{"id":28004538,"date":"2026-10-14T11:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/lockheed-electra-10e-amelia-earhart-plane-history\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T11:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:15:26","slug":"lockheed-electra-10e-amelia-earhart-plane-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/lockheed-electra-10e-amelia-earhart-plane-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed Electra 10E: The Airliner Amelia Earhart Vanished In"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\r\n\r\n<style>\r\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid 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If they are lucky, it is the wreck of the most famous lost aeroplane in history: Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10E.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Most people know the story of Earhart's disappearance. Far fewer know much about the machine she vanished in. It was not a record-breaking racer or a purpose-built explorer. It was a modified 1930s airliner, and its story says a lot about how the search is being run today.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f6f8;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:18px 22px;margin:26px 0\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;color:#0d1117;font-size:17px\">Quick Facts: Lockheed Electra 10E<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:3px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Type:<\/strong> Twin-engine, all-metal airliner (Model 10 Electra family)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:3px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>First flight of the Model 10:<\/strong> 23 February 1934<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:3px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Designers:<\/strong> Lloyd Stearman and Hall Hibbard<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:3px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Engines (10E):<\/strong> Two Pratt &amp; Whitney R-1340 Wasp S3H1, 600 hp each<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:3px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Built:<\/strong> 149 Electras in all; 15 of them the 10E version<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:3px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Earhart's aircraft:<\/strong> Bought with $50,000 from Purdue's Amelia Earhart Fund for Aeronautical Research; built July 1936<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:3px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Lost:<\/strong> 2 July 1937, en route from Lae, New Guinea, to Howland Island<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">An Airliner Built to Beat Boeing and Douglas<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Lockheed designed the Model 10 Electra in the early 1930s to compete with the Boeing 247 and the Douglas DC-2. It was the company's first all-metal, twin-engine design, by Lloyd Stearman and Hall Hibbard, and took its name from a star in the Pleiades. The prototype first flew on 23 February 1934 with Marshall Headle at the controls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Its most famous design feature came from a student. During wind-tunnel tests at the University of Michigan, a young assistant named Kelly Johnson suggested replacing the single tail with twin tails and removing oversized wing fillets. Both changes went into production. Johnson joined Lockheed and later led the Skunk Works, which built aircraft such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/sr-71-blackbird\/\">SR-71 Blackbird<\/a>. The twin tail became a Lockheed trademark, seen on everything from the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/lockheed-hudson\/\">Hudson<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/p-38-lightning\/\">P-38 Lightning<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/amelia-earhart-under-nose-lockheed-10e-electra.jpg\" alt=\"Amelia Earhart standing under the nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Amelia Earhart under the nose of her Electra 10E in 1937. Photo: Underwood &amp; Underwood, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The basic Electra 10A used two Pratt &amp; Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior engines of 450 hp and carried ten passengers. The 10E was the hot-rod version: it swapped in the larger R-1340 Wasp S3H1 of 600 hp per engine. Only 15 were built, out of 149 Electras in total.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Purdue's \"Flying Laboratory\"<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Earhart joined Purdue University in 1935 as a visiting faculty member, advising women on careers and acting as a technical adviser to its Department of Aeronautics. Purdue then set up the Amelia Earhart Fund for Aeronautical Research and gave $50,000 towards the purchase of a Lockheed Electra 10E. Lockheed built the aircraft in July 1936, fitted with extra fuel tanks and other extensive modifications for long-distance flying.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Purdue Research Foundation still describes the aircraft it funded as the \"flying laboratory\", and says Earhart intended to return it to Purdue after the flight. That is why the university is a partner in this week's expedition, almost 90 years later.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;For generations of Boilermakers, Amelia Earhart has been more than a pioneering aviator; she has been part of the Purdue family.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Steve Schultz<\/strong> &mdash; Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Purdue University (July 2026)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Two Attempts Around the World<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The first attempt to fly around the world began on 17 March 1937, heading west from Oakland to Hawaii. It ended at Luke Field, the Navy facility at Pearl Harbor, when the heavily loaded Electra ground-looped on take-off. The landing gear collapsed, both propellers struck the ground and the aircraft slid on its belly. Witnesses, including an Associated Press journalist, said they saw a tyre blow; the cause has never been settled.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>While the Electra was being repaired, Earhart and her husband George Putnam raised more money for a second attempt, this time flying west to east. On 2 July 1937, at 10:00 local time, Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan took off from Lae, New Guinea, in the heavily loaded Electra, bound for tiny Howland Island in the central Pacific. They never arrived.