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Lockheed Electra - animation
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Lockheed Electra - aerial vi
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Lockheed 12A Electra Junior
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Lockheed 12A Electra Junior |
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Lockheed 12A Electra Junior: Langley tried a center fin to improve the directional stability of its Lockheed 12A Electra Junior executive transport. NACA test pilot Mel Gough stands nearby. |
| Date |
02.03.1943 |
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Lockheed Electra
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Lockheed Electra |
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The Lockheed Electra shown here was of the same vintage as the Douglas DC-2, DC-3 series, but was smaller and carried only about ten passengers. Amelia Earhart was flying an Electra when she was lost in the Pacific in 1937. Circa 1936. |
| Date |
05.20.1936 |
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Lockheed Electra - aerial vi
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Lockheed Electra - aerial view in flight |
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This shot shows the National Science Foundation Lockheed Electra in a climbing right-hand turn, the video clip runs 14 seconds in length. On Mar. 24, 1998, an L-188 Electra aircraft owned by the National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, and operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, flew near Boulder with an Airborne Coherent LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) for Advanced In-flight Measurement. This aircraft was on its first flight to test its ability to detect previously invisible forms of clear air turbulence. Coherent Technologies Inc., Lafayette, Colorado, built the LiDAR device for the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. NASA Dryden participated in the effort as part of the NASA Aviation Safety Program, for which the lead center was Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Results of the test indicated that the device did successfully detect the clear air turbulence. |
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01.01.1999 |
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Lockheed Electra - animation
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Lockheed Electra - animation showing air turbulence detection |
| Description |
On Mar. 24, 1998, an L-188 Electra aircraft owned by the National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, and operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, flew near Boulder with an Airborne Coherent LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) for Advanced In-flight Measurement. This aircraft was on its first flight to test its ability to detect previously invisible forms of clear air turbulence. Coherent Technologies Inc., Lafayette, Colorado, built the LiDAR device for the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. NASA Dryden participated in the effort as part of the NASA Aviation Safety Program, for which the lead center was Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Results of the test indicated that the device did successfully detect the clear air turbulence. Computer animation of the clear air turbulence (CAT) detection system known as the "Airborne Coherent LiDAR for Advanced In-flight Measurement" was tested aboard the National Science Foundation L-188 Lockheed Electra. |
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01.01.1999 |
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Lockheed Electra - takeoff f
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Lockheed Electra - takeoff from runway |
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This 15-second movie clip shows the National Science Foundation Lockheed Electra rotate, lift off, and stow its landing gear on takeoff. On March 24, 1998, an L-188 Electra aircraft owned by the National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia and operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, flew near Boulder with an Airborne Coherent LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) for Advanced In-flight Measurement. This aircraft was on its first flight to test its ability to detect previously invisible forms of clear air turbulence. Coherent Technologies Inc., Lafayette, Colorado, built the LiDAR device for the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. NASA Dryden participated in this effort as part of the NASA Aviation Safety Program, for which the lead center was Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Results of the test indicated that the device did successfully detect the clear air turbulence. |
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01.01.1999 |
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The Lockheed 12A Electra Jun
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The Lockheed 12A Electra Junior |
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The Lockheed 12A Electra Junior was delivered from the factory had only the fins mounted at the tips of the horizontal tail. Langley tried a center fin to improve the directional stability of its Lockheed 12A Electra Junior executive transport in June 1940. The Electra Junior was also equipped with wing de-icing using engine exhaust. The latter modification resulted in "NACA 97" becoming one of the first aircraft assigned to the newly-opened Ames Aeronautical Laboratory in California. The center fin was removed at the time the aircraft was sold in order to comply with the approved type of certificate for the aircraft. |
| Date |
06.10.1940 |
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