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The Lockheed L-10 Electra was a twin-engine, all-metal monoplane developed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in the 1940s to compete with the the Douglas DC-2 and DC-3 . The prototype made its first flight on February 23 , 1934 . Aviatrix Amelia Earhart disappeared in an Electra on an attempted around-the-world flight in 1937 . Many Electras, and descendants of the design, were impressed into military during World War II (as the C-36 with the USAAF ). By the end of the war, the Electra design was obsolete. VARIANTS
PRESERVED ELECTRAS Two Electras are preserved in the Museum Of Transport And Technology . MILITARY OPERATORS
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