Burbank origins 1928 (Lockheed)
Lockheed Airport 1940 (USAAC)

Model designations for some Lockheeds were sometimes preceded by an L (as L-12 for Electra 12) or, following World War 2, by a V (as V-1 for Vega 1), as devised by Lockheed. During Detroit Aircraft ownership in 1929-31, certain models appeared with DL-number designations, and are listed thusly. Groupings are by familiar name before the model number for visual simplicity, although they are often seen the other way around in publications.

1, 2, 5 SEE Vega.

  Lockheed 212

  Lockheed A-12

  Lockheed A-28A (USAAF)

A-28A 1942 = To RAF as Hudson IIIA and VI with 1200hp R-1830. POP: 450 [42-6582/6681, -46937/47286], of which many were impressed by USAAF, and as USN PBO-1 for anti-sub duties—one of these was the first US aircraft to sink an enemy U-boat.

  Lockheed A-29 (Lockheed)

A-29 1942 = To RAF as Hudson III. POP: 416 [41-23223/23638].

  Lockheed A-29A (USAAF)

A-29A, C-63 1942 = Troop transport version, designated briefly as C-63. POP: 384 [41-23639, -36968/37267, 42-47287/47369].

  Lockheed A-29B [41-23470] (USAF Museum)

A-29B 1943 = A-29 impressed by USAAF as photo-recon. POP: 24.

AT-18 1943 = Trainer. POP: 217 [42-55568/55784].

  Lockheed AT-18A [42-55563] (USAAF)

AT-18A 1943 = Target tug. POP: 83 [42-55485/55567].

  Lockheed Air Express 3

  Lockheed Air Express 3

  Lockheed Air Express 3

  Allen Monsoon

  Lockheed Altair 8D [NC118W] (Ed Popejoy coll)
  Lockheed Altair 8D Lady Southern Cross [VH-SUB] (Lockheed)

Altair 8D 1932 = Conversions from Sirius 8-A; span: 42'9" length: 27'1". POP: 3 [NC13W, NR15W, NC118W=VHSUB=GADUS]. The last one was Kingsford-Smith's 1934 Australia-US record flight, reregistered again in England for his ill-fated Australia flight.

Altair 8E 1932 = Sirius as 2pOlwM rg; 550hp P&W Wasp S1D1; span: 42'9" length: 28'11" load: 2250# v: 220. Cargo/passenger version POP: 1 [X12230=JBAMC] to Japan.

Altair 8F 1932 = Same as 8E, except load: 2150#. POP: 1 [X14209=JBAUC] to Japan. Destroyed during an USAAF bombing raid in 1944.

Altair 8G 1938 - SEE Vega Flying Test Stand.

Altair DL-2A 1931 (ATC 2-386) = 3pOlwM rg; 450hp P&W Wasp SC; span: 42'10" length: 27'10" load: 2212# v: 175/145/65 range: 870. Experimental mail carrier for TWA with metal fuselage. POP: 2, of which one was converted to Orion 9C [X12222], the other to USN as XRO; one other as a conversion of Sirius DL-2 [X/NR8494] to USAAC as C-23.

Altair Special 1931 = Custom plane for health-food baron Bernarr MacFadden. POP: 1 Gold Eagle[NR998Y]. Renamed Miss Libertyfor 1932 New York-Paris attempt (p: Louis Reichers); ditched near Ireland.

  Lockheed B-14 Hudson

  Lockheed B-34

  Lockheed RB-69A

  Lockheed Big Dipper

  Lockheed C-5A (Lockheed)

C-5A 1968 = ff: 1/30/68 (p: Leo Sullivan). POP: 81 [66-8303/8307, 67-0167/0174, 68-0211/0228, 69-0001/0027]. On 12/17/84, a C-5A carried an 11-ton payload, the heaviest weight ever flown by an aircraft at the time. Production until 1973.

  Lockheed C-5B [86-0025] (USAF)

C-5B 1985 = Engine and avionics upgrades; ff: 9/10/1985 (p: Bernie Dvorscak). POP: 50 [83-1285, 84-0059/0062, 85-0001/0010, 86-0011/0026, 87-0027/0045]. Production until 1989.

  Lockheed C-5C (Lockheed Martin)

C-5C 19?? = C-5A especially modified to carry large satellites. POP: 2 [68-0213, 68-0216].

First C-5C in 1988 and second in 1989. These were referred to as SCM (Space Container Mod) because the design criteria were to carry a container for the Space Shuttle cargo. Of course, from the beginning it was realized that there would be a lot of large military equipment that would benefit from the larger cargo opening. C-5 AMP (Avionics Modernization Program) prototype first flew 12/21/02—that was C-5B [85-0004]. I haven't heard if USAF plans to issue a new model designation for this. (— Robert A Brown 1/13/02)

  Lockheed Y1C-12 [31-405] (Clark Scott coll)
  Lockheed Y1C-12 [31-405] (Wright Field)

Y1C-12 (Detroit) 1931 = Aluminum fuselage Vega. POP: 1 [31-405].

