Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar - Aeroplane

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The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar is a passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era.

Model 18 Lodestar C-56 / C-57 / C-60 / R5O

Lockheed Lodestar flying skydivers at Goderich, 1977
Role	Passenger transport Type of aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Lockheed
First flight	September 21, 1939
Introduction	March 30, 1940
Primary user	United States Army Air Corps
Number built	625[1]
Developed from	Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra
Variants	Lockheed Ventura

Design and development

Sales of the 10–14 passenger Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, which first flew in 1937, had proved disappointing, despite the aircraft's excellent performance, as it was more expensive to operate than the larger Douglas DC-3, already in widespread use.[2] In order to improve the type's economics, Lockheed decided to stretch the aircraft's fuselage by 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m), allowing an extra two rows of seats to be fitted.[3]

The prototype for the revised airliner, designated Model 18 by Lockheed, was converted from the fourth Model 14, one of a batch which had been returned to the manufacturer by Northwest Airlines after a series of crashes. The modified aircraft first flew in this form on September 21, 1939, another two prototypes being converted from Model 14s, with the first newly built Model 18 flying on February 2, 1940.[4]

A total of 625 Lodestars of all variants were built.

Operational history

The Lodestar received its Type certificate on March 30, 1940, allowing it to enter service with the first customer, Mid-Continent Airlines that month.[5] As hoped, the extra seats greatly improved the Model 18's economics, reducing its seat-mile costs to a similar level to that of the DC-3, while retaining superior performance. Despite this, sales to US domestic customers were relatively slow as most US airlines were already committed to the DC-3, with only 31 Lodestars going to US airlines.[6] Overseas sales were a little better, with the biggest airline customers being South African Airways (21), New Zealand National Airways Corporation (13), Trans-Canada Air Lines (12) and BOAC (9); another 29 were bought by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force. Various Pratt & Whitney and Wright Cyclone powerplants were installed.

When the United States started to build up its military air strength in 1940–41, many American-operated Lodestars were impressed as the C-56. This was followed by the construction of many new-build Lodestars which were flown by the U.S. Army Air Forces as the C-60 and by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps as the R5O. Lend-lease aircraft were used by the RNZAF as transports.

One was purchased in 1942 to serve as Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas' personal aircraft. This aircraft was specially designed for that purpose and had 11 seats.

After the war many Lodestars were overhauled and returned to civilian service, mostly as executive transports such as Dallas Aero Service's DAS Dalaero conversion, Bill Lear's Learstar (produced by PacAero), and Howard Aero's Howard 250.[7][8] A few of the latter were converted to tricycle landing gear.

While the surviving New Zealand NZNAC aircraft were sold back overseas in 1951/52, six more were later imported and converted for aerial topdressing.

A single Lodestar served with the Israeli Air Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

A number of skydiving operations in the United States used Lodestars during the 1970s and 1980s.

Variants

18-07: Powered by two 875 hp Pratt & Whitney Hornet S1E2-G engines; 25 built plus two prototypes.[9]
18-08: Powered by two 1,200 hp Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp S1C3-G engines; 33 built.[10]
18-10: Powered by two 1,200 hp Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp S1C3-G engines; 39 built.[11]
18-14: Powered by two 1,200 hp Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp S4C4-G engines; four built.[9]
18-40: Powered by two 1,200 hp Wright Cyclone G-1820-G104A engines; 26 built.[9]
18-50: Powered by two 1,200hp Wright Cyclone G-1820-G202A engines; 13 built.[11]
18-56: Powered by two 1,200hp Wright Cyclone GR-1820-G205A, R-1820-40 or R-1820-87 engines.[5][12]

US Army Lodestars

C-56: Powered by 1,200 hp Wright 1820-89 engines, one Model 18-50 for evaluation.[13]
C-56A: One impressed Model 18-07 with two Pratt & Whitney R-1690-54 engines.[13]
C-56B: Thirteen impressed Model 18-40s with two Wright 1820-97 engines.[13]
C-56C: Twelve impressed Model 18-07.[13]
C-56D: Seven impressed Model 18-08.[13]
C-56E: Two Model 18-40s impressed in 1943.[13]
C-57: As Model 18-14 powered by two 1,200 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830-53 engines.[13]
C-57A: Allocated for impressed aircraft, not used.[13]
C-57B: Based on Model 18-08 fitted for trooping; seven aircraft built.[13]
C-57C: Repowered C-60A with Pratt & Whitney R-1830-51 engines; three aircraft converted.[13]
C-57D: Repowered C-57C with Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 engines; one aircraft converted.[13]
C-59: Based on Model 18-07 powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1690-25 Hornet engines; 10 aircraft built, transferred to Royal Air Force as Lodestar IA.
C-60: Model 18-56 powered by Wright R-1820-87 engines; 36 aircraft built, some transferred to RAF as Lodestar II.
C-60A: As the C-60 but fitted out as a paratroop transport powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engines; 325 aircraft built.[13]
XC-60B: One C-60A fitted with experimental de-icing equipment.[13]
C-60C: Proposed 21-seat troop transport aircraft, never built.
C-66: Powered by Wright R-1820-87 engines; one aircraft built, 11-passenger interior for transfer to the Brazilian Air Force.[13]
C-104: Original designation for C-60C

