Lockheed Model 9 Orion
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The Lockheed Model 9 Orion is a single-engined passenger aircraft built in 1931 for commercial airlines. It was faster than any American military aircraft of that time. Designed by Richard A. von Hake
Swissair Orion Model 9B HB-LAH
A Swissair Orion undergoes flight tests
UC-85 in 1943
The Shellightning in October 1932
Lockheed Altair
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The Lockheed Altair was a single-engined sport aircraft produced by Lockheed Aircraft Limited in the 1930s. It was a development of the Lockheed Sirius with a retractable undercarriage, and was the fi
Lockheed Model 9 Orion
…Corporation. The Orion was the last design using many identical elements from the Lockheed designs preceding it. It primarily used all the elements of the Altair, but included a forward top cockpit similar to the Vega, plus the NACA cowling introduced in the Air Express. Lockheed used the same basic fuselage…
The C-23, an Altair 8D purchased by the US Army Air Corps for use as a staff transport
Charles Kingsford Smith's Lockheed Altair, Sydney, 1934
Lockheed Y1C-25 Altair