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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Fork-Tailed Devil. The Electra 10 turned Lockheed into a better-thangoing concern, and World War II converted it into a giant. Its P-38 Lightning, the only U.S. fighter in continuous service throughout World War II, was dubbed by Luftwaffe pilots "der gabel-schwanz Teufel"-"the fork-tailed devil." Making Hudsons for the British before the U.S. entered World War II, Lockheed ran into the U.S. Neutrality Act, which forbade either U.S. or British citizens to ship or fly the planes from the U.S. to Britain. Court Gross helped devise a stratagem. Lockheed bought a wheat farm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aerospace: No End in Sight | 2/11/1966 | See Source »

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