#OTD in 1983, Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 (N1968R) Lockheed L-188 Electra made a successful emergency landing at Anchorage International Airport, Alaska after one of the propellers broke away and struck the fuselage, damaging the flight controls. | Air Disasters

75K views · 1.3K reactions | First flown in 1957, the Lockheed L-188 Elektra was the first large turboprop airliner in the United States. These planes have been sitting idle in the garage of Buffalo Airways and it's time to take these planes back into the skies. | The Wonder Channel | Facebook

37K views · 2.5K reactions | The Lockheed L12 Electra Junior on its Airshow Dispay at Flugplatzkerb Gelnhausen 2023. The Lockheed L12 is a scaled down developement of the Lockheed Electra 10-A Amerlia Earhart and Fred Noonan dissapeared on July 2nd 1937 in the Pacific Ocean. | Warbirds | Facebook

O ELECTRA ERA PARA SER PERFEITO, mas quase foi um FRACASSO. Conheça a história desse avião emblemático, o Lockheed L-188 Electra. Adquira o livro do Electra: https://bit.ly/ceu_azul | AERO - Por Trás da Aviação