This range study of the Lockheed 10E includes performance graphs and much technical
information about the aircraft. It is, nonetheless, a marketing document. Written
by Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson, later of the famed Skunk Works, it
is determinedly optimistic in its assumptions and judgments. This is the Index:
- Introduction
- Summary and Recommendations
- Discussion
- Discussion of Curves Derived
- Additional Data
- Conclusions
- Flight Procedure Data
- Effect of Head and Tail Winds
- Various Curves on Range Performance
- Take-off Curves and Effect of Wing Flaps
- Normal Airplane Cruising Charts
- Engine Power Curves
- Appendix and Computations
Note: this is a transcription/facsimile document, not an
original. The text is searchable. Pages 17 & 18, “Engine Power Curves,”
are missing from the original microfilm document from which this PDF was
made. If we can find them in another source they will be added.
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