Electra

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http://youtu.be/x51xBVmFwj4

This airplane type was the first passenger jet aircraft. It has jet engines which drive the propellers. (prop jet} The lord mounts made by the lord manufacturing company cracked and the engine would wobble around in the nacelle and in a process called "Whirl mode" the wings shook them selves off mid flight. 2 planes crashed and it stumped the experts for a while. One plane was carrying blood and their was a lot of blood at the crash site.

The wings were fine though they beefed them up. They just needed to beef up the bracing system.

A third aircraft crashed when birds put engines out of action on take off and when sully landed in the Potomac I thought back to this electra crash.

Regular jet aircraft went into production and by passed this design.

The Orion submarine hunter is a sister aircraft of the electra using the same fuselage design.




Their was another plane called an electra in the 30s that Amelia earhart used. Different aircraft. This one was from 60s.

As a side note they located Amelia earharts landing site at gardner island, TIGHAR is looking for the plane. no positive proof yet but it is tantalizing.

 

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Please kill yourself NOW!! :suicide:

 

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[NOBABE]Not sure if Kelly Johnson designed this plane.[/NOBABE]

 

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http://youtu.be/d0s55jwxkHMAn End of an Era: Atlantic Airlines retires its last Lockheed Electra


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I recall flying from Wellington NZ to Sydney Australia mid-1965 in an Electra operated by Tasman Empire Airways just before TEAL changed its name to Air New Zealand. From memory the flight took about six hours – about twice what it takes modern aircraft. Six hours was not long enough to become accustomed to the very loud engines and visibly shaking sides of the aircraft. Later I learnt that just weeks earlier a TEAL Electra had been destroyed when a training landing went wrong at Whenuapai (Auckland). The accident was hushed up. Nevertheless I have a soft spot for the old turboprop transport and ocean reconnaisance workhorse. Thanks for the memories!


April 30, 2013 at 5:48 AM--- Whirl Mode not turbulence was the cause and third was bird strikes.


Thank you Graham. The Lockheed Electra had a troubled early career with three highly publicized crashes between 1959 and 1960. An engine mount problem caused severe turbulence and in two of the crashes, the wings came off in flight. After grounding, Lockheed redesigned the mounts and wing structures were changed and the updated “Electra II” went on for a very long career as a successful passenger and cargo aircraft. I flew the type too with National Airlines and Eastern Airlines (you can find pictures in the AG library – see below). Now Canada will be the last stronghold of the Electra both as a fire bomber and a freighter. The redesign has proven its worth.

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