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0 6px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kGIIPzvK9c0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin:6px 0 24px;font-style:italic\">Searching for Amelia Earhart, a full-length special. Video: National Geographic<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Others Have Flown Her Route Since<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The Electra's story did not end in 1937. In 1967 Ann Pellegreno flew a Lockheed 10A around the world along Earhart's route. In 1997 Linda Finch did the same in a restored 10E, arriving back in Oakland on 28 May 1997 to a crowd of well-wishers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/linda-finch-lockheed-10e-electra-oakland-1997.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Finch arriving at Oakland in a Lockheed 10E Electra in May 1997 after retracing Amelia Earhart's route\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Linda Finch's Lockheed 10E Electra arrives back at Oakland on 28 May 1997 after flying around the world along Earhart's 1937 route. Photo: Bill Larkins (CC BY-SA 2.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0 6px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-SE4Fim6Ako\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin:6px 0 24px;font-style:italic\">A close look at a surviving Lockheed 10E Electra, the same model Earhart flew. Video: ExploreAmericana<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">What the Searchers Hope to Find<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The Taraia Object expedition, run by the Archaeological Legacy Institute with Purdue Research Foundation and Purdue University, is the first dedicated to one particular anomaly: a shape in satellite images of the Nikumaroro lagoon. Its 17-strong team was due to begin fieldwork on 14 October. An aluminium twin-engine airliner from 1936, with two large radial engines, would leave very different wreckage from a boat or a pile of coral, and that is what the divers will be checking.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;The evidence supporting the Nikumaroro Hypothesis remains compelling, and the only way to answer this question is to go to Nikumaroro.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Richard Pettigrew<\/strong> &mdash; Executive Director, Archaeological Legacy Institute (July 2026, via Purdue University)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0 6px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oc2UDftPkog\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin:6px 0 24px;font-style:italic\">The expedition team reaches Nikumaroro in October 2026. Video: TODAY<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Whatever they find, the aircraft itself deserves to be remembered as more than the backdrop to a mystery. It was a fast, modern airliner, shaped by a student who went on to design the Blackbird, rebuilt into a long-range \"flying laboratory\" with a university's money. Afterburner will report on the expedition's results when they are published.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Sources: Wikipedia (Lockheed Model 10 Electra; Amelia Earhart); Purdue Research Foundation (amelia.prf.org); Purdue University (July and October 2026 releases); Wikimedia Commons (photo descriptions).<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\r\n\r\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>What plane was Amelia Earhart flying when she disappeared?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Amelia Earhart disappeared in a Lockheed Electra 10E, a modified version of Lockheed's twin-engine, all-metal Model 10 Electra airliner. It was built in July 1936 with extra fuel tanks and other modifications for long-distance flying, and was lost on 2 July 1937 on the way from Lae, New Guinea, to Howland Island.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What is the difference between the Lockheed Electra 10A and 10E?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Electra 10A used two Pratt &amp; Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior engines of 450 hp and carried ten passengers. The 10E used the larger R-1340 Wasp S3H1 of 600 hp per engine. Only 15 Electra 10Es were built, out of 149 Electras in total, and Earhart's aircraft was one of them.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Who paid for Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Purdue University set up the Amelia Earhart Fund for Aeronautical Research and gave $50,000 towards the purchase of her Lockheed Electra 10E. Purdue Research Foundation describes the aircraft as a \"flying laboratory\" and says Earhart intended to return it to Purdue after her round-the-world flight.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Who designed the Lockheed Model 10 Electra?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Lockheed Model 10 Electra was designed by Lloyd Stearman and Hall Hibbard and first flew on 23 February 1934. During wind-tunnel testing, student assistant Kelly Johnson suggested its twin tail and the removal of oversized wing fillets. Johnson later led Lockheed's Skunk Works.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What happened on Earhart's first round-the-world attempt?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Earhart's first attempt began on 17 March 1937, flying west from Oakland to Hawaii. During take-off from Luke Field at Pearl Harbor, the heavily loaded Electra ground-looped, the landing gear collapsed and both propellers struck the ground. The aircraft was repaired and she tried again, flying west to east.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Has anyone flown Amelia Earhart's route in an Electra since?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Yes. Ann Pellegreno flew a Lockheed 10A around the world along Earhart's route in 1967. In 1997 Linda Finch completed the route in a restored Lockheed 10E Electra, arriving back in Oakland on 28 May 1997.<\/div><\/details><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What plane was Amelia Earhart flying when she disappeared?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Amelia Earhart disappeared in a Lockheed Electra 10E, a modified version of Lockheed's twin-engine, all-metal Model 10 Electra airliner. 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