LOOK TO LOCKHEED FOR LEADERSHIP

[Music] [Applause] [Music] from the very beginning man has struggled ever onward in his conquest of time and space for countless centuries lofty mountains mutely challenged Immelman standing his stalwart barriers across his path upon the oceans that surrounded him 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 his very way earth found in the conquest of time and space what man is the longer earthbound and Lockheed rides the Airways with a thrust of bright propellers and the flash of gleaming wings and behind this rocky lies aviation history in 1903 on the plains of Kitty Hawk North Carolina this history began in the granddaddy of all modern planes the Wright brothers won immortality by sustaining flight in a heavier than air flying machine there is no fuss or ceremony no cheering crowds the motors flutter and catch weights dropped the ship catapults off the ground into the air for the first flight on record aviation history is written in a never-fading book of record it's a lucky bigger the well-known Yankee Doodle reaches New York from Los Angeles in 18 hours and 58 minutes at the controls our Colonel Arthur global and Harry Tucker in 1929 captain Frank Hawks clams aboard his Lockheed to set a new transcontinental line good luck captain New York is only 3,000 miles away off on his way to a new record one of the many he is to establish in the years that followed [Music] into the cockpit of his lucky serious climbs Colonel Charles Lindbergh mrs. Lindbergh is with him flying together as always they are heading from Washington DC across the Bering Sea to Japan a perfect landing after almost half the world has rolled by beneath their wings cheers and waving flags as Tokyo greets them that same year 1931 Keith Baker after establishing a new feminine altitude record are 28,000 743 feet nice going miss Nichols 1933 a famous lucky the Winnie Mae carrying a famous flyer comes home from a solo flight around the world what an 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. Lindbergh are starting on another and perhaps their greatest journey at 29,000 miles survey flight from New York to Labrador Greenland Iceland Europe the Azores Africa Brazil and return to New York 19:34 client Sir Charles Kingsford Smith together with captain PG Taylor completing a 7,000 mile trip from Australia to Oakland California it is the first crossing of the Pacific from west to east and sir Charles in his lucky router the lady Southern Cross has made it in less than 55 hours this great flier and great plains certainly deserve congratulations in 1935 Amelia Earhart flies her lucky from Honolulu to Auckland she is the first woman to make a solo flight over the Pacific covering the distance in 18 hours 16 minutes the crowd hails her for an outstanding performance 1938 Howard Hughes hurries to his plane for the start of his race around the world three days 19 hours and nine minutes later his lucky brings him back to New York and a new record in less than four days he saw five sunrises and the plane actually beat the revolution of the earth on its axis records and more records and these are just part of a long list but exciting as they are they mean nothing to the true goal of aviation unless the experience gained is applied to further the speed safety and all-round performance of air transportation and with the cooperation of the pilots who made these famous flights Lockheed has been able to achieve that performance and create new standards of efficiency that was true in the development of this electron which was Lucky's first all-metal bye motor transport it made history on the air lanes of the world and every subsequent model has lived up to its tradition here is the 12 it is a smaller ship for kama dating six passengers and answering the proven need for a plane that can 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 ships on regular airline service and for the convenience of all customers service and parks people have been established throughout the world to maintain the peak performance of ma Keith's vast fleet and in all corners of the globe 24 hours of every day these ships fly the Airways in routine flight confidently accomplishing the jobs for which they were built the conquerors of time and space and out of the vast production line come Lockheed's the 212 the Elektra the 12 the Hudson bomber the lodestar and now Lockheed's answer to the challenge of our times the Interceptor pursuit p38 it has been developed solely for national defense and army officials consider it the fastest military plane in the world today the p38 a man-made comment the p-38 is a completely new development in conception and design the purpose of this gently single-seater fighter is to prevent any would-be attacker from reaching his objective Lockheed is building vast quantities for the United States Army and many of its features are closely guarded military secrets but it can be revealed that the p38 will climb a mile in a minute and its motors are so quiet that it can approach any target almost without warning and the swing saw higher above America so are starring the hopes of three men the world over well they know that whether it be for commerce or defense ship for ship American planes have no equal and justice Lockheed commercial transports they're the people so to the Lockheed military planes stand ready to serve should the need arise the striking power of Hudson bombers the speed of the p38 [Music] envisioned by lockheed engineered by lockheed built by Lockheed wings of eagles for the protection of our country bring the progress for the prosperity of our people today and tomorrow and the airplane of that tomorrow who knows what it will be for the March of aviation has been so Swift but whatever it is the world will look to Rocky's leadership them as it looks to Lockheed for leadership today [Music]