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Oshkosh 23. Courtesy Warbird Digest

Those late 1930's American twins were beautiful aircraft. Gotta love those big, round prop flingers.

34 minutes ago, old man emu said:

Those late 1930's American twins were beautiful aircraft

Here's another one - Lockheed Lodestar. Click image to view video.

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Why doesn't the Lodestar have a registration number? Is it not airworthy?

Looks fantastic but you'd probably spend more time on polishing than maintenance.

Whenever I see a Lockheed Lodestar, I can't help but think of the nicknames they regularly acquired - Leadstall and Lodestall - thanks to their vicious and abrupt stall, that caught out many a pilot. They were also very unforgiving of out-of-range C of G, especially aft C of G. One of Australia's worst air disasters up until the 1960's was the 1949 Lodestar crash at Bilinga. 21 people died in that crash, there wasn't a single survivor. However, that crash couldn't be blamed on the aircrafts vices, it was caused by poor piloting and even poorer loading.

9 hours ago, onetrack said:

Whenever I see a Lockheed Lodestar, I can't help but think of the nicknames they regularly acquired - Leadstall and Lodestall - thanks to their vicious and abrupt stall, that caught out many a pilot. They were also very unforgiving of out-of-range C of G, especially aft C of G. One of Australia's worst air disasters up until the 1960's was the 1949 Lodestar crash at Bilinga. 21 people died in that crash…

A similar aircraft, also from Lockheed, wiped out some of Australia’s wartime cabinet.
Looks like that short, tapered wing was built for speed, not safety:

1940 Canberra air disaster - Wikipedia

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I don't know how many people realise that Bill Lear (he of the Learjet fame), remanufactured quite a number of Lockheed Lodestars into Lockheed Learstars. There were Learstar I's, and Learstar II's.

Lear recognised the sound engineering of the original Lockheed design, but he realised with advances in aerodynamics and engineering a much more efficient executive transport could be produced.

The Lodestars he reworked were completely re-manufactured and incorporated numerous modifications to increase speed and efficiency, and to improve the interior accommodation.

https://www.flight-manuals-online.com/product/learstar/

That's a great link if you are looking for detailed information about your favourite aircraft.