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Photograph caption dated October 3, 1958 reads, "Electra makes Valley approach - View from new Lockheed Electra shows one of powerful prop-jet engines at work as plane approaches San Fernando Valley 10,000 feet above U.S. Highway 101 heading in over Calabasas. Premiere flight from Burbank to Santa Barbara and back was made in 30 minutes. Plane flew at 400 miles an hour."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Airplanes--Models--United States Aircraft industry--United States Air travel--United States Electra (Turboprop transports) Lockheed aircraft Aerial photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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