Lockheed Saturn
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The '''Saturn''' ('''Model 75''') was a small feeder airliner produced by [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]] in the mid 1940s. The design team, lead by Don Palmer, created a high-wing, twin-engine monoplane with 14 seats and a top speed of 228 mph. [[Tony LeVier]] piloted the first flight on [[June 17]], [[1947]]. Lockheed had received 500 orders for this aircraft, priced at $85,000 each. But, by the time the design was verified, these orders had been cancelled, since war surplus [[C-47 Skytrain|C-47]]s filled the same market at a quarter the price. Lockheed lost $6 million from the development of two prototypes.
==References==
* Boyne, Walter J., ''Beyond the Horizons: The Lockheed Story''. St. Martin's Press: New York, 1998.
== See also ==
* [[List of Lockheed aircraft]]
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==External links==
* [http://www.kbhrr.com/gallery/lockheed.php Historic Lockheed photographs, including the Saturn]
[[Category:Lockheed Corporation|Saturn]]
[[Category:Cancelled aircraft projects]]
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