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The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database. <br> </span> <br> <table> <tr class='height30'><td class='width210 alignTopLeft fontArial font16 fontMaroon'> Airframe Family: </td><td class='width390 alignTopLeft fontArial truncate16 fontBlack'> Lockheed L-10 Electra </td></tr> <tr class='height30'><td class='width210 alignTopLeft fontArial font16 fontMaroon'>Latest Model:</td><td class='width390 alignTopLeft fontArial truncate16 fontBlack'>L-10A Electra</td></tr><tr class='height30'><td class='width210 alignTopLeft fontArial font16 fontMaroon'>Construction Number:</td><td class='width390 alignTopLeft fontArial truncate16 fontBlack'>1037</td></tr><tr class='height30'><td class='width210 alignTopLeft fontArial font16 fontMaroon'>Last Civil Registration:</td><td class='width390 alignTopLeft fontArial truncate16 fontBlack'>G-LIOA</td></tr><tr class='height30'><td class='width210 alignTopLeft fontArial font16 fontMaroon'>Compressed ID:</td><td class='width390 alignTopLeft fontArial truncate16 fontBlack'>Lockheed L-10A cn 1037 cr G-LIOA <a class='imgNoBorder' title='Click to copy: Lockheed L-10A cn 1037 cr G-LIOA' onclick="navigator.clipboard.writeText('Lockheed L-10A cn 1037 cr G-LIOA');"><img src='Airframe/copy_icon.png' align='top' border='0' height='15' width='15'></a> </td></tr><tr class='height30'><td class='width210 alignTopLeft fontArial font16 fontMaroon'>Latest Owner or Location:</td><td class='width390 alignTopLeft fontArial truncate16 fontBlack'>Science Museum, South Kensington, London, London, England</td></tr><tr height='5'><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr><td class='width210 alignTopCenter fontArial font12 fontBlack'><a class='imgNoBorder' href='AirframeEditor.php?AirframeSN=616' rel='nofollow'><img src='Airframe/Dossier_Edit_45.jpg' border='0'><br>EDIT THE HISTORY HERE</a></td> <td class='width390 alignCenterLeft fontArial font15 fontBlack'>If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.</td></tr> <tr height='5'><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr class='height50'><td class='width210 alignTopCenter fontArial font12 fontBlack'><a class='imgNoBorder' href='AirframePhotoUpload.php?AirframeSN=616' rel='nofollow'><img src='Airframe/CameraUpload_45.jpg' border='0'><br>UPLOAD A PHOTO</a></td> <td class='width390 alignCenterLeft fontArial font15 fontBlack'>If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.</td></tr> <tr height='5'><td></td><td></td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan='2' class='alignTopCenter fontArial font18 fontBlack'> <hr width='75%' color='maroon'> The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.<br> <span class='font16 fontMaroon'><b>If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so</b></span><br> by using the links above.<br> The more you and others share the better the database becomes! <hr width='75%' color='maroon'> </td></tr> </table> <a name='TheList'></a> <table border='0' padding='0' cellspacing='0'><colgroup><col width='200'><col width= '5'><col width='595'></colgroup> <tr><td colspan='3' align='center'> <form name='GalleryLink' method='post'> <input type='hidden' name='SortDir' value='ASC'> <input type='hidden' name='SortCat' value='taken'> <input type='hidden' name='AirframeSN' value='616'> <input type='submit' name='Submit' value='View the Photos in the Gallery' title='Click here to view these photos in the gallery.' onClick="submission(this.form, 'AirframeGallery.php')" > <input type='submit' name='Submit' value='View the Photos as a Slide Show' title='Click here to view these photos as a slide show.' onClick="submission(this.form, 'AirframeGallerySlideShow.php')" > </form> </td></tr> <tr style='height:100%; vertical-align:top;'> <td style='align:left; vertical-align:top; background-color:silver;'><p class='tableHeadings'>Dates</p></td> <td style='align:left; vertical-align:top; background-color:silver;'></td> <td style='align:left; vertical-align:top; background-color:silver;'><p class='tableHeadings'>Event</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'></p></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' ></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> Constructed as a L-10A.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'>23 September 1935</p></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' ></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> To Eastern Airlines with new c/r NC14959.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'>Circa October 1935</p></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' ></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> <a class='imgNoBorder' href='AirframePhotoViewer.php?Serial=137050' rel='nofollow'><img src='https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Airframe/Gallery/0/137/0000137050.jpg' width='600' align='top' border='0'/></a><br> <i>Photographer:</i> Midway Airport Historians<br> <i>Notes:</i> At Chicago Municipal Airport - Eastern Air Lines - Lockheed 10-A in 1935. (NC14959) Parked in front of the old UAL hangars on Cicero Avenue.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'></p></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' ></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> To Boston-Maine Airways with new c/r NC243.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'>From By 1962 to 1978</p></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' ></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> To Capitol Air Services, Manhattan, KS with new c/r N5171N.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'>By 1965</p></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' ></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> Operated by Suburban Airways.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'>1965</p></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' ></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> <a class='imgNoBorder' href='AirframePhotoViewer.php?Serial=94065' rel='nofollow'><img src='https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Airframe/Gallery/0/94/0000094065.jpg' width='600' align='top' border='0'/></a><br> <i>Photographer:</i> William T Larkins<br> <i>Notes:</i> Lockheed 10B,Suburban Airways at Santa Ana, CA 1965</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'>2 June 1981</p></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' ></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> To Dolph D. Overton, Orlando, FL keeping c/r N5171N.