Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior

what is it?

The Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior, more commonly known as the Lockheed 12 or L-12, is an eight-seat, six-passenger all-metal twin-engine transport aircraft of the late 1930s designed for use by small airlines, companies, and wealthy private individuals. A smaller version of the Lockheed Model 10 Electra, the Lockheed 12 was not popular as an airliner but was widely used as a corporate and government transport. Several were also used for testing new aviation technologies.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · low wing · tailwheel (taildragger) · 15.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 362 km/htop speed
• range 1,300 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 6passengers
• size 3,924 kgmax take-off weight
• built 130made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 90 years ago, in 1936.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 15.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,300 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1936-06-27

number built

130

role

civil and military utility aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Lockheed Corporation

engines

2× Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior SB / Wasp Junior

crew

2

passengers

6

length

11.1 m

wingspan

15.1 m

height

3 m

max take-off weight

3,924 kg

top speed

362 km/h

cruise speed

343 km/h

range

1,300 km

ceiling

6,980 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

conventional landing gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.