List of Lockheed aircraft
This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from its founding as the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1926 to its merging with Martin Marietta to form the Lockheed Martin Corporation in 1995.
Ordered by model number, Lockheed gave most of its aircraft astronomical names, from the first Vega to the C-5 Galaxy. Aircraft models listed in italics and with higher numbers – 780 following 80 and preceding 81, for example – are variants or developments of the base model.
Model | Name | First flight | Remarks |
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1 | Vega | Jul 4, 1927 | Six-passenger monoplane, original Vega model |
2 | Vega | Upgraded Vega with 300 hp (220 kW) Wright J-6 Whirlwind | |
3 | Air Express | Apr 1928 | Modified Vega for Western Air Express |
4 | Explorer | 1928 | Low-wing aircraft designed for trans-pacific flight between the United States and Japan |
5 | Vega | 1929 | Modified Vega with Wasp radial engine |
6 | Y1C-17 | "Speed Vega" derivative modified by the United States Army Air Corps | |
7 | Explorer Special | Modified Lockheed Explorer with wing dihedral | |
8 | Sirius | 1929 | Single-engine, two-seat, long-range, high-performance aircraft |
8A | Altair | Sep 1930 | Modified Sirius with a retractable undercarriage |
8D | Altair | 1930 | Upgraded Altair |
9 | Orion | Apr 1931 | High speed wooden Six-passenger monoplane |
10 | Electra | Feb 23, 1934 | Twin-engine all-metal transport |
11 | XFM-2 | Proposed heavy fighter | |
12 | Electra Junior | Jun 27, 1936 | Six-passenger transport, scaled-down version of Model 10 |
212 | L-212 | Bomber trainer version | |
14 | Super Electra | Jul 29, 1937 | Passenger transport, scaled-up version of Model 10 |
15 | PV-1 Ventura | Jul 31, 1941 | Naval patrol bomber |
16 | Unbuilt derivative of Lockheed Model 10 Electra | ||
18 | Lodestar | Sep 21, 1939 | Passenger transport (military version, C-60 cargo transport), stretched Model 14 |
19 | Unbuilt fourteen-seat derivative of Model 14 | ||
20 | XP-58 Chain Lightning | Jun 6, 1944 | Long-range interceptor version of the P-38 Lightning |
21 | Ventura | Twin-engine World War II patrol bomber | |
22 | P-38 Lightning | Jan 27, 1939 | Twin-engine World War II fighter |
122 | P-38 Lightning | 1941 | YP-38 through P-38D |
222 | P-38 Lightning | P-38E through P-38H | |
322 | P-322 Lightning | Export variant, impressed into U.S. service at war's outbreak | |
422 | P-38 Lightning | P-38J through P-38M | |
522 | XP-49 | Nov 11, 1942 | Advanced fighter prototype, based on P-38 |
622 | XP-38A Lightning | Jun 6, 1944 | Pressurized conversion of a P-38 |
822 | P-38 Lightning | Navalized P-38 proposal | |
23 | XP-49 | Nov 11, 1942 | Advanced P-38 derivative with pressurization and heavier weaponry |
24 | Proposed naval version of P-38 Lightning | ||
26 | P-2 Neptune | May 17, 1945 | Patrol bomber and anti-submarine warfare aircraft |
27 | Proposed twin-engine canard transport | ||
29 | Proposed twin-engine bomber | ||
30 | Proposed twin-engine canard bomber | ||
31 | Proposed export version of Model 29 | ||
32 | Proposed reconnaissance version of Model 18 | ||
33 | Little Dipper | Aug 1944 | Single seat light aircraft |
34 | Big Dipper | Dec 10, 1945 | Twin seat light aircraft |
35 | Military trainer design derived from the North American NA-35 | ||
37 | Ventura | Twin engine World War II patrol bomber | |
137 | B-34 | ||
437 | B-37 | ||
40 | Model 40 | Aerial target | |
41 | Aerial target proposal | ||
42 | Aerial target proposal | ||
44 | Excalibur | Unbuilt four-engine predecessor to Constellation | |
45 | Proposed radio control vehicle | ||
49 | Constellation | Jan 9, 1943 | four-engine airliner |
049 | Constellation | Jan 9, 1943 | Original passenger version |
149 | Constellation | Extra wing fuel tanks | |
249 | XB-30 | Redesignation of XB-30 (model 051); cancelled in favor of the B-29 and B-32 | |
349 | C-69 Constellation | Unbuilt C-69B long range troop/cargo transport | |
