Aerei di linea Lockheed : libri - storia, modelli e costruzione

Lockheed Constellation

Sviluppato in risposta a una richiesta del 1939 di Howard Hughes e della TWA, il Lockheed Constellation ha introdotto un progetto rivoluzionario per gli aerei di linea. Conosciuto come "Connie", ha stabilito nuovi standard in termini di prestazioni, efficienza e comfort dei passeggeri. Tuttavia, i legami stretti di Lockheed con TWA e Hughes hanno limitato le vendite ad altre compagnie aeree, influenzando i profitti. Le vendite internazionali, in particolare in America del Sud e in Europa, sono state più forti, ma il mercato del dopoguerra è rimasto difficile.

Lockheed ha trovato un cliente cruciale nell'esercito americano, il cui sostegno ha contribuito a sostenere la produzione. Ciò ha anche beneficiato le compagnie aeree civili, portando allo sviluppo del Super Constellation e dello Starliner. Tuttavia, l'ascesa degli aerei a reazione ha rapidamente offuscato questi modelli. Le principali compagnie aeree hanno progressivamente abbandonato il Constellation, sebbene alcune siano rimaste in servizio fino alla fine degli anni '60, con l'ultimo volo passeggeri avvenuto nel 1978 nella Repubblica Dominicana.

Questo libro ampiamente illustrato segue il Constellation dalla sua creazione fino al ritiro, evidenziando i suoi contributi unici alla storia dell'aviazione.
Si tratta di una nuova edizione di "Aeroplane Classic Airliner: Constellation".

Dettagli

Formato:	96 pagine, 20 x 14 x 1 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Key Publishing Ltd (GB, 2024)
Collana:	Historic Commercial Aircraft (8)
ISBN:	9781802823745

Queen of the Skies - The Lockheed Constellation

A revolutionary commercial propeller transport, the Lockheed Constellation burst on the aviation scene in the early 1940s. Unheralded for the most part, due to wartime secrecy, it finally entered commercial service in 1946, and promptly set new standards for speed, range, reliability, and passenger comfort. The Connie, as it was affectionately known, pioneered new flight paths in many parts of the globe.

Connies ultimately flew commercially for more than thirty years, and underwent countless modifications and upgrades during that time. They continued to be utilized by the military as well; in fact, Connies were involved in a number of endeavors that remain shrouded in secrecy to this day.

This, then, is the story of a remarkable and distinctive airplane. It is also the story of the people who made the Constellation great, including aviation legends like Howard Hughes and Clarence "Kelly" Johnson. Most importantly, however, it is a story that sheds light on the dynamics of technology, politics, and society in the years 1940 to 1980.
This revised edition contains an additional chapter on Constellations that are still flying today, as well as an additional appendix of the Constellation's operations manual.

Dettagli

Autore:	Claude G. Luisada
Formato:	424 pagine, 26.5 x 18 x 4 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	51 foto e disegni in B&N
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2014)
ISBN:	9780764346392

Lockheed Constellation - A Legends of Flight Illustrated History (Legends of Flight)

La Lockheed Constellation fu il principale aereo di linea a elica del dopoguerra. Sviluppata durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale da un team rinomato, comprendente Howard Hughes e Kelly Johnson, divenne un'icona dell'aviazione commerciale.

Questo libro presenta una storia illustrata della Constellation con diverse centinaia di fotografie storiche di aerei e compagnie aeree di tutto il mondo. Copre le tre principali varianti commerciali: la Constellation, la Super Constellation e la Starliner. Sono incluse anche le versioni militari utilizzate in tempo di guerra.
Soprannominata la "Mona Lisa dei cieli", la Constellation era ammirata per il suo design elegante e rappresentava l'età d'oro del trasporto aereo. Un capitolo è dedicato agli equipaggiamenti di lusso delle compagnie di alto livello, mentre un altro dettaglia i modelli cargo e le conversioni.

Dettagli

Autore:	Wolfgang Borgmann
Formato:	144 pagine, 22 x 22.5 x 1.3 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	260 foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2024)
Collana:	Legends of Flight
ISBN:	9780764368226

Lockheed Constellation : A History

Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson's design for the Lockheed Constellation, known affectionately as the 'Connie', produced one of the world's most iconic airliners. Lockheed had been working on the L-044 Excalibur, a four-engine, pressurised airliner, since 1937. In 1939, Trans World Airlines, at the instigation of major stockholder Howard Hughes, requested a 40-passenger transcontinental aircraft with a range of 3,500 miles, well beyond the capabilities of the Excalibur design. TWA's requirements led to the L-049 Constellation, designed by Lockheed engineers including Kelly Johnson and Hall Hibbard.

