| XC-35 | |
|---|---|
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| Lockheed XC-35 | |
| Role | Experimental |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Lockheed |
| First flight | 9 May 1937 |
| Introduction | 1937 |
| Status | In storage at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum |
| Primary user | United States Army Air Corps |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Lockheed Model 10 Electra |
The Lockheed XC-35 is a twin-engine, experimental pressurized airplane. It was the second American aircraft to feature cabin pressurization.[1] It was initially described as a "supercharged cabins" by the Army. The XC-35 was a development of the Lockheed Model 10 Electra that was designed to meet a 1935 request by the United States Army Air Corps for an aircraft with a pressurized cabin.[2]
- ^ The distinction of the world's first pressurized aircraft goes to a heavily modified Engineering Division USD-9A which flew in the United States in 1921.Cornelisse, Diana G. (2002). Splendid Vision, Unswerving Purpose; Developing Air Power for the United States Air Force During the First Century of Powered Flight. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: U.S. Air Force Publications. pp. 128–129. ISBN 0160675995.
- ^ Lockheed XC-35 Electra, Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum.