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Moses03
March 24th, 2015, 09:24
What a beauty! They did a fantastic restoration job.

http://wichitaairservices.com/current-project/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcEYCPEmsec&feature=youtu.be

Cabin View:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw-LrBrNS3A

Bomber_12th
March 24th, 2015, 09:45
It's fantastic to see another Lockheed 10 flying again. From what I've gathered, she'll be heading to the Czech Republic, owned by the company BATA Shoe, which also owned/used this very aircraft back in the 1930's, purchasing it brand-new in 1936.

The Lockheed 10 is an incredibly rare aircraft to see flying these days. This one is actually one of only two, of about 18-known survivors, that are part of flying operations today, all of the other survivors are ground-based (either displayed in museums, stored, or under restoration to fly) - the other flyer is C-FTCA in Canada. The Lockheed 12, however, is quite a bit more plentiful on the flying-scene. Of the roughly 30+ known survivors, there are as many as 14 flyers. Due to the rarity of flying Lockheed 10's, for instance, a Lockheed 12 had to be substituted-in for the movie "Amelia".

Curtis P40
March 24th, 2015, 10:22
How cool is that. To bad most of todays aircraft lack that...style and grace. :applause::applause::applause:

PRB
March 24th, 2015, 12:29
That's special. Didn't know there were so few of them.

robert41
March 24th, 2015, 15:07
Good to see a Model 10 flying again.