Lockheed Corporation
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Oct 3, 2026
Tail DraggerHOST
He was there on October 14, 1947, when a young Air Force captain named Chuck Yeager climbed into the Bell X-1 and took a shot at the sound barrier.
Tail DraggerHOST
Hoover flew chase that day in a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, watching from alongside as Yeager accelerated through Mach 1 and changed aviation history.
Tail DraggerHOST
The two men were friends, rivals in the best sense, both product of the same generation of pilots who had come out of the war with young eyes and no fear.
Tail DraggerHOST
But Hoover's enduring legacy was not built in the high-altitude test world.
Jack KennedyGUEST
from? Taylorville, Illinois, TAZ.
Jack KennedyGUEST
Hardest airplane to fly? The Lockheed Constellation.
MikeHOST
Okay.
Jack KennedyGUEST
Easiest to fly? Probably the Piper Cub or Ronca Champ, I would say.
Jack KennedyGUEST
Hardest systems to learn? Again, the Lockheed constellation.
Jack KennedyGUEST
Scariest moment on a plane.
Jack KennedyGUEST
Well, that's another Connie.
Jack KennedyGUEST
So that's a Lockheed constellation, 1649A.
Cyril ChappelletGUEST
It was very entrepreneurial and it was a tremendous amount of fun for he and his partner to build something from scratch.
Cyril ChappelletGUEST
And as you had mentioned, my father's father was very entrepreneurial also in that during the 30s, he was one of the four investors who bought the Lockheed Corporation company.
Cyril ChappelletGUEST
And then created the Lockheed that we know today over the next 50, 70 years that they created Lockheed aircraft.
Cyril ChappelletGUEST
And then that became Lockheed Martin currently.
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Herbert MarshallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The men and women of Lockheed Aircraft present Herbert Marshall in The Man Called X.
Herbert MarshallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Produced and directed by Jack Johnstone.
Herbert MarshallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Man Called X.
Bailey SarianHOST
On June 29th, 1937, Amelia and Fred began their journey from a place called Lae in New Guinea.
Bailey SarianHOST
The plane Fred and Amelia were taking was a Lockheed Model 10E Electra.
Bailey SarianHOST
Maybe you know what that looks like.
Bailey SarianHOST
Apparently, Purdue University sponsored the purchase of this plane.
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Bailey SarianHOST
The truth is the Japanese Navy could totally have benefited from getting their hands on the Electra, the airplane.
Bailey SarianHOST
Maybe that's what they wanted.
Bailey SarianHOST
That plane had a whole bunch of bells and whistles on board, including some new inventions that were being tested for US warplanes, which means Japan would get their hands on, like, inside knowledge on American military technology, and, like, who wouldn't want that at this time? Around this time, the FBI and the US Navy knew that the Japanese spies were trying to get information from the Lockheed plant, in other words, the manufacturer of the Electra plane.
Bailey SarianHOST
Even some people in the Earhart family believe this theory.