On this day in aviation history, 68 years ago (December 6, 1957), the first flight of the Lockheed L-188 Electra took place. The Electra was the first large American turboprop airliner to be built.
Our cover of Oct. 7, 1957, showed the first Lockheed L-188 Electra mid-range transport after completion of structural assembly at the company's plant in Burbank, California. Lockheed had already taken ...