City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Dole Air Race 1927
Photo Date:16 August 1927
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:365433Submit Correction
View count: 854
The very first Lockheed (rather than Loughead) aircraft, the Vega prototype, was bought by newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst and took off in the Dole Air Race to Hawaii one month after its first flight. It was clearly the most advanced plane in the race but vanished in the Pacific with pilot John Frost and navigator Gordon Scott. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:NX913
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 1 Vega
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:16 August 1927
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Dole Air Race 1927
Photo Date:16 August 1927
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:365433Submit Correction
View count: 854
The very first Lockheed (rather than Loughead) aircraft, the Vega prototype, was bought by newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst and took off in the Dole Air Race to Hawaii one month after its first flight. It was clearly the most advanced plane in the race but vanished in the Pacific with pilot John Frost and navigator Gordon Scott. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:NX913
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 1 Vega
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:16 August 1927
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive