Lockheed 10 Into The Air

[Moses03]

What a beauty! They did a fantastic restoration job.

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



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

[Bomber_12th]

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]

How cool is that. To bad most of todays aircraft lack that...style and grace.

[PRB]

That's special. Didn't know there were so few of them.

[robert41]

Good to see a Model 10 flying again.