BillD22 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) Here's a collection of shots of the Lockheed L188 "Electra" in various North American operator liveries from the initial deliveries to Eastern Airlines in 1959 up to the last two remaining operators flying the type today. This is the Team FS KBT Electra for FSX converted over to MSFS. A shot of the Allison company aircraft that was used for testing the L188's D501-13 turboprop engines with their distinctive pointed prop spinner, streamlined nacelles, and engine exhaust soot pans. These are essentially the same engines that powered the Navy P3 and Air Force C130 although the 130 engines were mounted under the wing. Air Force pilots always liked to say that the Navy engines were "upside down." A pair of Eastern Airlines L188 liveries 17 years apart - the initial 1959 delivery of "Fly Eastern's Prop-Jet Electra" scheme and the later 1976 "Hockey Stick" livery with a U.S. Bicentennial plaque. By the time the Hockey Stick paint showed up Eastern's Electras had long since been relegated to flying the hourly DC to New York shuttle. Two California-based operators from the 1970s in PSA's "Catch Our Smile" and Air California's "Sunburst" liveries. Both airlines used the L188 to fly to high-altitude airports such as Lake Tahoe where the early model jets had difficulty operating. The Air Cal shot shows the airplane landing at South Lake Tahoe airport (KTVL -Elevation 6257 feet) - a popular ski destination. Alaska-based Reeve Aleutian was the last airline to operate the Electra in regular passenger service with the last flight coming in 1999. The last two remaining North American operators of the L188 in 2022 are Canadian-based Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Yukon Territory, and Air Spray aerial firefighting service based at Red Deer Regional Airport in Alberta. Edited October 11, 2022 by BillD22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downwind66 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Another work horse in it's day! Very nice pics of this Big Bird! Thanks for sharing Bill! Rick :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Very well done Bill, so many beautiful Electra liveries :cool::cool::cool: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 Thanks Jan and Rick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daspinall Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Very nice shots!..... I just took delivery of the Lockheed Electra 10 A... The plan is to follow Amelia Earhart’s flights, well thats the idea..... ASRock X570 TAICHI Mother Board AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.79 GHz *Overclocked* Corsair 240mm H100i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Intel/AMD CPU Liquid Cooler Corsair DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB 64GB 3600MHz *Overclocked* MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24GB SUPRIM X Ampere. 1000W PSU. Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SSD. HP Reverb G2 + Oculus Quest 2 Samsung Odyssey G9 C49G95TSSR - QLED monitor - curved - 49" - 5120 x 1440 Dual Quad HD @ 240 Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 Very nice shots!..... I just took delivery of the Lockheed Electra 10 A... The plan is to follow Amelia Earhart’s flights, well thats the idea..... Thanks David, let us know if you find Amelia!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macroburst Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Enjoyed the liveries and the history. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coondoodle Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Nice plane,good shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankees Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 nice plane, nice collection, nice shots, what more can we ask for? Slapping paint on flightsim models you'll find all my FSX/P3D repaints here and all my MSFS repaints here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 nice plane, nice collection, nice shots, what more can we ask for? Thanks, Jan - it's hard to take a bad shot of an Electra! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Really like your Electra collection Bill. Good historical info in the narrative as well. :cool: Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnost Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Hi Bill, The Electra pictures brought back some good memories. In the 1960's I worked in Rochester, NY, but did heavy business in Fort Worth, TX. I used to fly frequently to Dallas via Chicago. The usual flight from Rochester to Chicago was on a Business Class Electra. It had a curved sofa in the rear of the cabin, and young, pretty Stewardesses served free cocktails in nice miniskirts. Those were the days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) Hi Bill, The Electra pictures brought back some good memories. In the 1960's I worked in Rochester, NY, but did heavy business in Fort Worth, TX. I used to fly frequently to Dallas via Chicago. The usual flight from Rochester to Chicago was on a Business Class Electra. It had a curved sofa in the rear of the cabin, and young, pretty Stewardesses served free cocktails in nice miniskirts. Those were the days! Thanks for the comments Larry and John. Yes - those were the days for air travel. Comfortable seats, free cocktails, friendly flight attendants, on time departures - what a concept! Edited October 12, 2022 by BillD22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Thanks for the comments Larry and John. Yes - those were the days for air travel. Comfortable seats, free cocktails, friendly flight attendants, on time departures - what a concept! Yes I remember those days as well. My first flight on a 707 had wider seats in coach than 1st class on any commercial flight I've flown on in the last several years. Having said that, flying in the "Sky Lounge" of a 747 to and from Narita in the late 1980's was pretty cool. Especially when someone played the full sized piano up there in flight. ;) Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenvox Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 cool stuff WJA221, BFL0200, ASA2703 http://www.darrensfs9site.weebly.com http://darrensflightsimblog.blogspot.com/ https://discord.gg/6d5V7Qu << <<<fs9 discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capstivi Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Beautiful story and wonderful aircraft, how can I download the converted version for MFS2020. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 On 1/4/2024 at 7:04 AM, capstivi said: Beautiful story and wonderful aircraft, how can I download the converted version for MFS2020. Thanks Thanks. I'm not sure there's a downloadable version anywhere. You have to convert the FSX airplane to FS2020 using a conversion tool. That's what I did. One caution: the cockpits don't work. In my opinion, the best current sim versions of the Electra are in X-Plane 12. These are also FSX conversions (already done for download) and feature very good exteriors and accurate (mostly) working cockpits as well as an extensive library of liveries. Here's a link to a YouTube video with a "how-to "guide for FSX to FS2020 conversions. As an alternative, there is a downloadable FS2020 version of the FSX P3 which was a derivative of and closely resembles the Electra. It uses the FS2020 B747 cockpit as a stand-in to get over the cockpit problems with the conversion tool. I think you can download it from flightsim.to Hope this helps. Good luck! Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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