Aviation Classics - Issue 21- Lockheed Martin
Edited by Tim Callaway, who has a strong aviation pedigree, this issue of Aviation Classics will again comprise the publication’s now established high quality mix of features and photographs. This 132 page glossy A4 perfect bound ‘bookazine’ will tell how:
- The company started out in 1913 as the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company until its change to Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in 1926.
- Aircraft like the legendary P-38 Lightning, the elegant Constellation, P-3 Orion to the F-104 Starfighter were designed and built.
- The first flight was made of the only military aircraft to still be in production after nearly 60 years, the irreplaceable C-130 Hercules.
- Includes high performance aircraft such as the U-2 and SR-71, the story of the stealth fighters like the F-117 Nighthawk and up to date with the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning which will replace many other types now in service worldwide
Contents:
8 | From the Alco Hydro-aeroplane company to Lockheed |
18 | Tow Lightning |
26 | The large and the small of it |
28 | Sheer elegance |
32 | Test flying the Lockheed P-80 |
44 | Shooting stars entering the jet age |
48 | Long range record setter |
58 | The ultimate interceptor |
60 | Airliner to submarine hunter |
64 | Transport for the world |
72 | High altitude Dragon Lady |
74 | Helicopter developments |
76 | The big jets |
80 | The world’s first cabin business jet |
82 | It’s going HOW fast? |
86 | Oddities and one offs |
88 | Small and silent |
90 | The last airliner |
94 | Carrier based sub hunter |
96 | The father of Stealth |
98 | Night hawk |
102 | Mergers for strength |
104 | Developing on success |
106 | Future trainer |
108 | "It's not A fighter, it's THE fighter |
112 | The future of air power |
118 | Sector of success |
119 | Transports of delight |
122 | Leading into the future |
126 | Survivors |