| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NX913 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 1 Vega |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 1 Vega |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 1 Vega |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Aircraft Name: | Golden Eagle |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KOAK IATA: OAK Local: OAK Other: - |
| Event: | Dole Air Race 1927 |
| Photo Date: | 16 August 1927 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 365433 |
| Photo Comment |
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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 This photo was added on 29 May 2021, and has since been viewed 883 times. |