I-Aircraft Yazama Ukuzama Ukuhamba Kwakhe Emhlabeni Wonke
Ngomnyaka we-1932, ngobuchwepheshe bomnumzane owaziwayo uClarence "Kelly" Johnson, i-Lockheed Aircraft Corporation yenzelwe i-Lockheed Electra 10A, umshini wobuciko wombuso ngesikhathi saso.
I-Lockheed ehloswe ukuba indiza isetshenziswe ngokuhweba , futhi ingabamba abagibeli abangafika kwabangu-10 abaneqembu labadlali ababili. I-Model 10 (engeke idideke ne-Electra L-188, i-turboprop eyafika kamuva) yaqala ukugeleza ngo-1934, eminyakeni engaba ngu-3 ngaphambi kwezindiza edumile e-Amelia Earhart.
Ama-Airlines asebenzisa i-Lockheed Model 10 Electra afaka iNorthwest Airlines, i-Braniff Airlines, i-Continental Airlines, i-Delta Airlines, i-Eastern Airlines ne-National Airlines. I Model 10 Electra yayidonswa yizindiza eziningi zamazwe omhlaba, kuhlanganise nabasebenzi baseBrazil, eMexico, eNew Zealand, eCanada, e-Australia nase-UK. Ibutho lempi laphinde lazisa i-Electra. I-Argentina, iBrazil, eCanada, eSpain, naseMelika, kanye nempi yase-United States, yayinezindiza ze-Electra Model 10 ezindizeni zazo.
Umklamo
I-Model 10 Electra yayiyizindiza ezinama-aluminium-twin-injini ezinezikebhe ezihamba kahle, izimbiza eziguquguqukayo, namajuba amabili amabili.
I-Lockheed Aircraft Corporation yakhelwe izinhlobo eziningi ze-Electra Model 10, kusukela ku-Model 10A kuya ku-Model 10E. Imodeli ye-10E yanikezwa injini enamandla kakhulu futhi yayiyisibonelo esivela u-Amelia Earhart emzamweni wayo wendiza emhlabeni jikelele.
I-Electra yayenzelwe ukuncintisana kangcono nezinye izindiza ezithandwayo ezazingena enkonzweni yendiza ngesikhathi esifanayo.
I Model 10 Electra yayincane futhi ishibhile ukusebenza kunezindiza ezincintisana ezenziwe yiBoing and Douglas. Njengenye yezindiza zokuqala eziningi ezisebenzisa izindiza zezindiza, zenze kahle emakethe egcwele izindiza eyodwa-injini.
Unjiniyela onguchwepheshe uClarence "Kelly" uJohnson wagcwalisa ukuhlolwa kwemimoya ye-Model 10 Electra futhi wayebhekene nokwengezwa komsila owengeziwe kule ndege, okwaba yinto ehlukile kwizindiza ze-Lockheed. UJohnson wabe esengenela izingxenye zezindiza ezifana ne-U-2 no-SR-71.
Ukusebenza kanye nezincazelo
- Ama-Engines: Injini engu-400 yamahhashi e-Pratt & Whitney R-985 yafakwa kwizindiza ze-Model 10A, kanti i-10E yayinamandla amakhulu angu-600 e-horse Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp SH31.
- Isivinini sokuhamba: 190-194 mph
- I-Max Speed: 202 mph
- Ibanga: 619 nm
- Ukufakwa Kwevisi: Izinyawo ezingu-19 400
- Isisindo esingenalutho: 6454 lbs
- Ubude: 38 no-7
- Ukuphakama: 10 ft 1 ku
U-Amelia sika-NR16020 Ukuguqulwa
U-Amelia Earhart wathatha ukulethwa kuka-Model 10E Electra wakhe ngosuku lokuzalwa kwakhe. Yanikezwa inombolo yokubhalisa engu-NR16020, futhi yayiyoba indiza ayeyoyihamba emhlabeni jikelele. Ngenxa yomzamo wakhe wokujikeleza umhlaba, waguqula le ndege ngokuphawulekayo ukuze kuhambe indiza ende.
Ama-fuel tank ayengeziwe emaphikweni nase-fuselage ukuze ahlale emilenzeni ende. Ngemuva kokuguqulwa, kwakukhona amathangi ayisishiyagalolunye emapulini futhi ayisithupha ku-fuselage. Lokhu kwamvumela ukuba athwale amalitha angu-1,150 amafutha, okwanele amahora angaba ngu-20 ngesikhathi sokuhamba ngesikebhe esivamile.
Indiza yayibuye ifakwe imishini yomsakazo engcono u-Amelia - umsakazo omusha wesiteshi seWestern Electric kanye nomtholi we-Bendix oqondisa umsakazo, okwakungamagetsi aphezulu okusebenza ngesikhathi. Okunye ukuguqulwa kokugcina kufaka phakathi ukufakwa kwe-Beat Frequency Oscillator (BFO) ye-Morse code code.
Ochwepheshe bacacisa ngokuthi u-Amelia kungenzeka ukuthi akafundile ngokuphathelene nalokhu kusebenza okusha, futhi ekugcineni kungenzeka ukuthi wambangela ukushona.
Kunezindiza ezimbalwa ze-Electra Model 10 ezishiye namuhla. Iningi liboniswa kumamyuziyamu.