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Lockheed Altair
	File:Lockheed Altair.2.jpg
	This Altair C/N 213, was the next to the last Altair built at the Lockheed Burbank Plant- Photo courtesy of Aero Museum Services.
Role	Civilian sport
National origin	United States of America
Manufacturer	Lockheed Aircraft Limited
First flight	September 1930
Number built	11
Developed from	Lockheed Sirius

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The Lockheed Altair was a single-engined sport aircraft of the 1930s. It was a development of the Lockheed Sirius with a retractable undercarriage, and was the first Lockheed aircraft and one of the first aircraft designs with a fully retractable undercarriage.

Lockheed designed a alternative wing fitted with a retractable undercarriage for the Lockheed Sirius as a result of a request from Charles Lindbergh, although Lindbergh in the end chose to buy a standard Sirius. The first Altair, converted from a Sirius, flew in September 1930.^[1] Like the Sirius, the Altair was a single engined low-winged monoplane of wooden construction. The undercarriage, which was operated by use of a hand crank, retracted inwards.

Four Altairs following the prototype were converted Siriuses, with another six Altairs built from scratch: three by Lockheed, two by the Detroit Aircraft Corporation, and one by AiRover. The AiRover Altair, dubbed The Flying Testbed, was powered by a Unitwin engine, which used two engines to drive a single shaft. The Unitwin was used in the Vega Starliner, which never went into production.

Specifications (Y-1-23)

Data from Lockheed Aircraft since 1913^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 1

Performance

Climb to 7,000 ft (2,140 m): 9.4 min

References

^ Francillion 1978, p.101.
^ Francillion 1978, p.106.

Francillon, René J, Lockheed Aircraft since 1913. London:Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0-370-30329-6.
Francillon, René J, Lockheed Aircraft since 1913. Naval Institute Press: Annapolis, 1987.
John Oder - Aero Museum Services is dedicated to bringing these Vintage Aircraft back into service. http://aeromuseumservices.com/
Ron Cuskelly - Very detailed information of Lockheed Altair "Lady Southern Cross". Contains images, data etc - http://www.adastron.com/lockheed/altair/altair.htm

[Francillion_78_p101-1] Francillion 1978, p.101.

[Francillion_78_p106-2] Francillion 1978, p.106.

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-The '''Lockheed Altair''' was a single-engined sport aircraft of the 1930s. It was a development of the [[Lockheed Sirius]] with a retractable undercarriage, and was the first Lockheed aircraft and one of the first aircraft designs with a fully rectractable undercarriage.
+The '''Lockheed Altair''' was a single-engined sport aircraft of the 1930s. It was a development of the [[Lockheed Sirius]] with a retractable undercarriage, and was the first Lockheed aircraft and one of the first aircraft designs with a fully retractable undercarriage.
 Lockheed designed a alternative wing fitted with a retractable undercarriage for the Lockheed Sirius as a result of a request from [[Charles Lindbergh]], although Lindbergh in the end chose to buy a standard Sirius.  The first Altair, converted from a Sirius, flew in September 1930.<ref name="Francillion 78 p101"> Francillion 1978, p.101.</ref> Like the Sirius, the Altair was a single engined low-winged monoplane of wooden construction. The undercarriage, which was operated by use of a hand crank, retracted inwards.

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