Lockheed Altair

Altair
The C-23, an Altair 8D purchased by the US Army Air Corps for use as a staff transport
General information
TypeCivilian sport
National originUnited States of America
ManufacturerLockheed Aircraft Limited
Number built11
History
First flightSeptember 1930
Developed fromLockheed Sirius

The Lockheed Altair was a single-engined sport aircraft produced by Lockheed Aircraft Limited in the 1930s. It was a development of the Lockheed Sirius with a retractable undercarriage, and was the first Lockheed aircraft and one of the first aircraft designs with a fully retractable undercarriage.

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