American Airlines.
Reg.N6104A Lockheed L-188A Electra
Flagship Washington of American Airlines.
Reg.N6104A Lockheed L-188A Electra
Flagship Washington of American Airlines.
Reg.N6104A Lockheed L-188A Electra
Flagship Washington of American Airlines.
Australian companies used the Electra too, here the Ansett ANA.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Ansett ANA.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Ansett ANA.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Ansett ANA.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Ansett ANA.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Ansett ANA.
Hong Kong airline CPA operated the L-188A till 1967.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of CPA-Cathay Pacific Airways.
Registration VR-HFN, c/n 1002.
Reg.VR-HFN Lockheed L-188A Electra of CPA-Cathay Pacific Airways.
Reg.VR-HFN Lockheed L-188A Electra of CPA-Cathay Pacific Airways.
Reg.VR-HFN Lockheed L-188A Electra of CPA-Cathay Pacific Airways.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of CPA-Cathay Pacific Airways.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of CPA-Cathay Pacific Airways.
Braniff was one of the earlier operators.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Braniff International Airways.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Braniff International Airways.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Braniff International Airways.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Braniff International Airways.
At Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Terminal.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Braniff International Airways.
Another Australian operator, TAA.
Registration VH-TLA, c/n 1061.
Reg.VH-TLA Lockheed L-188A Electra of TAA-Trans-Australia Airlines.
Reg.VH-TLA Lockheed L-188A Electra of TAA-Trans-Australia Airlines.
Reg.VH-TLA Lockheed L-188A Electra of TAA-Trans-Australia Airlines.
National operated Electras from 1959 to 1968.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of National Airlines.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of National Airlines.
Northwest, one of the first operators of the Electra.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Northwest Airlines.
Lockheed L-188C Electra of Northwest Airlines.
Lockheed L-188C Electra of Northwest Airlines.
Lockheed L-188C Electra of Northwest Airlines.
Lockheed L-188C Electra of Northwest Airlines.
Lockheed L-188C Electra of Northwest Airlines.
Not very successful on European market, where the unique customer of Lockheed for the Electra has been KLM who purchased 12 samples of the long range version C.
Registration PH-LLA, c/n 2001.
Reg.PH-LLA Lockheed L-188C Electra
Mercurius of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
At Lockheed’s manufactury.
Lockheed L-188C Electra of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
Lockheed L-188C Electra of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of Western Airlines.
Lockheed L-188 Electra cells.
Allison’s turbo-prop engines.
Lockheed L-188 Electra engines.
Assembly hall.
Lockheed L-188 Electra assembly.
American Airlines sample in production .
Lockheed L-188 Electra assembly.
Eastern’s sample.
Lockheed L-188 Electra assembly.
This aircraft was the prototype that started it all the first L-188 ever made. It was first flown on December 6th 1957.
Lockheed L-188 Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Lockheed L-188 Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Lockheed L-188 Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Lockheed L-188 Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Lockheed L-188 Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Lockheed L-188 Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
World tour of the A version.
Lockheed L-188A Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Lockheed L-188A Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Lockheed L-188A Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Lockheed L-188A Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Lockheed L-188A Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Lockheed L-188A Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
The third Australian company which operated the Electra.
Lockheed L-188C Electra of Qantas.
First ordered as TEAL, which became Air New Zeland in 1965.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of TEAL- Tasman Empire Airways Limited.
Travel agency model.
Lockheed L-188 Electra model.
In the background are two Convair 240 and a Curtiss Commando.
Lockheed L-188 Electra , Convair 240 and Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando.
In the background is a Starliner.
Lockheed L-188 Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp and Lockheed L-1649 Starliner.
Lockheed L-188 Electra proto of Lockheed Aircraft Corp and Lockheed L-1649 Starliner.
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser in the background on the right.
Lockheed L-188A Electra of CPA-Cathay Pacific Airways and Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
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