@ Santa Rosa, CA
September 2016
The Yank’s Air Museum’s gleaming Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior, more commonly known as the Lockheed 12, seen on static display at the Wings Over Wine Country airshow. Marketed for small airlines, business travel, and the wealthy, this was an eight-seat, all-metal twin-engine transport that first flew in 1936. This was a scaled-down version of the Lockheed Model 10 Electra, but using the same engines which resulted in a faster aircraft. Airlines mostly rejected this aircraft with very few Lockheed 12s used as airliners. A Lockheed 12 appeared as the French airliner in the final scene from the 1942 film Casablanca. Another Model 12 was a stand-in for Amelia Earhart’s Model 10E in the 2009 film Amelia. Lockheed built a total of 130 Lockheed 12s, ending production in 1941 and allowing Beechcraft Model 18 to take over the market, resulting in thousands produced. Nikon D7100 w/18-200mm.