US Navy Lodestars

XR5O-1: One Model 18-07 acquired for evaluation powered by 1,200 hp (895 kW) Wright R-1820-40 engines.[13]
R5O-1: Staff transport powered by 1,200 hp (895 kW) Wright R-1820-97 engines; three aircraft built, two for the USN and one for the United States Coast Guard.
R5O-2: Navy version of the C-59 powered by 850 hp (634 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1690-25 engines; one aircraft built.
R5O-3: Powered by 1,200 hp (895 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1830-34A engines. Originally 4-seater VIP transports; three aircraft built.
R5O-4: Powered by 1,200 hp (895 kW) Wright R-1820-40 engines. Impressed. 7-seater staff transports; 12 aircraft built.
R5O-5: Navy version of the C-60 powered by 1,200 hp (895 kW) Wright R-1820-40 engines. Similar to the R5O-4 but had 14-seats; 38 aircraft built and three former NEIAF aircraft.[13]
R5O-6: Navy version of the C-60A for the US Marine Corps, equipped with 18 paratroop seats; 35 built.[13]

Operators

Civil operators

Australia

Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) - two, operated 1952–1953.

Belgium

SABENA (mainly in Africa)

Bolivia

Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (LAB)

Brazil

Linhas Aéreas Wright
NAB – Navegação Aérea Brasileira
Panair do Brasil - 6 Model 18-10s delivered new.[14]
SAVAG (Sociedade Anônima Viação Aérea Gaúcha) - Two Model 18-10s bought from Panair do Brasil.
Transportes Aéreos Universal
Viação Aérea Bahiana

Canada

Trans-Canada Air Lines - 12 Model 18-10s delivered new.[15])
Yukon Southern Air Transport - Two Model 18-10s delivered new.[15])
Canadian Pacific Air Lines (purchased Yukon Southern Air Transport in 1941)

Chile

Línea Aérea Nacional (LAN) (1943–1953)
CINTA Chilean Airlines (1953–1959)

Finland

Karhumäki Airways

France

Air Afrique (the prewar airline, unrelated to the postwar airline of the same name) - Five Model 18-07s delivered new.[6])
Air France - Three Model 18-07s delivered new.[6]
Aero Africaine (part of Société Africaine des Transports Tropicaux (SATT), based in Algeria)

Honduras

TACA Airways System

Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda and Zanzibar

East African Airways - Received six ex-BOAC Model 18-07s in 1948.[16]

New Zealand

Union Airways of New Zealand (1945–1947)
National Airways Corporation (post 1947)

Portugal

Aero Portuguesa
DETA Mozambique Airways (serving Portugal's colony of Mozambique)

Puerto Rico

Caribbean-Atlantic Airlines

South Africa

South African Airways Purchased 29 Model 18-08s from new.[17]
Commercial Air Services operated two aircraft.

Sweden

Linjeflyg (1957–1960)

Trinidad and Tobago

British West Indian Airways

United Kingdom

BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) - Purchased nine, new-build, Model 18-07s supplemented by 29 second hand aircraft (Model 18-07, 18-10, 18-40, 18-50 C-59, C60 and C60A).[18])

United States

Continental Air Lines - Two Model 18-08s and three 18-10s delivered new.[6]
Mid-Continent Airlines - Three Model 18-07s and one Model 18-10 delivered new.[6]
National Airlines - Three Model 18-50s delivered new.[6]
Pan American Airways - Six Model 18-10s delivered new.[6]
United Air Lines - Four Model 18-10s delivered new.[6]
Inland Air Lines - One Model 18-08 delivered new.[6]
Western Air Lines (purchased Inland Air Lines in 1944 and operated it as a separate division)
Alaska Star Airlines (renamed to Alaska Airlines in 1944) (one Model 18-56)

