In our ongoing look into the history of aviation, we examine the day when the Lockheed L-188 Electra made its first flight on December 6, 1957. Named for the twin engine Model 10 Electra of the ...

A model of the Lockheed Model 10 Electra that Amelia Earhart was flying during an attempt to make a flight around the world in 1937 is shown in Atchison, Kan. on Wednesday, March 21, 2012.

A defense variant of Electra’s EL9 could shed the model’s original bright yellow livery in favor of a more covert appearance for military operations. [Courtesy: Electra] PARIS—Lockheed ...

She and her navigator were last seen in Lae, New Guinea, where they had stopped to fuel their Lockheed Model 10-E Electra airplane. The two were set to stop again at Howland Island, but the plane ...

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT) and Electra.aero, Inc. ("Electra") signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore opportunities for Electra's EL9 ultra-short takeoff and landing (Ultra ...

In 1937, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan attempted to circumnavigate the globe in a Lockheed Model 10-E Electra plane. On July 2, 1937, the two disappeared somewhere over the central Pacific ...