The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar is an American passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era, developed as part of the Model 10 Electra family, specifically from the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra.

Depending upon engines and interior configuration, these transports were given C-56, C-57, C-59, C-60 or C-66 basic type designations. The Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, and the Model...

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2018年7月9日 · 20 commercial Lodestar aircraft requisitioned for the US Air Force. Redesignation of one aircraft C-57 and after re-equipping it with the engine for the second time. Designation of 10...

2022年9月21日 · As the United States began to build up its military ahead of entering World War Two, the Lockheed Model 18 was designated as the C-56. In 1942 the President of Brazil, Getúlio Vargas' purchased a Model 18 fitted out with 11 seats for his own personal transport.

The USAAF procured a grand total of 36 of the C-56 Lodestar aircraft as follows: C-56 (1), C-56A (1), C-56B (13),C-56C (12), C-56D (7), C-56E (2). The difference between all of these variations was the engine type.

Between 1942 and 1943, the USAAC acquired 324 C-60As, 18-seat paratroop transports. Some of these aircraft were passed on to the UK (RAF versions were known as the Lodestar I (C-56), Lodestar IA (C-59), and Lodestar II (C-60), and most were operated as medium-range transports.)

This aircraft, a Lockheed civilian Model 18-56, was delivered on 2 April 1941 in El Paso, TX, to New York publisher, Arthur Kudner at a cost of $102,000. Originally ordered by Pan Am as a 17-passenger airliner, it was instead plushed out as a 12-passenger luxury ship with a 7-foot davenport along one side, five reclining Model 14 seats, two ...

Years In Service: 1940-Present. Initial Flight: September 21, 1939. Many new-built aircraft Lodestars were flown by the Army Air Force as the C-60, and the U.S. Navy as the R5O. The Lodestars were lend-lease that were used by the Royal New Zealand Air Force as transports.

The Lockheed C-56 was the designation given to a mix of Cyclone and Hornet powered Model 18 Lodestars that were impressed by the USAAF during the Second World War. The Model 18 Lodestar was originally designed as an improved version of the Model 14 Super Electra, which had been a commercial failure.