Venezuela

Línea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV) - One Model 18-10 delivered new.[6])

Military operators

Australia

Royal Australian Air Force

Brazil

Brazilian Air Force (Seven × C-60A and one C-66[19])

Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force (18 × C-60A[19])
- No. 164 Squadron RCAF
- No. 165 Squadron RCAF

Colombia

Colombian Air Force (C-60 as VIP transport)

Haiti

Haiti Air Corps

Israel

Israeli Air Force

Mexico

Mexican Air Force

Netherlands

Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force (20 Model 18-40s and nine Model 18-50s delivered[6])

New Zealand

Royal New Zealand Air Force
- No. 40 Squadron RNZAF
- No. 41 Squadron RNZAF

Norway

Norwegian Air Force (Three delivered to the Norwegian government in exile[6])

South Africa

South African Air Force

United Kingdom

Royal Air Force

United States

United States Army Air Corps
United States Navy
United States Marine Corps
United States Coast Guard

Accidents and incidents

Between 1941-1944, the Panair do Brasil airline suffered 4 accidents involving the Lodestar which resulted in a total of 57 fatalities.[20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

In January 1943, Lockheed Lodestar Mk.II EW986,[27] c/n 2154, in the service of the Royal Air Force, overshot and crashed 3 km south of Heliopolis, Egypt. At least 12 crew members and passengers died in the crash.[27] A cause of the accident was not determined. Among those killed were Air Vice-Marshal Wilfred Ashton McClaughry, CB, DSO, MC, DFC and Lady Rosalinde Tedder née MacLardy, wife of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, GCB.[27]

In 1949, a Lockheed Lodestar in airline service in Australia crashed immediately after takeoff. All 21 occupants died in the crash or the ensuing conflagration. The cause of the accident was determined to be that the center of gravity was behind the rear limit. It is also likely the elevator trim tab was set for landing rather than takeoff.[28]

On March 22, 1958, Mike Todd's private plane Lucky Liz, named after his wife Elizabeth Taylor, crashed near Grants, New Mexico. The plane, a twin-engine Lockheed Lodestar, suffered engine failure while being flown overloaded, in icing conditions at too-high an altitude for the loading. The plane went out of control and crashed, killing all four on board.

On September 4, 1962, a Lockheed 18-56-24 Lodestar operated by the Ashland Oil and Refining Company crashed near Lake Milton, Ohio. The flight was in-route to Ashland Regional Airport (KDWU) from Buffalo Airport, NY. Eleven passengers and two crew-members were killed. Investigation determined the crash a result of a malfunction of the electric elevator trim tab, which caused the loss of the plane's right wing during flight.[29]

On August 21, 1983, a Lockheed L-18 LEARStar operated by Landry Aviation, Inc. crashed near Silvana, Washington. The flight was a planned parachute drop carrying two pilots and 22 parachutists. Nine parachutists and two crew-members were killed while 13 were able to parachute to safety after the pilots lost control and entered a vertical descent from 12,500 feet. Investigation determined the crash a result of a failure of the operator and pilot-in-command to assure proper load distribution during the parachute drop.[30]

Surviving aircraft

Brazil

FAB 2006 – C-60A on static display at the Museu Aeroespacial in Rio de Janeiro.[31][32]

Canada

c/n 18-2064 – L18-08 under restoration by students at the Aerospace Centre of the University of the Fraser Valley for static display at the Canadian Museum of Flight. It was previously on display at the Victory Air Museum in Mundelein, Illinois.[33][34][35][36][37]
c/n 18-2220 – L18-08 in storage at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. It was previously registered as CF-TDB.[38]

Finland

c/n 18-2006 – L18-56 on static display at the Finnish Aviation Museum in Helsinki.[39] It was previously registered as OH-VKU, N9955F, N9965F, and F-ARTF.[40]

New Zealand

c/n 18-2020 – C-60 on static display at the Museum of Transport and Technology in Western Springs, Auckland. It was built for United Airlines in October 1940 and registered as NC25630. It was impressed into United States Army Air Forces with the serial number 42-53504. In September 1941 it was transferred to the Royal Air Force as AX756. Next, it was operated as G-AGCN by the British Overseas Airways Corporation in East Africa. After serving with the Spanish Air Force, it was sold back to the United States where it was registered as N9933F. Sold again to FieldAir in either 1957 or 1958 it was converted to an aerial topdresser and given the registration ZK-BVE. It was damaged in a wheels up landing in 1969.[41][42][43]
c/n 18-2152 – C-60 under restoration with the Gisborne Aviation Preservation Society in Gisborne, Gisborne. It was previously operated by the Royal Air Force as EW984 and Spanish Air Force. Sold to civilian ownership, it was first registered in the United States as N9930F in 1955. It was converted to an aerial topdresser by Fieldair in 1957 and registered as ZK-BUV. It was a gate guardian at Gisborne Airport from 1973 to 1998.[44][45][43]
c/n 18-2388 – L18-56 on static display at the National Transport and Toy Museum in Wānaka, Otago.[46][43][47]

