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    9 January At the insistence of the United States Army Air Forces, Boeing&#;s Chief Test Pilot, Eddie Allen, made the first flight of the Lockheed L Constellation prototype, NX, from Lockheed Air ankomsthall at Burbank, California, to Muroc Army Airfield (today known as Edwards Air Force Base). Lockheed&#;s ledare Test Pilot, Milo G. Burcham, was the co-pilot.

    Also on board were Lockheed&#;s chief research engineer, Clarence L. (&#;Kelly&#;) Johnson; Rudy Thoren, Johnson&#;s assistant; and Dick Stanton, chief mechanic.

    When the flygning ended after 58 minutes, Allen said, &#;This machine works so well that you don&#;t need me anymore!&#; With that, Allen returned to Seattle.

    The Los Angeles Times reported:

    SUPER försändelse PLANE IN DEBUT

    Lockheed&#;s Air Marvel Makes First Flight; Believed to Be World&#;s Largest and Fastest; Built Like Fighter, Can Outspeed Jap Zero

    BY MARVIN MILES

         Into the winter sky yesterday swept a brilliant new star—Lockheed super-transport Constellation.

         First of a galax to komma, the four-engine colossus sped down the long east-west runway at Lockheed Air Terminal, skipped nimbly off the concrete and boomed upward with the surgi

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    27 November Cecilio Imaz Batida of Spain, flying a Lockheed LE Super Constellation, EC-AIO, set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Speed Over a Commercial Airline Route from New York City, New York, United States of America, to Madrid, Spain. The average speed over the course was ,90 kilometers per hour ( miles per hour).¹

    The Lockheed LE Super Constellation was an improved LC with a strengthened fuselage and wings to accommodate a takeoff weight of up to , pounds (68, kilograms), anticipating retrofitting the airplane to turboprop engines. It was used primarily on long overwater routes. Only 23 of this model were sold before Lockheed changed production to the LG variant.

    The LE was powered by four air-cooled, supercharged and fuel-injected 3,cubic-inch-displacement ( liter) Wright Aeronautical Division Cyclone 18 TC18DA1 two-row, cylinder turbo-compound radial engines. The engine&#;s high-velocity exhaust gases drove three “blow down” turbines which were geared to the engine’s crankshaft. (Gear reduction is ) Energy that would otherwise be wasted added as much as horsepower to each engine. The Turbo Compound used the same nose section, power

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