Aircraft Photo of NC14958 | Lockheed 10-B Electra | Eastern Air Lines

Aircraft
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
City / Airport:	Miami - InternationalMap
Region / Country:	Florida, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: KMIA IATA: MIA Local: MIA Other: -

Photo Date:	1936
Photo from:	RAScholefield Collection
Photo ID:	15010

Photo Comment
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. Photo obtained from EAL. This photo was added on 16 October 2017, and has since been viewed 463 times.

Photo Comment

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. Photo obtained from EAL.

This photo was added on 16 October 2017, and has since been viewed 463 times.

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