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Lockheed Vega: record-breaking wooden wonder.
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Airpower
Publication Date: 01-SEP-04 |
Format: Online - approximately 940 words
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Full Article Title: Lockheed Vega: record-breaking wooden wonder.(Factory Fresh) |
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Article Excerpt
In past installments of this popular feature, we've attempted to bring you different aspects of aircraft manufacturing showing all types of airplane throughout all eras of aviation history. This month, we explore a novel new manufacturing technology which allowed production of sleek single-engine manoplanes in the late-1920s that looked years ahead of their time. Setting numerous speed, distance, and endurance records, the Lockheed Vega earned a most respected place in the annals of aviation history. Here's how that famous airplane was built.
Opposite Left: : Completed Vega fuselage sits on its landing gear and tail dolly in the open doorway of Hangar 2 at the resurrected Lockheed Aircraft Corp. facilities in Burbank, California, home to more than fifty employees at the time.
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Opposite Bottom Left: Interior view of 20,000-square-foot manufacturing plant, showing the metal fabrication department which produced...
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