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Post by: midnight Target on April 04, 2002, 05:19:49 PM

What's this, be careful.

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Post by: Raubvogel on April 04, 2002, 05:35:28 PM

Lockheed 14-WG3

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Post by: midnight Target on April 04, 2002, 06:22:02 PM

nope

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Post by: Airscrew on April 04, 2002, 06:30:01 PM

Guessing,  Beechcraft, C-109, navigator trainer.
Ok, not a C-109,  still looking

Ok,  what would you say to a Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar
C-56, R50

Lockheed C-60 Lodestar II
TYPE: Transport
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
ENGINES: 2x Wright R-1820-87 Cyclone piston engines, each 1,200 hp
DIMENSIONS:
SPAN: 65 ft 6 in / 19.96 m.
LENGTH: 49 ft 10 in / 15.19 m.
HEIGHT: 11 ft 10.5 in / 3.62 m.
PERFORMANCE:
MAX. SPEED; 223 kts / 413 kph
CRUISING SPEED: 174 kts / 322 kph
TIME TO 10,000 ft; 6.6 min.
MAX. RANGE: 1,442 NM / 2,671 km
SERVICE CEILING: 30,000 ft / 9,144 m.
ACCOMMODATION: 14-18 passengers.
WEIGHTS:
EMPTY WEIGHT: 12,075 lb / 5,477 kg
NORMAL LOADED: 18,500 lb / 8,392 kg
CREW: 2-4
RAAF SERVICE: 1943-1947
with 37 Sqn. and 1 and 4 Communications Units.

The Lockheed Model 18, or Lodestar, was built as a civilian airliner in 1940 and was developed from the Model 10 Electra, the Model 12, the Model 14 Super Electra and the unbuilt Model 16. The Lodestar, in turn, was the forerunner of the Lockheed Ventura, just as the Super Electra had been the forerunner of the Hudson. The Lodestar was one of the fastest transport aircraft of its time, and was operated by the USN as the R50-1 and the USAAF as the C-56, C-57 A/E, C-59, C-60/A and C-66. RAF versions were known as the Lodestar I (C-56), IA (C-59), and II (C-60), and one of these latter aircraft was used by the RAAF No 1 Air Ambulance Unit in the Middle East.

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Post by: Raubvogel on April 04, 2002, 06:41:55 PM

Well.....don't really think so, but  it could possibly be a Army Type LO Transport or the Kawasaki Ki56.

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Post by: Airscrew on April 04, 2002, 06:51:34 PM

I also think the picture is reversed,  where is the cargo/loading door.

edit  nevermind I see it now, just glare from the sun made it hard to see

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Post by: Airscrew on April 04, 2002, 07:02:44 PM

an early version

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Post by: midnight Target on April 04, 2002, 07:08:30 PM

MajTom.....well done, almost.

It is -----Our "Lodestar" was built for the U.S. Navy in 1942, as a model R50-5 (U.S. Navy designation for the Army Air Force C-60).

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Post by: Airscrew on April 04, 2002, 07:18:05 PM

thank you Tah gut,  I would also like to thank the members of the Academy for their  votes.... hoho, wrong speech.

Any way here's a list of sites that contributed


http://www.ixpres.com/ag1caf/usplanes/american.htm

http://www.aero-web.org/specs/lockheed/c-56.htm

http://users.chariot.net.au/~theburfs/lodestarMAIN.html

http://www.accessweb.com/users/mconstab/lodestar.htm

http://afmuseum.com/aircraft/c60a.html

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Post by: Raubvogel on April 05, 2002, 12:20:55 PM

It was also licensed built as the Ki56 by Japan. They look exactly alike, I just don't have a scanner to post a pic. Nomenclature in my book was the Lockheed 14-WG3.