L-188 Electra / Eastern AirlinesLockheed L 188 Electra Eastern Airlines model. The design of the Lockheed L 188 Electra began in 1954, and in the following year the company received a launching order for the airplane from American Airlines. The prototype was first flown on December 6, 1957. Standard accommodation on the airplane was for 66 to 80 passengers, but a high density arrangement was available optionally to seat 98. A total of 170 airplanes had been built when production

The helicopter is capable of lifting 16 tons (14

made its first flight on January 24

The first V-1 test flight was made over the Peenemünde range in December 1941

on October 13

and four nearly finished Arrow 2s were destroyed

They carried a 20 mm MG FF cannon and four MG 17 machine guns in a solid nose and a few were fitted with infra-red or radar to help find enemy aircraft at night

The aircraft had a maximum speed of 375 mph at 25

the first one flying on October 21

For operators of the DC-9 who sought to offset rising fuel costs of the mid-1970s

The first one built

Initial deliveries to the USAF began on March 17

and has been the major production version