On the morning of December 6, 1957, the prototype L-188 Electra, construction number 1001, N-number N1881, took off from Lockheed Air Terminal (today Hollywood-Burbank Airport) in Burbank, California.

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT) and Electra.aero, Inc. ("Electra") signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore opportunities for Electra's EL9 ultra-short takeoff and landing (Ultra ...

Electra says the design allows the aircraft to take-off at only 35kt (65km/h) and in a distance of just 46m (150ft); range is a claimed 1,100nm (2,037km). Service entry is targeted before 2030.

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has signed a memorandum of understanding with Electra.aero to explore opportunities for the U.S. startup’s in-development EL9 ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Developed from the Lockheed L-188 Electra commercial airliner, the P-3 has served the military needs of various nations including the U.S., China, Japan, and South Korea.

The last known original 1935 Lockheed Electra L-10E, which is similar to the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her ill-fated attempt to fly around the world, is expected to arrive Monday in Atchison, Kan.

The Electra hybrid-electric eSTOL aircraft is designed to be able to take off and land from spaces as small as 300 x 100 feet, using a patent-pending “distributed electric propulsion and blown ...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Electra.aero have signed a MoU to explore opportunities for Electra's EL9 ultra-short takeoff and landing aircraft. Electra's EL9 will transform military aviation ...