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LOCKHEED VEGA Model 1 NC34E

LOCKHEED VEGA Model 1 NC34E

EARLY ENDURANCE RECORD 

This airplane is a Lockheed Vega Model 1 (S/N 35; ATC #49) manufactured in January 1929 by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, CA.  It left the factory with a Wright Whirlwind engine (S/N 9302).  It was a five-place airplane.

NC34E was licensed to the Lockheed Corporation with an “NX” registration.  It was to be used for an endurance flight attempt by Lockheed test pilot Herbert Fahy (landed at Tucson six times; five times in Lockheeds).  Fahy set a new solo endurance record of 36 hours 56 minutes on May 28-29 over Burbank, CA.

Just before the record-setting flight, NC34E landed at Tucson on February 9th and March 2, 1929, both times flown by C.A. Burrows carrying one passenger (H. Moffett on the 9th).  They were eastbound on 2/9 from Los Angeles, CA to El Paso, TX.  On March 2nd their route was reversed.  This was probably a month-long business trip to the east.

A little over two months after the record flight, on August 4, 1929, NC34E suffered an accident at Flint, MI.  The pilot, E.L. Benway, carried three passengers.  There is no record of injuries or fatalities.  The airplane acquired a broken fuselage, as well as damage to the landing gear and wing.  It was termed “washed out” and the license was cancelled as of the accident date.  No further information.

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