Hāʻaweʻo ia i kāna holoʻana i ka Honua
I ka makahiki 1932, me kaʻike o ka mea inea kaulanaʻo Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, ua hoʻokumuʻia ka Lockheed Electronic Corporation i ka Lockheed Electra 10A, he kālai'āina o ke kālai'āina no kona manawa.
ʻO ka lockheed i manaʻoʻia e hoʻohanaʻia i kaʻoihana pāʻoihana , a hiki iā ia ke mālama i 10 mauʻoihana me kekahi kanakaʻelua. ʻO ka Model 10 (ʻaʻole e kānaluaʻia me ka Electra L-188, he kapuaʻi i hele mai ma hope mai) ua holo muaʻia i ka makahiki 1934, he 3 mau makahiki wale nō ma mua o ka lele hopeʻana o Amelia Earhart.
Airlines e hoʻohana ana i ka Lockheed Model 10 Electra e komo pū ana me Northwest Airlines, Braniff Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Eastern Airlines, a me National Airlines. Ua holoʻia ka Model 10 Electra e nā haeʻoihana o ke ao holoʻokoʻa, e like me nā mea hana ma Brazil, Mexico, New Zealand, Canada, Australia a me ke UK Ua makemake pū nō hoʻi ka pūʻali i ka Electra. ʻO Argentina, Brazil, Kanada, Sepania, a me nā koa Burena, a me ka pūʻali koa oʻAmelika Huipūʻia, ua loaʻa iā lākou Electra Model 10 mau ea i loko o ko lākou mau'auwaʻa.
ʻO ka Design
ʻO ke Model 10 Electra he māhoe twine-engine me nā'ōpili hōʻiliʻili hou, nā'āpana liʻiliʻi, a me nā wili huelo wili a me nā hoe.
Na ka Lockheed Aircraft Corporation i hoʻohālikelike i nāʻano likeʻole o ka Electra Model 10, mai ka Model 10A a ka Model 10E. Ua hāʻawiʻia ka papa 10E he manaʻoi aku ka ikaika aʻo ia keʻano hoʻohālikelike a Amelia Earhart i hoʻohālike i kona ho'āʻo holoʻana a puni honua.
Ua kohoʻia ka Electra e hoʻoholo me kaʻoihanaʻoihana'ē aʻe e komo ana i loko o kaʻoihana lawelawe i ka manawa like.
ʻO ke Model 10 Electra he mea liʻiliʻi a heʻuʻuku hoʻi no ka hanaʻana ma mua o ka ea uila i hanaʻia e Boeing a me Douglas. Ma keʻano he hoʻokahi o nā mokulele mua e hoʻohanaʻia i nāʻoihanaʻoihana, ua hana maikaʻi loa ia ma kahi mākeke i hoʻopihaʻia me ka hoʻokele moku hoʻokahi.
ʻO ka mea'enekeneka inoaʻo Clarence "Kelly" Johnson i hoʻopau i ka hoʻolālāʻana o ka makani no ka Model 10 Electra aʻo ia ke kuleana o ka hoʻohuiʻana i kahi hope o ka huelo ma ka mokulele, a lilo i mea hilinaʻi ma ka mokulele Lockheed. Ua hoʻomakaʻo Johnson e komo i nā papa o nā mokulele e like me ka U-2 a me ka SR-71.
Nā Hana a me nā Hoʻohālikelike
- Engines: Ua hoʻokomoʻia ka 400 koa ikaika Pratt & Whitney R-985 ma ka papa 10A Model, aʻo ka 10E iʻoi aku ka ikaika 600 o Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp SH31 engines.
- ʻO ka piʻi wikiwiki: 190-194 mph
- Max Speed: 202 mph
- Wahi: 619 nm
- Wahi Paipai: 19,400 kapuaʻi
- Ka Mama'Umā: 6454 lbs
- Length: 38 ft 7 in
- He kiʻekiʻe: 10 ft 1 in
ʻO Ameliaʻo NR16020 Hoʻololi
Ua laweʻo Amelia Earhart i ka hoʻounaʻana i kāna Model 10E Electra ma kāna lā hānau he 39. Ua hāʻawiʻia i ka helu helu inoa NR16020, aʻo ia nō ka mokulele āna e lele nei a puni ka honua. No kāna ho'āʻoʻana i ka holoʻana o ke ao holoʻokoʻa, ua hoʻololi houʻo ia i ka mokulele no kahi lele lōʻihi.
Hoʻokomoʻia nā pola wai piha i nā'ēheu a me ka fuselage e noho ai no nā wā lōʻihi lōʻihi. Ma hope o ka hoʻololiʻana,ʻeono mau manua wahie ma nā'ēheu aʻeono i ka fuselage. Ua hāʻawiʻia kēia e lawe i 1,150 nā galani o ka wahie, lawa no nā hola he 20 i ka holoholo maʻamau.
Ua hoʻolako pūʻia nō hoʻi me ka lako o ka leka uila no Amelia - kahi leka uila Honua'Elelani hou a me kahi huli o ka'enela kuhikuhi o ka'enela,ʻo ia nā mea i hanaʻia e ke kelepona no ka manawa. ʻO kekahi hoʻololi hope loa,ʻo ia nō ka hoʻohuiʻana o kahi Beat Beat Circulation Oscillator (BFO) no ka mea hiki i ka mana o Morse.
Hoʻokumu nā meaʻike e hiki paha iā'Amelia ke hoʻonaʻauaoʻia e pili ana i kēia lakohana hou, a ma hope paha ua lilo ia i mea make.
He mau moku wale no Electra Model 10 i koe i kēia lā. Ke hōʻikeʻia nei ka hapa nui ma nā hale hōʻikeʻike.