Norway

c/n 18-2444 – C-60A on static display with the Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection at Gardermoen.[48]

South Africa

c/n 18-2026 – L18-08 on static display at the South African Airways Museum in Germiston, Gauteng. It was previously operated by South African Airways as ZS-ASN.[49]

Sweden

c/n 18-0056 – L18-56 on static display at the Flygsamlingar Arlanda in Märsta, Stockholm.[50][51]

United States

c/n 18-2035 – XC-60B on static display at the Castle Air Museum at the former Castle Air Force Base in Atwater, California.[52][53]
c/n 18-2404 – R5O-5 airworthy with Lawrence E. Hill of Marion, Montana.[54][55]
c/n 18-2302 – C-60 on display at the 1940 Air Terminal Museum in Houston, Texas. It has been converted for use as an executive aircraft.[56]
c/n 18-2347 – C-60 in storage in Corinth, Mississippi.[57]
c/n 18-6124 – L18-56 airworthy with Chris Galloway of Knights Landing, California.[58][59][60]
41-19729 – C-56 on static display at the Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center at Travis Air Force Base near Fairfield, California.[61][62]
42-32181 – C-60 on static display at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California.[63][64]
42-55884 – C-60A airworthy with Gary Hilton of Kingsville, Missouri.[65][66]
42-56005 – C-60A airworthy with the Houston Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in Houston, Texas.[67][68][69]
42-56036 – C-60A airworthy with the Mid America Flight Museum in Mount Pleasant, Texas.[70][71]
43-16445 – C-60A on static display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.[72]
43-16462 – C-60A on static display at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California.[63][73]
12473 – R5O-5 on static display at the March Field Air Museum at March Air Reserve Base (former March Air Force Base) in Riverside, California.[74]
12481 – R5O-5 on static display at the Pima Air & Space Museum adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.[75]

Uruguay

c/n 18-2349 – C-60 on static display at the Museo Aeronáutico Jaime Meregalli at Carrasco Airport near Montevideo.[76][77][78] It was seized as a smuggler in the 1980s.^{[citation needed]}

Specifications (C-60A-5)

Data from Lockheed Aircraft since 1913.[79]

General characteristics

Crew: 3
Capacity: 18 passengers
Length: 49 ft 10 in (15.19 m)
Wingspan: 65 ft 6 in (19.96 m)
Height: 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Wing area: 551 sq ft (51.2 m²)
Empty weight: 12,500 lb (5,670 kg)
Gross weight: 17,500 lb (7,938 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 21,000 lb (9,525 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Wright R-1820-87 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engines, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 266 mph (428 km/h, 231 kn) at 1,750 ft (530 m)
Cruise speed: 200 mph (320 km/h, 170 kn)
Range: 2,500 mi (4,000 km, 2,200 nmi)
Service ceiling: 30,100 ft (9,200 m)
Climb to 10,000 ft (3,000 m): 6.6 minutes

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External links

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Lockheed Model 10 Electra family

Model numbers

Civilian names

Modifications	Centaurus Dalaero Eldorado 700 Howard 250 Howard 350 Howard 500 Learstar Super Ventura

Military designations

A-28
A-29

AT-18

B-34
B-37

O-56

Japanese variants

Lockheed production	KXL Type LO
Kawasaki production	Ki-56
Tachikawa production	Type LO SS-1

Notable aircraft

Hot Stuff

Topics

Accidents and incidents
- Queensland Airlines Lodestar crash (1949)
In fiction
- Electra Junior
- Hudson

Lockheed and Lockheed Martin aircraft and spacecraft

Transports

Constellation family	Constellation L-049 L-649 L-749 L-1049 L-1249 L-1649 Starliner C-69 C-121 EC-121 R6V XB-30
Hercules family	C-130 C-130J AC-130 DC-130 HC-130 EC-130 EC-130H KC-130 LC-130 MC-130 WC-130 L-100
Model 10 Electra family	Model 10 Electra Junior Lodestar Hudson Super Electra Ventura
L-188 Electra family	L-188 P-3 EP-3 CP-140 P-7
Other types	Air Express Altair C-5 C-141 Excalibur JetStar L-1011 L-2000 Orion Saturn Sirius TriStar RAF Vega Vega Starliner

