he launched his ships at the mercy of wind and tide they made slow headway across the waters over the lowlands the wilderness of deserts and green valleys he plotted this very way in the into the cockpit of his lucky serious climbs colonel charles lindbergh mrs limberger is with him flying together as always they are heading from washington d c it's a cross the bering sea to japan a perfect landing achievement for wiley post first man to fly around the world alone and first to fly around the world twice both times in a lockheed colonel and mrs limberger starting on another and perhaps their greatest journeys at twenty nine thousand miles serve a flight from new york to labrador screen land iceland europe africa brazil and return to new york lucky don't care the lady southern cross has made it in less than fifty five hours this great flyer and great plane certainly deserves congratulation as in one hundred thirty five amelia earhart flies her lucky from honolulu to oakland she is the first woman to make a solo flight over the pacific covering the distance in eighteen hours sixteen minutes the crowd hailed her for an outstanding performance nineteen thirty eight hour to use her is to explain for the start of his race around the world three days nineteen hours and nine minutes later is lucky to bring him back to new york at a new record in less than four days he saw five sunrises and the plane actually beat the revolution of the earth  transportation and with the cooperation of the pilots who made these famous flights lucky to have been able to achieve that performance and create new standards of official say that was true in the development of this electra which was lucky to burst all metal combine economy with the performance of a large airliner this lodestar is a luxury transport certainly one of the best looking it is today probably the fastest commercial ship on a regular airline service and for the routine flight confidently accomplishing the jobs for which they were built the congress of time and space slug heat over north america united airlines continental airlines incorporated mid continental airlines incorporated northwest airlines chicago and southern airlines braniff airways incorporated national airlines delta airlines boston maine airways incorporated american airways incorporated k l him air from british airways limited mexico venezuela brazil argentina australia canada great britain india and the united states worldwide coverage but it has not been accomplished in a day it is the result of a smooth running combination of men and machines in that combination lies the story of lockheed itself it is a success story modern exciting typically american sales aggregated the overwhelming total of twenty three thousand two hundred ninety eight dollars and three cents in one hundred forty actual deliveries amounted to more than forty two million dollars and conservative estimates indicate that in one hundred forty one  figure will be more than doubled and to the man of lockheed belongs a large share of the credit to their skill and to their loyalty they are a cross section of typical american work when drillers riveters tool makers die casters machinists and technicians hundred thirty one there were only three hundred of them nine hundred forty one over thirty five thousand every man who checks him from office boy on up has taken and passed exhaustive tests covering intelligence temperament and special aptitude to prove his individual ability thirty five thousand american workman the right man for the right job just to build the best planes this is not a trick shop made with mirrors it drafting room of the engineering department where every new lockheed has its beginning a beginning conceived with the purpose of supplying the answer to definite needs of the aviation industry to attain this goal over eight hundred fifty engineers make over five thousand growing clams devoting a total of over two hundred thousand work hours to their mission of creating one new design the component parts of a modern airplanes wing fuselage gentil surface are almost c number yet every single one of them must be engineered even the most minute pun receives the greatest attention for a separate growing zone made showing detailed from four different angles although the part is no larger than a silver dollar it to go a great deal further the interior of a plane is one feature of design seldom associated in one's mind as coming under the supervision of the engineer yet one of his most important jobs is to provide other comfort for passengers traveling through the air at high speeds the lodestar cabin has been designed for this comfort inside the sound of powerful motors reduced to a pleasant home by a scientific sound probing and vibration controls restful chairs ample space and headroom are results of thoughtful planning and all lockheed's are especially adaptable to the requirements of private owners or businessman to whom time means money the lodestar is convertible into a convenient and dependable office in the skies the compact twelve becomes a comfortable lounge for attending important events anywhere at any time the cabin of lockheed's new for motor transport the will look very much like this although the plane is still under construction the engineers have built an exact replica known as a mock up out of wood in this way every possible detail to fasten your comfort can be effectively pre determined  applied but the ideas and plans that this man and the hundreds like him put into execution are not only those of lockheed chief engineers but those of the entire flying room all the market research division maintains close contact with the operative branch of the industry the staff asked compiles lists of important features relating to a plane's design these findings are set up in the form of questionnaires if you were to build your own ship on the flight station where would you locate emergency controls on the engine control stand where would you put the levers and the rudder pedals these comprehensive questionnaires are sent to airline executives pilots transport officials in every corner of the world every answer to every question is checked and noted these findings are recorded in another pamphlet you told us this is the way you would do it on flight station on engine control stand and on rudder pedals we asked our toe pedals desirable ninety three percent said yes seven percent know that verdict is submitted by a man whose combined opinions represent the experience of over sixteen million hours of flying these practical viewpoints as gathered by market research are submitted to the engineers they combine these ideas together with their own creative abilities in the conception and building of every new lockheed plane that's how lucky designed their planes to suit the men who know airplanes best operators pilots and regular airline passengers and the first form a new plane takes is on paper from these drawings and thousands like them an exact scale model known as a wind tunnel model is made and is connected instruments which determine its flight characteristics the model is ham carved accurate to the fraction of an inch weighs over five hundred pounds and costs more than five thousand dollars to do the doors closed the wind for the metal inside these wooden frames is the stuff that planes are made up art and strong it must be fabricated by manned machines into the parts that make airliners giant tears act as huge mechanical scissors metal sheets are slipped into place the sharp blade strike and cuts through them as if they were close the high frequency around for a dental patient's nightmare turns fifteen thousand revolutions a minute and cuts layers of metal into their first rough shape the bit turned so fast that it must be cooled by a constant stream of oil an overall pressure of nine million pounds and it literally squeezes parts out of metal an endless chain of roller conveyors carries a three with the forms to work when they put the metal which has already been cut to the correct size in place on the f