{"id":1036,"date":"2019-12-06T15:53:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T15:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=1036"},"modified":"2024-02-01T15:58:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T22:58:51","slug":"lockheed-model-18","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/lockheed-model-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed Model 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lockheed Model 18 (R5O-5) Lodestar<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lockheed-Model-18.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC_3348-4000-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Model 18 is a slightly enlarged Model 14 Super Electra designed to compete with the Douglas DC-3.\u00a0 While the Lodestar was relatively successful in airline service it never quite met the expectation placed on it.\u00a0 In part this was due to the U.S. military impressing many of the aircraft into military service with the outbreak of World War II.\u00a0 The R5O-5 was identical to the civil version of the aircraft and were used as 14-seat transports by the U. 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