Y1C-17(Detroit) 1931 = Aluminum fuselage Speed Vega with single-strut landing gear. POP: 1 [31-408].

  Lockheed C-23 [32-232]

Y1C-23 1932 (2-386) = Metal-fuselage Altair DL-2 [NR8494] as a command transport. POP: 1 [32-232] c/n 165, redesignated as C-23.

  Lockheed C-25 [32-393]

Y1C-25 1932 = All-wood Altair. POP: 1 [32-393], redesignated as C-23.

  Lockheed XC-35

  Lockheed Y1C-36 (USAF Museum)

Y1C-36 1937 = POP: 3 [37-065/067].

C-36A 1941 = 12p impressed 10A. POP: 15 [42-32535, -38341/38344, -56638/56641, -57213/57216, -57505, -68362].

C-36B 1941 = Impressed 10E. POP: 5 [42-32533/32534, -38289, -38296, -38304].

C-36C 1941 = Impressed 10p 10B with Wright R-975. POP: 7 [42-38345, -57217/57222].

  Lockheed Y1C-37 [37-376] (USAF Museum)

Y1C-37 1937 = POP: 1 [37-376] to Natl Guard.

212 1939 = Export bomber trainers for Netherlands East Indies AF. POP: 16.

  Lockheed C-40 (USAF Museum)

C-40 1938 = POP: 3 [38-536/538]. Became UC-40.

  Lockheed C-40A (USAF Museum)

C-40A 1939 = 5p. POP: 10 [38-539/548], became UC-40A, of which 1 [38-547] to Cuban AF.

  Lockheed C-40B [38-582] (Lockheed)
  Lockheed C-40B [38-582] (USAF Museum)

C-40B 1939 = Tricycle gear for testing. POP: 1 from civil commercial [NX18964=38-582] c/n 1266, returned to conventional gear in 1940 as C-40A; surplused post-war as [NC14999].

C-40D 1942 = Impressed civil model. POP: 11 [42-22249, -38346/38352, -38280, -57504, -66386]. RAF acquired 5 from USAAF as Lend-Lease and impressed 14 civil 12As in England and India.

C-56 1942 = 760hp Wright R-1820. POP: 1 [41-19729].

C-56A 1942 = P&W R-1690. POP: 1 [42-38261].

C-56B 1942 = POP: 3 [42-38262/38263, -68347].

C-56C 1942 = P&W R-1690. POP: 12 [42-53494/53503, -68690].

C-56D 1942 = P&W R-1690. POP: 7 [42-53504/53507, -57223/57224, -62602].

C-56E 1943 = 22p. POP: 2 [43-3278/3279].

C-57 1942 = POP: 13 [41-19730/19732, -23164/23170, 43-34921/34923].

C-57A 1941 = Impressed Model 18. POP: 1.

C-57B 1943 = Converted as troop ship. POP: 7 [43-3271/3277].

C-57C 19?? = Repowered C-60A. POP: 3.

C-57D 19?? = Repowered C-57A. POP: 1.

C-59 1941 = POP: 10 [41-29623/29632], to RAF as Lodestar MkIA.

  Lockheed C-60 (Lockheed)

C-60 1942 = POP: 36 [41-29633/29647, 42-32166/32180, -108787/108792], to RAF as Lodestar MkII.

  Lockheed C-60A

C-60A, -60B 1942 = USAAF paratroop carrier with R-1830. POP: 125 [42-32181/32232, -55845/55884, 43-16433/16465], of which 1 was converted to XC-60B with experimental de-icing system [42-55860]. SEE ALSO R-50.

  Lockheed C-69 (Lockheed)

C-69 1942 = Ordered by TWA, but impressed by USAAF. Four 2200hp Wright R-3350-35; span: 123'0" length: 95'2" load: 21,500# v: 330 range: 2400 ceiling: 25,000' POP: 22 [42-94549/94561, 43-10309/10317]. Prototype became XC-69C.

C-69A, -69B, -69D - Cancelled troop carriers.

C-69C 1942 = Converted from C-69 to VIP transport. POP: 1 [42-94550].

XC-69E 1943 = POP: 1 converted from C-69 as P&W R-2800 test-bed, reverted to civil registry as a 1049.

  Lockheed UC-101

  Lockheed C-121A [48-609] (MATS)

C-121A, PC-121A, VC-121A 1948 = Model 749 as MATS VIP transport. POP: 9 [48-609/617]. All were ultimately redesignated PC-121A as purely passenger aircraft.

VC-121B 1949 = Modified with VIP interior, long-range tanks. POP: 1 [48-608].

  Lockheed C-121C (USAF)

C-121C 1951 = Model 1049. POP: 33 [54-151/183].

