| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC14958 |
| Other Marks: | 11 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 10 Electra |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 10 Electra |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 10-B Electra |
| C/n (msn): | 1036 |
| Operator Titles: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1936 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |
| Photo ID: | 15010 |
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This was the prototype 10-B Electra and after testing served EAL on their NY to New Orleans and Chicago to Miami routes. Wears EAL's "The Great Silver Fleet" titles. Sold to Northwest Airlines in July 1937 on replacement by DC-3s. Impressed in WW2 as UC-36C 42-57222. Postwar to Brasil AF as 1325 and then to Varig as PP-VAU in June 1946. Crashed 18 October 1952. From EAL 60 years ago. This photo was added on 16 October 2017, and has since been viewed 334 times. |