The New England Air Museum has a Lockheed 10A being restored while on display in the main hangar. It was a stripped out airframe back in the early 1980's that P&W bought to have a woman do the Amelia Earhart thing, long before Linda Finch.
While the project got under way, they realized that she would need something similar to the Model 10 to train on, so P&W then bought an airworthy Model 12. The whole deal eventually fell through and both aircraft were given to NEAM.
The 12 was flown in and the engines and props removed for use elsewhere. The 10 was in storage off site.
Eventually the 12 was sold and ferried out of Windsor Locks, and the 10 was brought home. The NEAM website has some images of the 10.
http://www.neam.org/inventory/airprofile.asp?ID=70
The 10 looks great and was actually two numbers away from Amelia's aircraft in the production line, so there are many visitors doing AE research who come to measure stuff on this aircraft.
The aircraft is actually a Lockheed XR2O-1. See the link below for the info and original color scheme.
http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/APS/O ... s/3465.htm
I would've prefered that when it was restored it either be left in a natural metal state, or painted as she was in her Navy service, but the policy at NEAM is that the person who takes on the task of restoration,
can pick the ultimate color scheme as long as it's approved by the director, hence the sole remaining XR2O-1 is now wearing Northeast Airlines paint.
She looks great and you should stop in and see her someday!
I have slides of both the 10A and the 12, but I just haven't scanned them yet.
Blue skies,
Jerry
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