RC-121C, EC-121C 19?? = Early-warning. POP: 10 [51-3836/3845], redesignated as EC-121C.

TC-121C 1962 = Trainer version.

  Lockheed EC-121D (USAF Museum)

RC-121D, EC-121D 1951 = Wingtip fuel tanks. 3250hp Wright R-3350-34/-91; span: 126'2" length: 116'2" load: 62,989# v: 321/c.250/105 range: 4500 ceiling: 20,600'. POP: 72 as RC-121D [52-3411/3425, 53-533/556, -3398/3403, 54-2304/2308, 55-119/139], became EC-121D in 1962.

  Lockheed VC-121E [53-7885] (William T Larkins)

VC-121E 1953 = Converted from USN R7V-1. POP: 1 [131650=53-7885] as President Dwight Eisenhower's Columbine III,now on static display at USAF Museum, Wright-Pattertson AFB.

VC-121F 195? = Model 1249, converted from R7V. POP: 1.

YC-121F 1955 = Super Constellation 1249 with P&W turboprop mods converted from R7V-2 as familiarization trainers. POP: 2 [131660/131661=53-8157/8158].

C-121G 195? = Conversion from R7V-1. POP: 32 [54-4048/4079].

EC-121H 1962 = Early-warning ship for NORAD. POP: 42 conversions from RC-121D.

  Lockheed C-121J (USAF)

C-121J 1962 = P&W YT34-P-12A turboprops. From and to R7V. POP: 1.

EC-121J 19?? = Upgraded ED-121D. POP: 2.

EC-121K, -121L, -121M 1962 = Redesignations from WV2.

JC-121K 195? = Redesignation of WV-2 in temporary use by USAF. POP: 1.

WC-121N SEE WV-3.

EC-121P 19?? = Redesignation for C-121J and EC-121K in anti-sub operations.

EC-121Q 19?? = Upgraded EC-121D. POP: 4.

EC-121R Warning Star 1967 = Modification and transfers from USN WV-2. POP: 30 [67-21471/21500].

EC-121S 19?? = Upgrade of RC-121D. POP: 5.

EC-121T 19?? = Modified EC121-D and -121H with new electronics.

  Lockheed C-130

AC-130 (LTV) 1967 = Gunship with four 20mm multibarrel cannon and four 7.62mm miniguns, searchlights, FLIR. Active service in Vietnam by 1970. POP: 8 modified from C-130B, included prototype tested at Wright Field.

DC-130 19?? = Drone director. POP: 1 converted from C-130A.

  Lockheed AC-130A (USAF Museum)

AC-/YC-130A 1954 = Four 4050hp Allison T56-A-11 turboprops; span: 132'7" length: 97'10" v: 380/335/112 range: 2500 ceiling: 33,000'; ff: 8/23/54 (p: Roy Wimmer, Stanley Beltz). $5,240,000; POP: 2 YC-130A prototypes [53-3396/3397].

  Lockheed C-130A (USAF Museum)

C-130A 1955 (TC TQ3CH) = 3750hp T56-A-7; load: 19,800# ceiling: 34,000'; ff: 4/7/55 (p: Bud Martin, Leo Sullivan). POP: 216 (?>231), included 1 as DC-130, plus 12 to RAAF.

DC-/GC-130A 1958 = USN transfer from USAF as target-drone launcher and director. POP: 2 coversions from C-130A [158228/158229].

RC-130A 195? = Recon. POP: 25 [57-510/524].

C-130B 1958 = 4050hp T56-A-7A and four-blade props; v: 368/350/105 range: 2200 ceiling: 23,000'. POP: 230, plus 29 exports. To USMC as tanker/transport GV-1.

C-130BL SEE LC-130F.

JC-130B, HC-130B 1961 = Satellite recovery. Later redesignated HC-130B.

SC-130B 19?? = Transfers to USCG. POP: 9 [1339/1342, 1344/1348].

NC-130B SEE C-130C.

WC-130B 1960 = Conversions as weather ships. POP: 5.

C-130C 1960 = USAF boundary-layer control experimetal with two Allison YT56-A6 turbojets added under the wing, larger rudder, 22' braking parachute. Stall speed: 60, max landing roll: 1,400'. Originally designated as NC-130B; ff: 2/8/60. POP: 1 converted from C-130B [58-0712].

C-130D 1960 = Fitted with 20' skis. POP: 13 modified C-130As, included 1 to USN as DC-130A.

C-130E 1962 = length: 97'9" v: 384/368/115 range (paylod): 2230 ceiling: 20,000'. POP: 389, of which 1 converted to EC-130E, and 4 to EC-130G. One converted in 1964 as a demilitarized civil demonstrator and FAA evaluator L-100, for which a TC was awarded [N1130E].

AC-130E 19?? = Gunship conversion of C-130E for Vietnam.

EC-130E 19?? = USCG electronic navigator. POP: 1.

HC-130E 196? = POP: 15 [64-551/565].

