Vega

airplane

Also known as: Lockheed Vega

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The Vega was a four-passenger, wooden monoplane developed by the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1927. It was a highly successful aircraft, notable for achieving several records, including the first successful solo flight around the world by Wiley Post in 1933. Howard Hughes also flew a similar Lockheed aircraft, the Model 14, on a global flight in 1938. The Vega demonstrated aviation's growing ability to overcome geographic barriers and reduce travel times.1

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John Knudsen Northrop
…he designed and built the Vega, a high-wing monoplane noted for its plywood fuselage of monocoque, or stressed-skin, construction, in which the plywood sheath, rather than heavy internal trusses, provided the structural support.
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…he designed and built the Vega, a high-wing monoplane noted for its plywood fuselage of monocoque, or stressed-skin, construction, in which the plywood sheath, rather than heavy internal trusses, provided the structural support.
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Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lockheed Corporation
…engineer, Lockheed developed the trend-setting Vega, a four-passenger, wooden monoplane. This highly successful aircraft achieved several records including completion of the first successful solo flight around the world (by Wiley Post in 1933). the first solo flight around the world, by Wiley Post in 1933.In 1929 Keeler sold the company…
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…engineer, Lockheed developed the trend-setting Vega, a four-passenger, wooden monoplane. This highly successful aircraft achieved several records including completion of the first successful solo flight around the world (by Wiley Post in 1933). the first solo flight around the world, by Wiley Post in 1933.In 1929 Keeler sold the company…
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