With its origins dating back to World War Two, the Lockheed Model 18 loadstar was an 18-passenger twin-engine airliner based on the Lockheed 14 Super Electra. During the late 1930s, Lockheed's Model 14 Super Electra sales were not what the California aircraft manufacturer had envisioned. Despite the aircraft's excellent performance, it cost more to operate than the larger Douglas DC-3.
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