  Lockheed MC-130E

MC-130E 1966 = Combat TALON paratroop carrier; crew of 9 and 53 troops or 26 paratroopers. 4910hp Allison T56-A-15; span: 132'7" length: 100'10" range: 3110 ceiling: 33,000'. In-flight refuelable. Also featured Fulton personnel recovery system — a helium balloon on a 450' line which could be snagged in slow flight to rescue a person from land or sea. $40.1 million; POP: 24.

C-130F 19?? = USN transport. POP: 3.

KC-130F 19?? = USMC tanker. POP: 46.

LC-130F (originally, briefly C-130BL) 1968 = Ski equipped for Arctic duty. POP: 4.

EC-130G 19?? = USN radio relay plane similar to EC-130Q. POP: 4.

  Lockheed C-130H (USAF Museum)

C-130H 1980 = Four 4500hp T56-A-15; length: 100'6". POP: 136, of which 5 to USCG; plus 90 exports, with 66 to RAF as Hercules.

  Lockheed HC-130H (USAF Museum)

HC-130H 1963 = POP: 43 to USAF Rescue, plus 24 to USCG.

KC-130H 19?? = Export model. POP: 21.

LC-130H 19?? = POP: 4 to Arctic USAFR.

MC-130H Spectre 1991 = Supply and leaflet drops, infiltration troop transport. Same as MC-130E, but crew of 7 and 75 troops or 52 paratroopers. $55.6 million; POP: 8.

NC-130H 19?? = Boundary layer research. POP: 1 converted from -130A.

TC-130H 2001 = USAF pilot proficiency trainer; four 4500hp T56-A-15. POP: 65.

  Lockheed WC-130H (USAF)

WC-130H 19?? = Weather ship conversion. POP: 15.

C-130J, CC-130J Lockheed-Martin 1996 = USAF troop transport, temporarily as C-130J-30 with brand new mission-prefix CC designation for the stretched (180") cargo version with enhanced cargo handling system. POP: contract let for 70.

C-130K 19?? = To RAF as Hercules C Mk I. POP: 66 converted from -130F.

HC-130N 1969 = Helicopter tanker for USAF Rescue. POP: 15.

HC-130P 19?? = Helicopter tanker for USAF Rescue. POP: 20.

EC-130Q 19?? = USN radio relayer, trailed 30,000' of antenna wire to relay VLF signals to submarines. POP: 18 [156170/156177].

KC-130R 19?? = USMC tanker. POP: 14.

  Lockheed LC-130R [155917] (Don Leger via Lew Samil)

LC-130R 1968 = USN tanker. POP: 6 [155917]. At the South Pole, the sole USN LC-130R, pictured above, broke up on a hard landing in white-out conditions on 1/28/73. Crew escaped injury but the ship was judged unsalvageable and abandoned where it sat.

RC-130S 19?? = Recon conversions of RC-130A.

KC-130T 19?? = USMC tanker. POP: 10.

AC-130U SEE Rockwell page.

  Lockheed C-140 [N814NA] (NASA Dryden)

C-140 1957 = length: 60'6". POP: 1 prototype; ff: 9/4/57 (two minutes ahead of the time estimated 34 weeks previously when in design stage!)

  Lockheed C-140A [60-6502]

C-140A 1960 = To MATS. POP: 5, plus 29 to Canada and 1 [65-12845] to Germany.

C-140B 1962 = Stretched version. POP: 5 [62-4197/4201] and 6 redesignated from VC-140.

  Lockheed VC-130B [61-2492] (USAF Museum)

VC-140B 1962 = Staff transport. POP: 6 [61-2488/2493], redesignated as C-140B.

C-140C 19?? = To USN as UV-1. POP: 2, plus 2 to Saudi Arabia AF as -140A [62-12166/12167].

C-141 1963 = 5pChwM rg; four 20250# P&W TF33-P-7 turbofans; span: 159'11" length: 145'0" v: 510 ceiling: 41,000'; ff: 12/17/63 (60th anniversary of the Wright brothers' flight). $40.9 million; POP: 1 prototype.

  Lockheed C-141A [61-2775] (USAAF via Peter Bird coll)
  Lockheed C-141B (AETC)

C-141A, YC-141B 1963 = Payload: 68,725# (?>90,200#). POP: 285 [61-2775/2777, 63-8075/8090, 64-0609/0653, 65-0216/0281, -9397/9414, 66-0126/0210, -7944/7959, 67-0001/0031, -0164/0166], the last of which was a commercial demonstrator that ultimately went to NASA with a 36" telescope as a flying astronomy lab; one other to NASA [66-0201=N714NA]. One was civil registered for a world tour [67-0164=N4141A]. In late 1979 the USAF had 270 C-141As rebuilt and stretched (168'4") as YC-141B.

NC-141A 1964 = POP: 4 conversions from C-141A [61-2775/2777, -2779].

C-141C 1977 = POP: 2 prototypical conversions from C-141B [65-0245, 66-0152] rolled out 10/31/97; 62 more C-141Bs modified thusly to "glass cockpits" (all-electronic instuments) followed thereafter.

  Lockheed CL-329

JetStar I aka JetStar 6 1957 = Two GE J60. POP: 162.

JetStar II aka JetStar 8 1975 = Four 3500# Garret AiResearch TFE731; span: 54'3" length: 60'3" load: 19,822# v: 504/x/124 range: 2660 ceiling: 43,000'. $2,850,000; POP: 40.

  Lockheed CL-475

  Lockheed Constellation 049

  Lockheed Constellation (Lockheed)

Constellation 649, 749 1946 (ATC 763) = 049 with four 2500hp Wright R-3350; span: 123'0" length: 95'3" load: 36,000# v: 350/303/75 range: 4800. Many dash-number variants. POP: 11 L-649, all upgraded to 749; 111 L-749 (1947) with with additional fuel tanks.

  Lockheed Super Constellation 1049H [N6931C]

Super Constellation 1049, 1249 1950 = 44-99pClwM rg; four 2700hp Wright R-3350; span: 123'0" length: 113'9"-116'2" load: 41,390-61,358# v: 374/320/94 range: 4820-7750 ceiling: 23,900'. POP: 24 L-1049; L-1049B was USN R7V-1; 49 L-1049C; 4 L-1049D; 25 L-1049E; 104 L-1049G with 3250hp Wright 972TC-18 turboprop (1955); 53 L-1049H freighter version. L-1249 was military model YC-121F.

Constellation Starliner 1649 1956 = 99pClwM rg; four 3400hp Wright 988TC-18EA turboprop; span: 150'0" length: 116'0" load: 70,447# v: 372/290/101 (?>377/350/101) range: 6180 (?>7000) ceiling: 25,300'. Final version of popular series. POP: 44.

  Lockheed 10A Protoype [X233Y] (Lockheed)
  Lockheed 10A [CF-TCA] (Natl Aviation Museum, Canada)

Electra 10A 1934 (ATC 551) = 12pClwM rg; two 400hp P&W R-985-SB Wasp; span: 55'0" length: 38'7" (?>39'8") load: 3545# v: 210/195/63 range: 700±; ff: 2/23/34 [X233Y] (p: Marshall Headle). Kelly Johnson. POP: 103, of which 19 impressed by USAAF in WW2 as C-36/-37, and 3 R2O-1 to USN. First commercial deliveries went to Northwest and Pan-Am.

Electra 10B 1935 (ATC 584) = 440hp Wright R-975-E3. POP: 18, [NC14958/14962, NC14990/14992, NC16021/16024, NC16052/NC16054, VHUZN/VHUZP] of which 7 impressed by USAAF in WW2 as C-36C, and 1 to XR3O-1 to USCG for use by Secy of Treasury [353=V151].

Electra 10C 1935 (ATC 559) = 450hp P&W SC1 Wasp; v: 205/192/65 range: 800 ceiling: 22,750'. POP: 8 [NC13762, NC14259/14259, NC14906, PPPAS, XABEM, XABEO, XABEQ].

Electra 10E 1935 (ATC 590) = 550hp P&W S3H1 Wasp; v: 215/205/65 range: 650 ceiling: 25,800'. POP: 15 [NC1621, NC14972, NC14994, NR16020, NR16059, NC18139, NC18987, NC19982, NC30077/30078, PPPAS, XABAS, XABAU, YUSDA, et al], of which 4 to USAAF in 1942 as C-36B, and 1 XC-35 for use in cabin pressurization and high-altitude experiments, which earned the Collier Trophy in 1937. Amelia Earhart's final flight (1937) was in [NR16020].

  Lockheed Electra 12A TWA "Flying Lab" restoration [NC18137] (Ruth Richter Holden)
  Lockheed Electra 12A One of three tri-gear experiments [NX18964]

Electra Junior 12A 1936 (ATC 616) = 8pClwM rg; two 400-450hp P&W Wasp Jr; span: 49'6" length: 36'4" load: 2690# v: 225/190/64 range: 750-950; ff: 6/27/36. POP: about 100 (?>Juptner thinks 92, but some records say 129), of which 3 to USAAC as C-40, 10 as C-40A, and 1 with experimental tricycle gear as C-40B [NX18964=38-582], 7 to USN as JO (included one tricyle-gear conversion for carrier landing tests) plus 3 from PAA to USN as Electra [99090/99092]. 17 export bomber trainers as 212 (qv).

Electra Junior 12B 1937 (ATC 652) = 420hp Wright R-975-E3. POP: 2 recorded built for this ATC, and it appears that one went to Argentina (2 were ordered) and the other to USCG as XR3O-1.