Between 1943 and 1958, Lockheed built 856 Constellations in numerous models at its Burbank, California, factory - all with the same distinctive and immediately recognisable triple-tail design and dolphin-shaped fuselage. The Constellation was used as a civil airliner and as a military and civilian air transport, seeing service in the Berlin and the Biafran airlifts.
Three of them served as the presidential aircraft for Dwight D. Eisenhower. After the Second World War, TWA's trans-Atlantic service began on 6 February 1946 with a New York-Paris flight in a Constellation.
Then, on 17 June 1947, Pan Am opened the first-ever scheduled round-the-world service with their L-749 Clipper America.

In this revealing insight into the Lockheed Constellation, the renowned aviation historian Graham M. Simons examines its design, development and service, both military and civil.
In doing so, he reveals the story of a design which, as the first pressurised airliner in widespread use, helped to usher in affordable and comfortable air travel around the world.

Dettagli

Autore:	Graham M. Simons
Formato:	320 pagine, 25 x 17.5 x 2.8 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	175 foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Air World (GB, 2021)
ISBN:	9781526758866

Lockheed L-188 Electra

Introdotto per la prima volta nel 1957, il Lockheed L-188 Electra è stato il primo grande aereo di linea a turboelica sviluppato negli Stati Uniti.
Questo nuovo libro illustrato racconta la storia di questo velivolo e delle persone che lo hanno progettato, costruito e gestito. Ricco di immagini, offre un racconto dettagliato e avvincente di questo aereo pionieristico.

Dettagli

Formato:	96 pagine, 24.5 x 17 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Key Publishing Ltd (GB, 2023)
Collana:	Historic Commercial Aircraft
ISBN:	9781802824865

Lockheed Tristar - The Most Technologically Advanced Commercial Jet of Its Time

In April 1972, after six gruelling years of design and development, the then Lockheed California Company (now Lockheed Martin) delivered the most technologically advanced commercial jet of its era, the L-1011 TriStar, to its first client, Eastern Airlines.
To mark the moment, Lockheed decided to make an impressive statement about the capabilities of its new medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner. It did so in spectacular fashion. Overseen by two test pilots, a total of 115 crew members, VIPs, Lockheed employees, and selected reporters boarded a TriStar at Lockheed's Palmdale plant in California. The subsequent 4-hour, 13-minute flight to Washington Dulles Airport was achieved with virtually no input from the two pilots in the cockpit, the TriStar's Automatic Flight Control System being 'engaged from takeoff roll to landing'. It was, Lockheed proudly claimed, 'the first cross-country flight without the need for human hands on the controls'.

The L-1011 had faced daunting challenges on the way to its inaugural flight. Divergent needs from competing airlines led to design challenges. Financial difficulties ravaged its engine's manufacturer, Rolls-Royce, whilst a recession, fuelled by the world's first oil crisis, lessened the demand for commercial airliners.
Lockheed, though, battled through these challenges with the result that the TriStar, famed for its large, curved nose, low-set wings, and graceful swept tail, remained in production until 1984, by when 250 examples had been built. The toll on Lockheed, however, was too great and after the TriStar it withdrew from the commercial aircraft business.

In this revealing insight into the L-1011, the renowned aviation historian Graham M. Simons reveals the full story of this airliner's design, development and service over the decades since 1970.

Dettagli

Autore:	Graham M. Simons
Formato:	320 pagine, 24.5 x 17 x 3.2 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	175 foto in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Air World (GB, 2021)
ISBN:	9781526758828

Lockheed Constellation - Königin der Löfte

The Lockheed "Constellation" is considered by many to be the embodiment of the classic propliner. The aerodynamically optimized, curved shape of the fuselage led to it being considered one of the most beautifully designed and elegant commercial aircraft ever built.
Only a handful of these majestic propliners are still flying worldwide and wherever they appear they attract thousands of enthusiastic spectators.

Pagine del libro "Lockheed Constellation - Königin der Löfte"

Wolfgang Borgmann makes this book, with wonderful contemporary images, technical data and current material, the standard illustrated book on the Constellation in German.

Dettagli

Autore:	Wolfgang Borgmann
Formato:	176 pagine, 24 x 30.5 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	160 foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	tedesco
Editore:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2018)
ISBN:	9783613040359