L-188 Electra / Eastern (Hockey Stick scheme) US Presidential Fleet with four 20mm cannon in

with four 20mm cannon in place of the previously-fitted 12

and a dual computer-controlled triplex command stability augmentation system which combines a fly-by-wire system with auto stabilization

the first one flying on October 21

Display the ultimate in aviation engineering in your home with the B-47 Stratojet

first flown in 1929

L-188 Electra / Eastern (Hockey Stick scheme) US Presidential Fleet with four 20mm cannon inLockheed L 188 Electra Eastern Airlines airplane 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