449 | Constellation | Unknown airliner proposal | |
549 | C-69 Constellation | C-69C VIP transport | |
649 | Constellation | Oct 18, 1946 | Improved passenger version |
749 | Constellation | Mar 14, 1947 | Longer range version of model 649 |
849 | Constellation | Unbuilt turbo-compound R-3350 powered version of model 749 | |
949 | Constellation | Unbuilt passenger/cargo convertible version of model 849 | |
1049 | Super Constellation | Oct 13, 1950 | Improved Constellation |
1149 | Super Constellation | Unbuilt Allison turboprop powered version of the model 1049 | |
1249 | Super Constellation | Sep 1, 1954 | Experimental turboprop military transport version |
1449 | Super Constellation | Proposed stretched turbine powered version of model 1049 with larger wings | |
1549 | Super Constellation | Proposed further stretched version of model 1449 | |
1649 | Starliner | Oct 11, 1956 | Final production version of the Constellation |
50 | Proposed single-engine liaison aircraft | ||
51 | XB-30 | Proposed bomber version of Constellation, later redesignated model 249 | |
52 | Proposed single-seat fighter | ||
60 | Proposed twin-engine trainer | ||
61 | Proposed twin-engine trainer | ||
62 | Proposed twin-engine trainer | ||
75 | Saturn | Jun 17, 1947 | Prototype small passenger airplane |
80 | P-80 Shooting Star | Jun 10, 1944 | United States' first operational jet fighter |
080 | P-80 Shooting Star | YP-80A-P-80C | |
380 | P-80 Shooting Star | Unbuilt naval proposal | |
480 | P-80 Shooting Star | Unbuilt naval proposal | |
580 | T-33 Shooting Star | Mar 22, 1948 | Trainer; originally designated TP-80C and TF-80C |
680 | F-80D Shooting Star | Unbuilt version with engine upgrade | |
780 | F-94 Starfire | Apr 16, 1949 | All-weather jet fighter |
880 | F-94C Starfire | Redesigned tail & wing with rocket pods | |
980 | YF-94D Starfire | Unbuilt ground attack version | |
1080 | T2V-1 SeaStar | Naval trainer variant | |
81 | XFV-1 | Dec 23, 1953 | Prototype tailsitter convoy protection fighter |
82 | C-130 Hercules | Aug 23, 1954 | Four-engine medium transport |
182 | C-130 Hercules | All early models, including mission-specific variants | |
282 | C-130 Hercules | C-130B and later, including variants | |
382 | C-130 Hercules, L-100 | Later models, including variants and -30 stretch | |
83 | F-104 Starfighter | Feb 28, 1954 | Supersonic Mach 2 interceptor |
84 | W2V-1 | turboprop WV (EC-121 Warning Star) variant; contract cancelled | |
85 | P-3 Orion | Apr 15, 1961 | military patrol aircraft developed from the Electra (88/188) |
520 | Proposed P-3 AEW&C variant | ||
87 | AH-56A Cheyenne | Sep 21, 1967 | Cancelled attack helicopter |
88 | L-188 Electra | Dec 6, 1957 | Turboprop airliner |
89 | R6O/R6V Constitution | Nov 9, 1946 | Large transport prototype |
389 | Unbuilt airliner version | ||
489 | Unbuilt airliner version | ||
90 | XF-90 | Jun 3, 1949 | jet bomber escort prototype; cancelled in favor of the XF-88 |
92 | Proposed civil helicopter | ||
93 | L-1011 Tristar | Nov 16, 1970 | Tri-engine, widebody airliner |
99 | Cancelled USAF interceptor | ||
104 | L-104 | Temporary designation for redesigned Excalibur; later officially became Model 49 | |
105 | L-105 | Temporary designation for Excalibur | |
129 | Model X | 1941 high-altitude bomber project competing for Type Specification XC-124 against B-27 and B-28 | |
133 | L-133 | Cancelled jet fighter aircraft | |
136 | Enlarged Constellation project, 1944; evolved into the Model 89/R6V | ||
140 | XP-80 Shooting Star | Jan 8, 1944 | Experimental jet fighter |
141 | XP-80A Shooting Star | Experimental jet fighter | |
144 | L-144 | Enlarged variant of Excalibur | |
171 | X-7 | Apr 26, 1951 | Unmanned test bed for ramjet engines and missile guidance |
182 | Projected ASW version of Constitution | ||
193 | L-193 Constellation II | Jetliner/aerial tanker concept | |
245 | L-245 | Converted T-33 used by the company for development of the T2V-1 (model 1080) | |
246 | Lockheed XF-104 | Mar 4, 1954 | Interceptor prototype, led to the F-104 |
