Lockheed devised the Electra Junior idea after the Bureau of ... passengers to hub airports from destinations that larger airlines don't travel. Lockheed won the competition and produced roughly ...

Aimed at small airlines and the corporate transport market, the Lockheed 12 Electra Junior was the six-passenger version of the 10-passenger Lockheed 10, famed as the airplane Amelia Earhart was ...

Northwest Airlines sent its Electras in ... In 1934 this particular Electra, a 10A, serial no. 1052, rolled off the Lockheed assembly line in Burbank, California, just three serial numbers before ...

From a curious Midwestern girl to a legendary aviator, Amelia Earhart's life was a daring pursuit of freedom, flight, and ...

Lockheed Martin Ventures, Honeywell, and Safran are among Electra's strategic investors ... including both airlines and helicopter operators.