  Lockheed Electra 14

14F (14-F62) 1937 (ATC 666) = 14pClwM rg; two 620hp Wright GR-1820; span: 65'6" length: 44'4" load: 6750# v: 250/215/65 range: 850; ff: 7/29/37. $21,000; POP: 21, all for export. Became Super Electra 14H.

  Lockheed YF-12A

  Lockheed XF-14

  Lockheed-General Dynamics F-16XL

  Testors F-19

Striving to keep pace with technology, Testors hit the market with an F-19 kit based on eyewitness reports from "usually reliable sources," research, gut level guesswork, and patterned it after the smooth-surfaced Lockheed SR-71. By May 1986 their kit was on hobby shop shelves and nearly 700,000 were sold in 18 months. However, somebody had pulled a plug in the Pentagon.

    Stealth technology at the time was one of our military's worst-kept secrets, and it was assumed that F-19 had been reserved for that department. There was so much speculation that the USAF, with uncommon humor, even roped off a vacant plot at the 1988 Edwards AFB Air Show with a sign identifying the "F-19 Flying Frisbee." But when the much-heralded stealth fighter was designated F-117A and was anything but smooth, the F-19 idea lost most of its lustre, and folks generally accepted that the designation had been purposely skipped when F-20 showed up.

    Yet, much like with those little green men they scraped off the Roswell landscape, folklore and wishful thinking took hold, and there came many reports from "usually reliable sources" who saw the real Testors F-19 flying around in remote desert regions usually off-limits to reliable sources. (Because of the popularity of the designation, the USAF Museum's Internet page lists a "Lockheed F-19 CSIRS," but its link connects the F-117A.) (— K O Eckland)

  Lockheed Martin-Boeing F-22

  Lockheed YF-22 Civil [N22YF] (AETC)
  Lockheed Martin-Boeing YF-22 (Lockheed-Martin)

YF-22 1997 = span: 44'8" (?>43'0") length: 64'0" (?>64'2") v: 1006; ff: 9/7/97 (p: Paul Metz). POP: 1 [N22YF=98-7701].

  Lockheed Martin-Boeing F-22A (Lockheed-Martin)

F/A-22A 1997 = length: 62'1". POP: 3; reported initial contract for 29. Public unveiling and demo flights on 10/25/03.

  Lockheed XF-90

  Lockheed XF-90

  Lockheed F-94

  Lockheed YF-94

  Lockheed F-94A [49-2534] (USAF Museum)

F-94A, YF-97A 1949 = Heavily-modifed T-33A to handle new Hughes E-1 fire-control system. F-80-type underwing drop-tanks. POP: 110 [49-2479/2588], of which 1 was modified in 1950 as prototype YF-94B [49-2497]. YF-97A was temporary designation for F-94C.

  Lockheed F-94B [50-805] (Lockheed)

F-94B 1950 = Production version with new underwing tanks phased in, improved instrumentation, all-weather capability, and Sperry Zero Reader homing device; ff: 9/28/50. POP: 1 prototype YF-94B [49-2497] and 357 F-94B production models [50-805/955, 51-5307/5512], of which 2 were modified as prototype YF-94C.

NF-94B 195? = Modification as BOMARC test aircraft. POP: 1 [51-5502].

  Lockheed YF-94C [50-877] (Lockheed)

F-94C (Model 188) 1950 = Prototype with revised tip tanks. POP: 2 as YF-94C converted from YF-94B [50-877, -995]. Temporary designation YF-97A.

  Lockheed F-94C [50-966] (Lockheed)
  Lockheed F-94C [50-970] (USAF)

F-94C 1951 = Originally designated F-97. Redesign of F-94B with 63500# P&W J48-P-5, new nose and tail group, thinner wings; wingtip tanks; drag chute, Hughes E-5 fire-control system; span: 42'5" length: 44'6" v: 646/493/152 range: 1275 ceiling: 51,400'. POP: 387 [50-956/1063, 51-5513/5698, -13511/13603], of which 1 was modified as prototype YF-94D.

  Lockheed YF-94D [51-13604] (Lockheed)

YF-94D, F-94D 1951 = Conversion of F-94C as 1p long-range escort fighter. POP: 1 partially constructed [51-13604], but not flown; production order for 112 cancelled. F-94D was never applied.

F-104 Starfighter - 1pCmwM rg; two 12782# GE J79; span: 21'11" length: 54'9" v: 913/599/x range: 1585 ceiling: 58,000' (data for F-104G). Kelly Johnson et al. Also built by Canadair. Total 2,580 Starfighters produced worldwide.

  Lockheed XF-104 [53-7786] (Edwards FTC)

XF-104 1954 = Prototypes. These and other early models had 9600# Wright J65-W turbojet awaiting availability of GE J79. POP: 2 [53-7786/7787]; ff: 2/27/54 (p: Tony LeVier) — due to gear problems, this flight was limited to short hops; official first flight was not until 3/4/54.

