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Muna 1932, ine ruzivo rwechizivikanwi chinyanzvi Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation yakagadzira Lockheed Electra 10A, inzvimbo yekugadzira maitiro kwenguva yayo.
Lockheed yaida kuti ndege yacho ishandiswe pakushambadzira , uye inogona kutakura kusvika kune vatasviki gumi vane vanhu vaviri. Muenzaniso 10 (kwete kuti urege kuvhiringidzwa neElectra L-188, turboprop yakauya zvikuru gare gare) yakatanga kutumidzwa muna 1934, makore matatu chete pamberi peElielia Earhart mukurumbira wekupedzisira akakurumbira.
Ndege dzaifambisa Lockheed Model 10 Electra dzinosanganisira Northwest Airlines, Braniff Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Eastern Airlines, uye National Airlines. Muenzaniso 10 Electra wakanga uchitenderera nemakwikwi akawanda emarudzi akawanda, kusanganisira vatengesi muBrazil, Mexico, New Zealand, Canada, Australia neUnited States Mauto akafarirawo Electra. Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Spain, neUnited States, pamwe chete neuto reUnited States, dzaive neElectra Model 10 ndege muzvikepe zvavo.
The Design
Muenzaniso 10 Electra waiva twin-injinjini yose-aluminium ndege ine magetsi ekudzoka, uye zvinokonzerwa nemakumbo maviri.
The Lockheed Aircraft Corporation yakagadzira zvinhu zvakasiyana-siyana zveElectra Model 10, kubva pa Model 10A kusvika mu Model 10E. Muenzaniso weE 10E wakapiwa injini yakasimba uye yaiva yemuenzaniso inotenderedzwa naAmerica Earhart paari kumativi ose-pasi-yenzira yekuedza.
VaSixra vaida kurwisana nani nedzimwe ndege dzakakurumbira dzakanga dzichipinda mubasa rekuendesa ndege kune imwe nguva.
Muenzaniso 10 Electra waiva muduku uye akadhura kushanda kupfuura kukwikwidza ndege dzakagadzirwa naBoing naDouglas. Seimwe yekutanga yeinjini-injini ndege yakashandiswa mumakwikwi ehurumende, yakaita zvakanaka mumusika wakazara neine-injini ndege.
Anyanzvi anozivikanwa Clarence "Kelly" Johnson akapedza mhepo yekuongorora mhepo yeMode 10 Electra uye aiva nebasa rekuwedzera kwechimwe chigunwe chechikwata, iyo yakazova yakasiyana pane ndege ye Lockheed. Johnson akabva atora chikamu mumagadzirirwa eendege dzakadai seU-2 uye SR-71.
Kugadzirwa uye Tsanangudzo
- Injini: Injini 400 yaPratt & Whitney R-985 yakasungirirwa paIndaneti 10A, uye 10E yakanga ine simba 600 yakashandisa magetsi Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp SH31 injini.
- Cruise speed: 190-194 mph
- Max Speed: 202 mph
- Range: 619 nm
- Chivako Chebasa: 19 400 mamita
- Empty Weight: 6454 lbs
- Kureba: 38 ft 7 in
- Kureba: 10 ft 1 mukati
Amelia's NR16020 Kuchinja
Amelia Earhart akatora kutora kwake Modèle 10E Electra pamakore makumi mana ekuzvarwa kwake. Yakapiwa nhamba yekunyora NR16020, uye yaizova indege yaaizobhururuka pasi pose. Nekuedza kwake kuenderera pasi rose, akashandura ndege yacho nenzira inoshamisa nokuda kwekufamba kwenguva refu.
Mazinga emotokari akawedzerwa pamapapiro uye fuselage kuti agone kugara kwenguva refu marumbo. Mushure mekugadziriswa, kwaive nematanhatu ematangi emafuta mumapapiro uye matanhatu mu fuselage. Izvi zvakamubvumira kutakura makirogiramu 1,150 emafuta, akakwana kwemaawa makumi maviri emazuva okutiza paanowanzoenda.
Ndege yakanga yakagadzirwawo nemapurogiramu eredhiyo akanaka eAmerica - mavara eWestern Electric redio uye Bendix redhiyo yekutsvaga mutsva, iyo yaiva magetsi ekugadzirwa kwenguva refu. Chimwe chekupedzisira kuchinjwa chaisanganisira kuwedzera kweBeat Frequency Oscillator (BFO) yeMorse code.
Nyanzvi dzinofungidzira kuti Amelia angangodaro asina kudzidziswa nezvezvinhu izvi zvitsva, uye pakupedzisira angave akaita kuti aparadze.
Pano pane vashomanana vemuEurope Model 10 dzakasara nhasi. Vakawanda vari kuratidzwa mumamyuziyamu.