Тестофлот Lockheed
Тестовые летающие аппараты фирмы Lockheed в одной коллекции: CL-475; Cessna 180; DC-3; P2V Neptune; L-188 Electra; YP3V-1 Orion; L-188; WV-2 Warning Star.



The Lockheed test fleet was lined up in front of a Lockheed Air Terminal hangar in Burbank, California, for this family photo in September 1960. The aircraft were either company-owned or bailed back from the US Navy for testing or modifications. From left: the CL-475 rigid rotor demonstrator; a Cessna 180 used for chase or executive transport; a DC-3 equipped with an F-104 radome used for radar and systems testing; a P2V Neptune maritime patrol aircraft; an L-188 Electra airliner; the YP3V-1 Orion maritime patrol aircraft prototype; an L-188 used as a telemetry receiving aircraft at the Navy’s Pacific Missile Range at NAS Point Mugu, California; and a WV-2 Warning Star airborne early warning aircraft assigned to the Naval Air Development Unit at NAS South Weymouth, Massachusetts.

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