Bay Area Spotters
  • Home
  • About
  • Airport Histories
    • SFO History
    • SJC History
  • Locations
    • ATC
    • Flight Tracking
    • San Francisco
    • Oakland International
    • Mineta San Jose
    • Buchanan Field
    • Livermore
  • News
  • Photo Index
    • Passenger Aircraft >
      • Passenger Aircraft SFO
      • Passenger Aircraft SJC
      • Passenger Aircraft OAK
    • Cargo Aircraft >
      • Cargo Aircraft SFO
      • Cargo Aircraft OAK
      • Cargo Aircraft SJC
    • Bizjets >
      • Bizjets SFO
      • Bizjets OAK
      • Bizjets SJC
    • Smaller Airports >
      • Moffett Field
      • Buchanan Field Aircraft
      • Hayward Aircraft
      • Monterey Aircraft
      • Livermore Aircraft
      • San Carlos Aircraft
    • Tower Tour
    • Special Liveries
    • Other airports >
      • Long Beach
      • Chicago O'Hare
    • Photo Index Archive >
      • SFO Photo Index Archive
      • OAK Photo Index Archive
      • SJC Photo Index Archive
    • Accidents
    • Historic Photos
    • Preservation
  • Traffic Updates
    • Past Updates
  • Logbook
    • Logbook 2018
  • Links
    • SFO Show
    • Dioramas
United Air Lines  Lockheed 18-10 Lodestar  
NC25633, 1940. By Bill Larkins via Ed Coates Collection. Notes: United have, since their inception, had many routes up and down California's San Joaquin Valley, including the coastal cities off Highway 101.  They were the original routes established by founder carrier Pacific Air Transport.   In the 1940s these cities were served by a modest fleet of  Lodestars. Bill Larkins captured this one at Monterey in 1941.    It was impressed ("requisitioned" might be a better word) by the military purchasing agency during WW II and "Lend-Leased" to BOAC for wartime service whence it was registered G-AGCZ.  Since it was written off in Egypt in the early 1940s, this was clearly one aircraft which was not returned after the "Lease" (very few were, in actual fact).
Picture
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • About
  • Airport Histories
    • SFO History
    • SJC History
  • Locations
    • ATC
    • Flight Tracking
    • San Francisco
    • Oakland International
    • Mineta San Jose
    • Buchanan Field
    • Livermore
  • News
  • Photo Index
    • Passenger Aircraft >
      • Passenger Aircraft SFO
      • Passenger Aircraft SJC
      • Passenger Aircraft OAK
    • Cargo Aircraft >
      • Cargo Aircraft SFO
      • Cargo Aircraft OAK
      • Cargo Aircraft SJC
    • Bizjets >
      • Bizjets SFO
      • Bizjets OAK
      • Bizjets SJC
    • Smaller Airports >
      • Moffett Field
      • Buchanan Field Aircraft
      • Hayward Aircraft
      • Monterey Aircraft
      • Livermore Aircraft
      • San Carlos Aircraft
    • Tower Tour
    • Special Liveries
    • Other airports >
      • Long Beach
      • Chicago O'Hare
    • Photo Index Archive >
      • SFO Photo Index Archive
      • OAK Photo Index Archive
      • SJC Photo Index Archive
    • Accidents
    • Historic Photos
    • Preservation
  • Traffic Updates
    • Past Updates
  • Logbook
    • Logbook 2018
  • Links
    • SFO Show
    • Dioramas