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Lockheed L.12A 'Electra Jr.'
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Description
Specifications
| Length: | 36' 4" | 11.0 m |
| Height: | 9' 9" | 2.9 m |
| Wingspan: | 49' 6" | 15.0 m |
| Wingarea: | 352.0 sq ft | 32.7 sq m |
| Empty Weight: | 5,765 lb | 2,615 kg |
| Gross Weight: | 8,400 lb | 3,810 kg |
| Max Weight: | 8,650 lb | 3,924 kg |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 |
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Jr. |
| Horsepower (each): | 450 |
Performance
| Range: | 800 miles | 1,290 km |
| Cruise Speed: | 213 mph | 343 km/h | 185 kt |
| Max Speed: | 225 mph | 362 km/h | 195 kt |
| Climb: | 1,400 ft/min | 427 m/min |
| Ceiling: | 22,900 ft | 6,980 m |
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Recent comments by our visitors
Eddie C
Burbank, CA, CA | Re: Lockheed L.12A 'Electra Jr.', there is a lot of confusion and a fair number of conflicting accounts about the aircraft used in the film. Some have even claimed that no real airplanes were used in the departure sequence at the end of the film. But take a good look at the movie Casablanca on DVD. There are shots that are clearly done using a model (or models), such as the liftoff of the Lockheed at the end of the film, and of course the famous shot on the soundstage with the cutout and little people in the background, but clearly a REAL Lockheed was used in a few of the night shots. In the book "Casablanca: As Time Goes By" author Frank Miller says the footage was filmed by a second unit (presumably at Van Nuys, or "Metropolitan airport" as it was then known) on July 23, 1942 (see page 153). For a still frame of one of these shots see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Casablanca_Electra-nose.jpg
04/21/2008 @ 10:19 [ref: 20642] |
John
, AK |
03/07/2007 @ 11:21 [ref: 15808] |
MHuss
Fitchburg, MA | Sorry to burst your bubble, but according to interviews with the producer of 'Casablanca', because of wartime censor restrictions, they could not use a real aircraft for fear that they would give away aeronautic secrets. Taking photos of real aircraft were strictly prohibited in the early part of the war. Instead, a model of an imaginary airplane was used. Stupid, in my opinion, since Electra's were registered in both Germany and Japan.
11/09/2002 @ 06:49 [ref: 6044] |
William Tavares
Ketchikan, AK |
I'm not sure what kind of aircraft that was in Casablanca - but I read somewhere that the plane in the background shots was a half size model and the ground crew were "little people."
09/18/2001 @ 11:31 [ref: 3208] |
Jorrit de Jager
doorn, LA | We are currently stripping and rebuilding an 12A in our museum in Soesterberg, the Netherlands. It's an old airforce training plane and it has been standing outside for several years.
We are now inspecting every detail of it and after this is finished we will put it back together and display it in our museum.
You can visit the museums homepage at http://www.mlm.mindef.nl/
06/03/2001 @ 14:09 [ref: 2402] |
Jack Rogers
Attleboro, MA | The Lockheed 12-A, "Electra Junior," appears to be the plane featured in the famous airport departure scene at the end of the film, Casablanca.
It seems unlikely that the L-12-A actually was being used at that time by Air France.
Comments?
05/30/2001 @ 20:03 [ref: 2385] |
Bob Leyner
, CO | My wife and I are working on s/n 5.
We are currently looking for drawings and extrusions or extrusion dies for the main spar.
Any help would be appreciated.
02/26/2001 @ 13:55 [ref: 1708] |
Bob Leyner
, CO | My wife and I are working on s/n 5.
We are currently looking for drawings and extrusions or extrusion dies for the main spar.
Any help would be appreciated.
02/26/2001 @ 13:55 [ref: 1707] |
Per Olovson
Stockholm, TX | Hello!!
I live in Sweden and usually do guidtours
for the civilian aeropace museum in Stockholm.
We have an electra 12L junior in ouer collections
At the moment ouer homepage is under constuction but have a look at http://www.wolffdata.se
Yours
PeO
10/17/2000 @ 05:55 [ref: 898] |
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