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Air Marcel Inc is recovering a Lockheed 18 "Lodestar" crashed in 1960 in Canada for restoration. See the website for reference. Tourist.tam ( talk) 10:46, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
The article quotes a total production of 625, and gives breakdowns for military variants as 211 USAAF, 33 USN (and another 35 transferred). This totals 244 military aircraft, suggesting a civilian production of about 380.
However, the article seems to imply that domestic commercial sales were very limited - "Lockheed found the Lodestar difficult to sell at home" and that overseas sales weren't exactly marvellous; the biggest single order was for about thirty. Unless there was a surge of commercial sales after the end of the war, which I doubt, this just doesn't seem to add up. Anyone have an idea how to reconcile the two? Shimgray | talk | 15:59, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
The L18 seems have suffered from a large number of crashes from engine failure, and even unexplained crashes. The 1948 crash at Lae (PNG) happened when a pilot very experienced with the L18 aborted a landing and then one engine lost power. A flat spin ensued. An L18 carrying three of Australia's cabinet ministers crashed in 1940, while landing at Canberra. Eyewitness said the machine simply slid sideways into the ground during a high speed turn. These all look like a problem with the quoted Vmc and maneuvering speeds. It is likely that these are too low to guarantee controllability. The wing loading is about 40lb/sqft, which was high for 1939 but low for military planes introduced soon after then. A DC-3 has 25lb/sqft loading. A DC-6B is 60lb/sqft. A higher loading requires higher maneuvering speeds and much smaller margins of error. The L18 was trickier to fly than a DC-3, but not as difficult as most post-WW2 machines. 210.185.75.105 ( talk) 00:08, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
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Air Marcel Inc is recovering a Lockheed 18 "Lodestar" crashed in 1960 in Canada for restoration. See the website for reference. Tourist.tam ( talk) 10:46, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
The article quotes a total production of 625, and gives breakdowns for military variants as 211 USAAF, 33 USN (and another 35 transferred). This totals 244 military aircraft, suggesting a civilian production of about 380.
However, the article seems to imply that domestic commercial sales were very limited - "Lockheed found the Lodestar difficult to sell at home" and that overseas sales weren't exactly marvellous; the biggest single order was for about thirty. Unless there was a surge of commercial sales after the end of the war, which I doubt, this just doesn't seem to add up. Anyone have an idea how to reconcile the two? Shimgray | talk | 15:59, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
The L18 seems have suffered from a large number of crashes from engine failure, and even unexplained crashes. The 1948 crash at Lae (PNG) happened when a pilot very experienced with the L18 aborted a landing and then one engine lost power. A flat spin ensued. An L18 carrying three of Australia's cabinet ministers crashed in 1940, while landing at Canberra. Eyewitness said the machine simply slid sideways into the ground during a high speed turn. These all look like a problem with the quoted Vmc and maneuvering speeds. It is likely that these are too low to guarantee controllability. The wing loading is about 40lb/sqft, which was high for 1939 but low for military planes introduced soon after then. A DC-3 has 25lb/sqft loading. A DC-6B is 60lb/sqft. A higher loading requires higher maneuvering speeds and much smaller margins of error. The L18 was trickier to fly than a DC-3, but not as difficult as most post-WW2 machines. 210.185.75.105 ( talk) 00:08, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
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