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'>5 May 1983</p></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' ></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> Civil registration, N5171N, cancelled.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'>6 May 1983</p></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' ></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> To The Science Museum, London with new c/r G-LIOA.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'></p></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' ></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> Placed on display with Science Museum, South Kensington, London, London, England.<br> <a class='imgNoBorder' href='LocationDossier.php?Serial=1171'><img src='./Airframe/Dossier_25.jpg' align='bottom' border='0'/>View the Location Dossier</a></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'>26 April 2002</p></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' ></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> Civil registration, G-LIOA, cancelled.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'>13 December 2011</p></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' ></td> <td bgcolor='#ECEC99' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> <a class='imgNoBorder' href='AirframePhotoViewer.php?Serial=6901' rel='nofollow'><img src='https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Airframe/Gallery/0/6/0000006901.jpg' width='600' align='top' border='0'/></a><br> <i>Photographer:</i> Terry Fletcher<br> <i>Notes:</i> Exhibited at the Science Museum, South Kensington, London, UK, as part of the Making the Modern World Exibition - this is on the ground floor - and seperate from the main aviation exhibition on the third floor</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'>13 December 2011</p></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' ></td> <td bgcolor='#FFFFFF' align='left' valign='top'><p class='tableContents'> <a class='imgNoBorder' href='AirframePhotoViewer.php?Serial=6902' rel='nofollow'><img src='https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Airframe/Gallery/0/6/0000006902.jpg' width='600' align='top' border='0'/></a><br> <i>Photographer:</i> Terry Fletcher<br> <i>Notes:</i> Exhibited at the Science Museum, South Kensington, London, UK, as part of the Making the Modern World Exibition - this is on the ground floor - and seperate from the main aviation exhibition on the third floor</p></td> </tr> </table> <a name='Credits'></a> <table> <tr><td width='800'><hr width='75%' align='center' color='maroon'></td></tr> <tr><td width='800' align='center'> <span class='fontArial font18 fontMaroon'><b><u>Credits<br></u></b></span> <span class='fontArial font16 fontBlack'>Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...<br></span> <span class='fontArial font18 fontMaroon'><b><br>Print Sources<br></b></span> <span class='fontArial font16 fontBlack'> Wrecks and Relics<br> </span> <span class='fontArial font18 fontMaroon'><b><br>Internet Sources<br></b></span> <span class='fontArial font16 fontBlack'> <a href='http://www.airliners.net' target='_blank'>Airliners.Net</a><br> <a href='http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60andpagetype=65andappid=1' target='_blank'>Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom</a><br> <a href='http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_inquiry.asp' target='_blank'>Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America</a><br> <a href='http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net' target='_blank'>Golden Years of Aviation</a><br> </span> <span class='fontArial font18 fontMaroon'><b><br>Individual Contributors<br></b></span> <span class='fontArial font16 fontBlack'> Terry Fletcher<br> Mike Henniger<br> </span> </td></tr></table> <a name='Others'></a> <table> <tr><td width='800'><hr width='75%' align='center' color='maroon'></td></tr> <tr><td width='800' align='center'><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' size='4' color='maroon'><b><u>Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier</u></b></font><br></td></tr> </table> <table border=0><colgroup><col width='200'><col width='600'></colgroup> <tr><td width='800' colspan='2' align='center'> <table><tr><td width='330'></td><td width='200'></td><td width='270'></td></tr></table> </td></tr> <tr><td width='200' align='right' valign='top'><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' size='2' color='maroon'>Forum Link: </font></td><td width='600' align='left' valign='top'><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' size='2' color='gray'> [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=616][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Lockheed L-10A Electra, c/n 1037, c/r G-LIOA[/URL]</font></td></tr> <tr><td width='200' align='right' valign='top'><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' size='2' color='maroon'>Direct Link: </font></td><td width='600' align='left' valign='top'><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' size='2' color='gray'> https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=616</font></td></tr> <tr height='2'><td width='200'></td><td width='600'></td></tr> <a name='PostPrompts'></a> <table><tr><td width='800'><hr width='75%' align='center' color='maroon'></td></tr></table><table> <tr> <td width='800' align='center'><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' size='2' color='gray'> Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca<br> The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.<br> In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan <a href='http://www.google.com/chrome' target='_blank'>Google Chrome</a>. 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