Lockheed Twin Tails (was: Lodestar lands at flight museum)

[Lang]

Hanno,

A long while back when researching the Indonesian Lockheed 12 I found a Lockheed-Boeing magazine with photos of the Dutch aircraft on the production line. I am sure it said they were built to a Dutch requirement and that was the only customer.

There are a few around the world (all converted back to civil without turrets and I am sure the escapees all came through Australia - probably some were given RAAF numbers like the Ryan trainers that escaped)

[Rob Beale]

There is a Lodestar under preservation in Gisborne, New Zealand, the first city in the world to see the sun each day!

Link to the site: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~av8or/GAPS/index.html

Rob

[Keith Webb]

The world's only airworthy Hudson...

http://oldcmp.net/Images/Aircraft/Hudson/hud4_5.jpg

Link.

My friend Doug Hamilton (that's him flying the Temora Hudson) also owns an airworthy Lockheed 12.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

The world's only airworthy Hudson...

Ah yes, one of you SEG flights! Great to see there´s one in the air still. The Dutch flew them extensively during WW2, operating as No.320 (Dutch) Squadron RAF.

Pic below shows Lockheed Hudson T9364 "Ypenburg" pictured on 22 February 1941 at Carew Cheriton (source). Note the orange triangle on the aircraft´s nose.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Lang

A long while back when researching the Indonesian Lockheed 12 I found a Lockheed-Boeing magazine with photos of the Dutch aircraft on the production line. I am sure it said they were built to a Dutch requirement and that was the only customer.

Lang,

This Lockheed ad seems to underpin that, as the L-212 on the left is painted in Dutch markings.

H.