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Lockheed 18 Lodestar at Johannesburg - Rand
The Lockheed 18 Lodestar was an American passenger transport aircraft of the Second World War era.
The prototype of lockheed 18, which first flew in 1939, was constructed from one of a batch of Lockheed L-14 Super Electras which had been returned to the manufacturer by Northwest Airlines after a series of crashes of L-14s. The fuselage was lengthened by 5 feet (1.5 m), enabling the fitting of two more rows of seats and hopefully making the aircraft more economical to operate. However, most US airlines were by then committed to purchasing the Douglas DC-3, and Lockheed found the Lodestar difficult to sell at home.
A total of 625 Lodestars of all variants were built.
Overseas sales were a little better, with 29 bought by the government of the Netherlands East Indies. South African Airways (21), Trans-Canada Air Lines (12) and BOAC (9) were the biggest airline customers. Various Pratt & Whitney and Wright Cyclone powerplants were installed.
When the United States started to build up its military air strength in 1940-41, American operated and part-built Lodestars were impressed for Army or Navy services under various designations. Lend-lease aircraft were used by the RNZAF as transports.
After the war Lodestars returned to civilian service, mostly as executive transports. Many of the New Zealand aircraft were later used for aerial topdressing.
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Another Lockheed 18-08 Lodestar at the Delta Heritage Air Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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Another Lockheed 18 Lodestar N1020V RD-F at the Castle Air Museum
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Lockheed 18 Lodestar N555H at Dempsay Farm Airport, Rantoul, Kansas
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Lockheed L18-50 Lodestar at Rafaela, Argentina. This one is on a pole
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Lockheed 18 Lodestar at Museo Aeronautico, Montevideo
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Lockheed 18 Lodestar ZK-BVE at the Museum of Transport and Technology, Auckland
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Lockheed C-60A Lodestar N30N / 255884 at Hampton Roads Executive Airport, Virginia, USA
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Two more Lockheed Lodestar's
Lockheed C-60A Lodestar 43-16445 at the USAF Museum
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Lockheed R5O-5 Lodestar 833538 at March Field Museum
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Two Lockheed 18 Lodestar's at the SAAF Museum
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