In our ongoing look into the history of aviation, we examine the day when the Lockheed L-188 Electra made its first flight on December 6, 1957. Named for the twin engine Model 10 Electra of the ...

She and her navigator were last seen in Lae, New Guinea, where they had stopped to fuel their Lockheed Model 10-E Electra airplane. The two were set to stop again at Howland Island, but the plane ...

The Lockheed Model 10-E Electra missed the mark of the 2.5-square-mile island in the vast ocean. Not only are we not certain why the plane never made it to the island, but we also don’t know ...

A defense variant of Electra’s EL9 could shed the model’s original bright yellow livery in favor of a more covert appearance for military operations. [Courtesy: Electra] PARIS—Lockheed ...

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT) and Electra.aero, Inc. ("Electra") signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore opportunities for Electra's EL9 ultra-short takeoff and landing (Ultra ...

2PP4JB4 Amelia Earhart standing under nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra. Gelatin silver print, 1937. Photograph by Underwood ... When the Lockheed Electra NR16020 is finally found, ...

The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum in Atchison, Kansas, will feature the only Lockheed Martin Model 10 Electra still in existence. This model is identical to the plane Earhart flew on her final ...

A piece of metal debris found in the western Pacific is deemed to be from a World War II plane, not Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra. The mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart has made ...