288 | Proposed interceptor with wing mounted engines | ||
295 | CL-295 | Design studies for a 'tail-sitting' VTOL fighter | |
300 | C-141 Starlifter | Dec 17, 1963 | Large jet transport |
301 | L-301 | Proposed hypersonic research project; sometimes called X-24C | |
320 | CL-320 | Intermediate long-range high-speed interceptor project | |
325 | CL-325 | Reconnaissance aircraft project, predecessor to CL-400 Suntan design[1] | |
329 | JetStar | Sep 4, 1957 | Business jet |
1329 | JetStar | Business jet | |
2329 | JetStar II | Business jet | |
346 | CL-346 | Proposals for supersonic VTOL fighters, based on the F-104 | |
351 | U-2 | Aug 4, 1955 | CL-282, high-altitude spyplane |
379 | CL-379 | Tilt-wing research aircraft project[2] | |
400 | CL-400 Suntan | Proposal for Mach 2.5 reconnaissance aircraft, liquid hydrogen fueled | |
400 | L-400 Twin Hercules | Proposed twin-engine version of C-130 | |
407 | CL-407 | Proposals for supersonic VTOL attack and reconnaissance aircraft | |
414 | Hudson | Dec 10, 1938 | Bomber and reconnaissance aircraft |
475 | CL-475 | Prototype helicopter | |
500 | C-5 Galaxy | Jun 30, 1968 | Large jet transport |
595 | XH-51A | Sep 29, 1962 | Attack helicopter prototype |
645 | F-22 Raptor | Sep 7, 1997 | Air superiority stealth fighter |
090P | Lockheed submission for the ATF (Advanced Tactical Fighter) Demonstration/Validation phase | ||
1132 | YF-22A Lightning II | Sep 29, 1990 | Technology demonstrator (632 is the associated design iteration that evolved into EMD submission) |
645 | F-22A Raptor | Sep 7, 1997 | EMD and operational production aircraft |
760 | CL-760 | Lockheed proposal for the LARA (Light Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft), competition won by the OV-10 Bronco | |
823 | CL-823 | Designs for SST (Super Sonic Transport) | |
840 | AH-56 | Cancelled attack helicopter | |
901 | CL-901 | Sep 1966 | Converted F-104 for advanced air superiority |
934 | CL-934 | Interceptor variant of the F-104 | |
977-16 | CL-977-16 | Composite helicopter | |
981 | CL-981 | Enlarged variant of the F-104, developed into the CL-1200 | |
984 | CL-984 | Strike variant of the F-104 | |
985 | CL-985B | development of the CL-984 for Belgium | |
995 | S-3 Viking | Jan 21, 1972 | Twin-engine naval ASW aircraft |
1026 | CL-1026 | designs for a commercial helicopter, using the rigid-rotor system from the Cheyenne. | |
1195 | CL-1195 | designs for fighter, proposal for the "Free World Fighter" program circa 1969 | |
1200 | CL-1200 Lancer | development of the F-104. became CL-1600 / X-27 | |
1201 | Lockheed CL-1201 | Design study for 6,000 ton nuclear powered transport | |
1800 | CL-1800 | helicopter project | |
2000 | L-2000 | Proposed supersonic transport (SST) | |
2016 | CL-2016 | Submission for the Advanced Tactical Fighter initial request for information | |
XFM-2 | 1930s | heavy fighter, bomber destroyer, cancelled | |
YP-24 | 1931 | fighter, ground-attack aircraft | |
XC-35 | May 9, 1935 | experimental aircraft | |
X-27 Lancer | CL-1600, cancelled replacement of F-104 Starfighter; never flown | ||
TR-1/U-2R | Aug 1, 1981 | advanced U-2 | |
ER-2/U-2ER | NASA U-2 | ||
A-12 | Apr 26, 1962 | CIA supersonic spyplane | |
YF-12 Blackbird | Aug 7, 1963 | supersonic interceptor prototype | |
SR-71 Blackbird | Dec 22, 1964 | USAF supersonic spyplane | |
YO-3A Quiet Star | 1966 | Reconnaissance | |
LASA-60 | Sep 15, 1959 | Light Utility Sport Aircraft | |
XV-4/XV-10 Hummingbird | Jul 7, 1962 | VTOL prototype | |
X-26B | |||
Have Blue (XST) | Dec 1977 | stealth technology testbed | |
F-117 Nighthawk | Jun 18, 1981 | stealth attack aircraft | |
Flatbed | 1980s | military transport aircraft project, cancelled | |
P-7 | 1980s | maritime-patrol aircraft project, cancelled |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night" (PDF). Virginia Aviation History Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
- ^ "Air Doc 14: Lockheed CL-379 – A New VTOL-STOL – the Unwanted Blog".
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