Our cover of Oct. 7, 1957, showed the first Lockheed L-188 Electra mid-range transport after completion of structural assembly at the company's plant in Burbank, California. Lockheed had already taken ...
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The Last Commercial Jet In America With No Autopilot
The Lockheed L-188 Electra, a turboprop airliner, was the last American commercial airliner without an autopilot when it left the factory doors. It featured some early automation but did not have the ...
Large models of airplanes such as this Lockheed L-188 Electra were often found in ticket offices in large cities around the country. Nancy Kuehn To continue reading ...
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