CF-104 1961 = Lockheed-built for RCAF, similar to F-104G; ff: 5/26/61. POP: 239.

YF-104A 1955 = Service testers with GE J79. POP: 17.

  Lockheed F-104A [56-0749] (USAF)

F-104A 1956 = First production model, with stronger airframe; ventral fin. POP: 153, of which 1 to RCAF as a design model for Canadian production, and exports to Pakistan, Jordan, and Taiwan; 3 to NASA as JF-104A [56-754, -749/750] test-beds.

  Lockheed NF-104A and its tail rocket (USAF Museum)

NF-104A 1963 = Aerospace trainer. Stripped-down F-104A incorporating a tail-mounted 6000# liquid-fuel rocket engine in addition to its conventional turbojet engine; ceiling: over 120,000'. Modified with larger tail, 24" wingtip extensions to house reaction-control jets serving as ailerons to control roll and nose-mounted jets to control pitch and yaw in the thin air of high altitudes. POP: 4 modifications [56-756, -760, -762, -790].

  Lockheed F-104B [56-3719] (USAF Museum)

F-104B 1967 = 2p dual-control combat trainer (F-104A transferred from USAF inventory); span: 21'9" length: 54'8" load: 4804#. POP: 26, plus 20 exported to Jordan, 14 to Pakistan, and 47 to Taiwan.

  Lockheed F-104C [56-0914] (USAF Museum)

F-104C 1958 = Tactical strike fighter-bomber with 15800# GE J79; load: 9650# (ordnance: 2000#) v: 1150/x/196 range: 850. POP: 77, the first of which was designated YF-104C; ff: 7/24/58. World altitude record of 103,389' on 12/14/59 (p: Joe Jordan).

F-104D 1958 = 2p trainer with revised canopy; GE J79; v: 584 range: 1727. POP: 21.

CF-104D 1961 = 2p Lockheed-built trainer for RCAF, with Canadian-built J79; ff: 6/14/61. POP: 38, of which 15 went to Denmark, Norway, and Turkey after TF-104G replaced them.

F-104F 1959 = Converted 2p all-weather F-104G as trainer for West Germany. POP: 30.

  Lockheed F-104G [61-2340]
  Lockheed F-104G [63-13243]

F-104G 1960 = Upgraded F-104C as multirole export and license version. POP: 390, included 3 custom-built for NASA.

  Lockheed RF-104G [N826NA] (NASA Dryden)

RF-104G 1962 = Photo-recon version. POP: 40, plus those license-built overseas. (German production was as RTF-104G1, of which 1 to NASA for test programs [N826NA].)

  Lockheed TF-104G [63-8458] (USAF)

TF-104G 1962 = 2p trainer version of F-104G. POP: 220, of which 1 was in civil registry [N104L], used by Jacqueline Cochran to set three women's world speed records in May-June 1964 (v: 1127, 1303, and 1429mph), and 2 acquired from Germany by NASA [N824NA, N825NA].

  Those NASA Starfighters

F-104H - A stripped, less-costly export version. Design study only.

F-104J 1962 = Export to Japan with Japanese-built J79-H. POP: 3 (29 also license-built by Mitsubishi), plus 20 F-104DJ 2p trainers built by Lockheed, but assembled in Japan.

F-104N, NF-104N 1956 = Conversion from F-104A, redesignated as NF-104; span: 25'10" length: 55'8". POP: 3 to NASA [N811NA, N812NA, N818NA].

F-104RB aka "Red Baron" 1976 = F-104 built by Lockheed test pilot Darryl Greenamyer from parts collected from various sources—wing and tail from a F-104G, fuselage from a structural test item, reaction control system from a NF-104. USN supplied J79-GE-10A engine, to which a water-injection system was added. Attempted to set 3-5km absolute speed record in Oct 1976 at Mud Lake, Tonopah NV, where a speed of 1010mph was reportedly measured, but one timing camera failed. Another attempt on 10/24/77, resulted in a new record of 988.26mph. The aircraft then prepared for attempt on the current altitude record of 118,898', but the right gear failed to lock on a test flight on 2/26/78, Greenamyer ejected, and the aircraft crashed.

Various exports were 29 to Denmark, 36 to Greece, 54 to Norway, 21 to Spain, 95 to Taiwan, and 55 to Turkey.

Also produced under license in foreign countries 1960-72 as F-104G: 188 in Belgium, 340 in Canada (as CF-104), 160 in Germany, 100 in Italy, 350 in the Netherlands; 24 F-104DJ and 206 -104J in Japan; 245 F-104S in Italy 1968-80 (upgraded Fiat-built F-104G with 17900# J79-GE as fighter-bomber).

