Aircraft Information
Incident: Collided with an object while taxiing to takeoff from the Sebring Air Term Airport, Sebring, FL on 23 March 1967. (NTSB Report)
Preserved: at the Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation in 1930s bare-metal finish as N1602D. This is the last remaining Lockheed Model 10E Electra in existence.
Previous Operators
Pan American
Mexicana
Pan American
PAA Pacific Alaska Airways
Panair do Brasil
VARIG
Aircraft Photos
Lockheed Model 10E Electra N2068A
Cockpit of PBA Electra N2068A, as delivered, on the ramp in Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the mid 1950s. Photo contributed by Jean E. Van Arsdale.
Lockheed Model 10E Electra N2068A
Cockpit of PBA Electra N2068A, as delivered, on the ramp in Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the mid 1950s. Photo contributed by Jean E. Van Arsdale.
Lockheed Model 10E Electra N2068A
Interior of PBA Electra N2068A, as delivered, on the ramp in Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the mid 1950s. Photo contributed by Jean E. Van Arsdale.
Lockheed Model 10E Electra N2068A
Interior of PBA Electra N2068A, as delivered, on the ramp in Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the mid 1950s. Photo contributed by Jean E. Van Arsdale.
Lockheed Model 10E Electra N2068A
PBA Electra N2068A, as delivered, on the ramp in Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the mid 1950s. Photo contributed by Jean E. Van Arsdale.
Lockheed Model 10E Electra N2068A
PBA Electra N2068A, as delivered, on the ramp in Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the mid 1950s. Photo contributed by Jean E. Van Arsdale.
Lockheed Model 10E Electra N2068A
PBA Electra N2068A, as delivered, on the ramp in Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the mid 1950s. Photo contributed by Jean E. Van Arsdale.
Lockheed Model 10E Electra N2068A
PBA Electra N2068A on the ramp in Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the late 1950s. Photo contributed by Jean E. Van Arsdale.
Lockheed Model 10E Electra N2068A
PBA Electra N2068A on the ramp in Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the late 1950s. Photo contributed by Jean E. Van Arsdale.
Lockheed Model 10E Electra N35PB
N35PB flying over Naples, FL (APF/KAPF) c.1960s. Postcard scanned from collection
N35PB at Boston Logan (BOS/KBOS) on 25JUL63
“This red and cream Lockheed L.10 Electra is one of two operated by Naples Airlines & Provincetown-Boston Airline, a charter company which in the winter holiday months moves from Boston to West Florida” Source unknown. From personal collection.
Hello to all. This particular Lockheed 10E Electra, c/n 1042 (designated construction number), was eventually sold by PBA to a skydiving operation in Zephyrhills FL. It was based there until October 1976, when it was then purchased by Bobby Frierson and Gene Paul Thacker, to be re-based at their skydiving operations in Barnwell, SC and Raeford, NC.
A few years later, it was sold to Dolphin Overton’s Wings & Wheels Museum and relocated to Orlando FL for future static display.
During the mid-1980’s, Flight Instructor Grace McGuire rescued c/n 1042 from pending salvage, with the incredibly challenging plans to both totally restore the aircraft, and to attempt to complete Amelia Earhart’s flight around the world. Health issues prevented the plans for flight, but Grace was able to successfully complete the restoration.
In 2016, Grace sold c/n 1042 to Ladd Seaberg’s Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation based in Atchison KS; birthplace and hometown of Amelia Earhart. His plans were to design and build a hangar museum to be located at the Amelia Earhart Memorial Airport, in order to properly display and feature this vintage aviation masterpiece.
Unfortunately, Ladd Seaberg passed away before the project was complete; but as of today (June 14, 2023), this particular Lockheed 10E Electra, c/n 1042 (nicknamed “Muriel”), proudly sits in the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum; available for public viewing. To the best of my knowledge and at this time, this information is as accurate as it can be.