Fighter-bombers

Lightning family	P-38 XP-49 XP-58
Shooting Star family	F-80 F-94 T-33 T2V
Starfighter family	XF-104 F-104 NF-104A CL-288 CL-1200
Raptor family	YF-22 F-22 FB-22 X-44 MANTA
Other types	A-4AR A-9 F-16 F-21 F-35 F-117 XFM-2 XF-90 YP-24

Reconnaissance

Blackbird family	A-12 SR-71 Blackbird YF-12 M-21 D-21
Maritime patrol	P-2 Neptune S-3 Viking
Other manned	CL-400 U-2 YO-3 Quiet Star TR-X
Other UAVs	Aequare AQM-60 Cormorant (UAV) Desert Hawk Desert Hawk III Fury MQM-105 Polecat RQ-3 RQ-170 SR-72 X-44 (UAV)

Trainers

Helicopters

Experimental

Light aircraft

Missiles

Agena
High Virgo
Perseus
Ping-Pong
Polaris
Poseidon
Trident I
Trident II

Engines

J37/T35

Model
numbers

1
2
3
4
5
6¹
7
8
- A/D
9
10
11
12
13¹
14
15
16
17¹
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25¹
26
27
28¹
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36¹
37
38¹
39¹
40
41
42
44
45
49
50
51
52
60
61
62
75
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
99
100
104
105
122
129
133
136
137
140
141
144
149
170
171
182
185
186
188
189
193
199
200
204
206
207
210
212
222
244
245
246
249
282 (I)
282 (II)
285
286
288
293
295
296
298
300
301
320
322
325
329
330
331
346
349
351
379
380
382
389
400 (I)
400 (II)
402
407
414
422
437
449
475
480
489
500
520
522
549
580
595
622
645
649
680
685
704
749
760
780
785
822
823
840
849
880
901
915
934
949
977
980
981
984
985
995
1000
1010
1011
1020
1026
1049
- A
1060
1080
1090
1149
1195
1200
1201
1235
1236
1237
1249
1329
1400
1449
1549
1600
1649
1700
1800
1980
2000
2329

Vega	1 2 3¹ 4¹ 5 6 7–10¹ 11 12–14¹ 15 16¹ 17 18 19¹ 20¹ 21 22 23 24 25¹ 26 27–32¹ 33 34 35 36¹ 37 38¹ 39¹ 40 41 42 43

¹ Not assigned

v t e United States military transport aircraft designations, Army/Air Force and Tri-Service systems
Army/Air Force sequence (1925-1962)	C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-6 C-7 C-8 C-9 C-10 C-11 C-12 C-13¹ C-14 C-15 C-16 C-17 C-18 C-19 C-20 C-21 C-22 C-23 C-24 C-25 C-26 C-27 C-28 C-29 C-30 C-31 C-32 C-33 C-34 C-35 C-36 C-37 C-38 C-39 C-40 C-41 A C-42 C-43 C-44 C-45 C-46 C-47 F T AC-47 C-48 C-49 C-50 C-51 C-52 C-53 C-54 C-55 C-56 C-57 C-58 C-59 C-60 C-61 C-62 C-63 C-64 C-65 C-66 C-67 C-68 C-69 C-70 B C-71 C-72 C-73 C-74 C-75 C-76 C-77 B-D C-78 C-79 C-80 C-81 C-82 C-83 A B C-84 C-85 C-86 C-87 C-88 C-89 C-90 C-91 C-92 C-93 C-94 C-95 C-96 C-97 KC-97 C-98 C-99 C-100 C-101 C-102 C-103 C-104 C-105 C-106 C-107 C-108 C-109 C-110 C-111 C-112 C-113 C-114 C-115 C-116 C-117 D C-118 C-119 AC-119 C-120 C-121 F C-122 C-123 A C-124 C-125 C-126 C-127² C-127 (I) C-127 (II) C-128 C-129 C-130 J AC-130 DC-130 EC-130/H HC-130 KC-130 LC-130 MC-130 WC-130 C-131 C-132 C-133 C-134 C-135 KC-135 C-136 C-137² YC-137 (I) YC-137 (II) C-137 C-138¹ C-139¹ C-140 C-141 C-142
Tri-service sequence (1962-present)	C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-6 C-7² C-7/B RC-7 C-8 C-9 C-10² C-10 KC-10 C-11 C-12 RC-12 C-13¹ C-14 C-15 C-16¹ C-17 C-18 C-19 C-20A-D F-H C-21 C-22 C-23 C-24 C-25 C-26 C-27 J C-28 C-29 C-30¹ C-31 C-32 C-33 C-34¹ C-35 C-36³ C-37A B C-38 C-39¹ C-40 C-41 C-42¹ C-43¹ C-44¹ C-45 C-46
Revived original sequence (2005-present)	C-143 C-144 C-145 C-146 C-147
Non-sequential designations	C-767 C-880
Related designations	CT-39 CT-43 CV-2 CV-7
¹ Not assigned • ² Assigned to multiple types • ³ Unconfirmed