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  Lockheed F-117 (AETC)
  Lockheed F-117 TACIT conversion (AETC)

F-117 Nighthawk 1981 = Subsonic attack fighter-bomber, the world's first operational aircraft designed to exploit stealth technology. 1pClwM rg; two 10800# GE F404; span: 43'4" length: 65'11" load: 22,500# range: 750. Delta wing, V-tail. Aluminum skeleton with composite covering for a low radar image. One B-52 bomber had a larger radar image than all 59 F-117s together— the print one Nighthawk left on a radar screen was about that of a seagull. POP: 59 as F-117A. Name, "Nighthawk," did not become official until 1994. ALSO SEE XST.

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FO 1942 = F-5B photo-recon transferred to USN. POP: 4 as FO-1 [01209/01212].

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  Lockheed XFV-1 with scaffolding [138657] (Lockheed)
  Lockheed XFV-1 Landing gear [138657] (Lockheed)
  Lockheed XFV-1 Color [138657] (Lockheed)
  Lockheed XFV-1 at Muroc Flight Test Ctr [138657] (Lockheed)

FV 1954 = VTOL experiments. 1pCmwM; 5850hp double Allison XT-40 with three-blade contrarotating props; span: 30'11" (horizontal tail: 12'3") length: 36'10" load: 4622# v: 580/410/0 (stall: 60) ceiling: 43,500'; ff: 6/16/54 (p: Herman "Fish" Salmon) as horizontal flight with basic stilt landing gear. Planned gearless VTOL; wingtip fuel tanks. Vertical take-off was never attempted because of lack of power, and the project was cancelled. POP: 1 as XFV-1 [138657]. Another, as ST40-A-16 [138658], was begun but never finished.

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GV Hercules 1960 = C-130B modified as freighter, assault transport, and tanker for USMC. POP: 42 as GV-1 and -1U [147572/147573, 148246/148249, 149787/149816, 150684/150690]. Redesignated in 1962 as C-130F/KC-130F.

[147572] (c/n 282-3554) and [147573] (c/n 282-3555) are still in operation with USMC (2005). [147573], the first to be delivered, thereby considered to be the oldest, is given a birthday party by the Marines every May. (— Jerry Greenwood 1/19/05)

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H-51 1962 = Experimental winged helicopter. CH; rotor: 35'0" length: 32'0"; ff as CL-595 Aerogyro: 9/29/62 (p: Donald Segner). Three-blade rigid-rotor. Set world speed record of 272mph.

286 1964 = Commercial model for evaluation. POP: 2 prototypes. Never went into production, but design elements went into AH-56 Cheyenne.

  Lockheed XH-51A (Lockheed)

XH-51A, AH-51 1962 = P&W J60; rotor: 31'7" length: 31'7" v: 303; ff: 11/2/62. POP: 2 prototypes modified from Model 286 for military evaluation as YAH-51A [151262/151263], but had high-speed stability problems.

XH-51N, SH-51N 1965 = POP: 1 modification of model 286 for NASA.

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H-56 Cheyenne - 2pCH rg; 3435hp GE T64-GE turbine; rotor: 26'7" span: 26'9" length: 54'8" load: 4275# v: 253/x/0 range: 360 (875 with aux tanks); ff: 9/21/67 (p: Donald Segner). Stub wings as armament support; four-blade rigid main rotor. 360° belly turret with 7.62mm cannon.

YAH-56A 1967 = Prototype. $1,200,000; POP: 1.

  Lockheed AH-56A (Lockheed)

AH-56A 1967 = Production for Army as tank destroyer. POP: 10 for evaluation. Subsequent order for 375 cancelled in 1975 when it was deemed too complicated and too expensive to build and operate.

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  Lockheed Hudson (Lockheed)

Hudson 1938 - Export bomber. 4pClwM rg; two 1100hp Wright R-1820G; span: 65'6" length: 44'4" load: 5870# v: 246/220/70 range: 1960; ff: 12/10/38. Factory model 14 exports to RAF Coastal Command. POP: 250 Hudson I, 20 Hudson II (change of props), 410 Hudson III with 1200hp R-1820G in 1940, 130 Hudson IV with 1050hp P&W R-1830, 309 Hudson V with 1200hp P&W R-1830G. Subsequent production for USAAF in 1941 was as A-28 and AT-8.

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Invicta 14 19?? = aka Sky Zephyr.

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JetStar SEE CL-329.

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JO - USN version of 12A Electra Junior with two 400hp P&W R-985-48. Navy impressed one civil 12A in 1942 as XR3O-2, an error in designation—R3O was the Lockheed 10, not the 12A, so it should have been JO-4. AAC version C-40.

JO-1 1937 = 5p for Navy Attaché in Brazil. POP: 1 [1053].

  Lockheed JO-2 (USN)

JO-2 1937 = 6p staff transports. POP: 5 [1048/1051, 2541]; the first and last to USN, the others to USMC.

  Lockheed XJO-3 [1267] (Lockheed)

XJO-3 1938 = Fixed tricycle landing gear for carrier deck landing tests, specifically on USS Lexington. Later was used for airborne radar testing by MIT. POP: 1 [1267].

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