Lockheed L-10 Electra PBA Army Air Corps he envisioned a radical design

he envisioned a radical design to counter new Allied aircraft with superior performance over existing Japanese types and believed a turbojet engine would propel the ultimate Shinden

Colors and wood pattern may vary

HSC-3 Naval Centennial Scheme Mahogany wood

selected to replace the Flying Tigers

Taking flight as a pure jet in 1942

Lockheed L-10 Electra PBA Army Air Corps he envisioned a radical designLockheed L 10 Electra PBA airplane model. The prototype for this 10 passenger all metal plane was first flown on February 23, 1934, and entered service during 1934, initially with Northwest Airlines. By the late 1930s it was being used by eight American operators. The Electra L 10 E is probably best known as the plane that Amelia Earhart disappeared in. Use of the Electra by small civil operators continued after World War II, as it was cheap to buy