v t e USN/USMC transport designations 1931–1962
Atlantic Aircraft	RA
Budd	RB
Curtiss	RC R2C⁴ R3C⁴ R4C R5C
Douglas	RD R2D R3D R4D R4D-8 R5D R6D
Bellanca	RE
Kinner	RK
Kreider-Reisner	RK² R2K
Martin	RM
Lockheed	RO R2O R3O R4O R5O R6O R7O-1/-2 to "V" (see below, at "Lockheed")
Stinson	RQ R2Q² R3Q
Fairchild	RQ R2Q R3Q² R4Q
Ford	RR
Sikorsky	RS
Northrop	RT
Lockheed	from "O" (see above, at "Lockheed") R6V R7V-1/-2 R8V
Convair	RY R2Y R3Y R4Y
¹ Not assigned ² Assigned to a different manufacturer's type ³ Sequence restarted ⁴ Assigned to a different class of aircraft

v t e Australian Defence Force aircraft serial-number prefixes
Italics indicate prefixes not used.
RAAF Series One 1921–34	A1 DH.9A A2 S.E.5 A3 504 A4 Pup A5 Wapiti A6 DH.9 A7 Cirrus Moth A8 DH.50A A9 Seagull A10 IIID A11 Southampton A12 Bulldog
RAAF Series Two 1935–63	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A37 A37 A38 A39 A40 A41 A42 A43 A44 A44 A45 A46 A47 A48 A49 A50 A51 A52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A57 A58 A59 A60 A61 A62 A63 A64 A65 A66 A67 A68 (I) A68 (II) A69 A70 A71 A72 A73 A74 A75 A76 A77 A78 A79 A80 A81 A82 A83 A84 A85 A86 A87 A88 A89 A90 A91 A92 A93 A94 A95 A96 A97 A98 A99 A100
RAN Series¹	N1 Firefly N2 Dakota N3 Gannet N4 Sea Venom N5 Sycamore N6 Vampire N7 Wessex N8 Scout N9 Iroquois N10 Quail N11 Jindivik N12 Tracker N13 Skyhawk N14 MB-326 N15 HS 748 N16 Sea King
RAAF Series Three Tri-Service series 1964–present	A1 Sioux A2 Iroquois A3 Mirage III A4 Caribou A5 Alouette III A6 Viscount A7 MB-326 A8 F-111 A9 Orion A10 HS 748 A11 Falcon 20 A12 One-Eleven A13 Link Trainer A14 PC-6 A15 Chinook A16 A17/N17 Kiowa A18 Nomad A19 CT/4 A20 707 A21 Hornet A22/N22 Ecureuil A23 PC-9 N24 Seahawk A25 Black Hawk A26 Falcon 900 A27 Hawk N28 Kalkara N29 Seasprite A30 Wedgetail A31 A32 B200 and B300 King Air A33 A34 C-27J Spartan A35 F-35A Lightning II A36 BBJ1 A37 Challenger 604 A38 Tiger A39 KC-30A MRTT A40/N40 MRH-90 A41 Globemaster III N42 A109E A43 RQ-7B Shadow A44 F/A-18F Super Hornet A45 Heron A46 EA-18G Growler A47 P-8 Poseidon N48 MH-60R Seahawk N49 Bell 429 A51 N52 EC135 T2+ A53 1900C A54 PC-21 A55 A56 Falcon A69 Phantom
Lists	Aircraft of the RAAF Aircraft of the RAN Aircraft of the Australian Army
¹ Prior to adoption of Tri-Service prefixes.

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[de] Lockheed Model 18

Die Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar (zu Deutsch Leitstern) war ein leichtes zweimotoriges Verkehrsflugzeug des US-amerikanischen Herstellers Lockheed.

- [en] Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar

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