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Free Download Michael Badrocke – Lockheed Aircraft Cutaways: The History of Lockheed Martin
Barnes & Noble Books | 2001 | ISBN: 076072573X | English | 160 pages | PDF | 154.73 MB
This book contains BEAUTIFUL line-art illustrations of a host of Lockheed aircraft, past and present. The artwork was done by Mike Badrocke who is a recognized master at this craft. Bill Gunston is also a master aviation writer. Together they’ve produced a very beautiful book for the aviation enthusiast. You’ll see cutaways of the A-12, C-5, F-16, F-117, U-2, and even the F-22. There are civil aircraft cutaways such as the Constellation and L-1011. Helicopters, WW2 aircraft and before are all represented. It’s a wonderful book to help you "explore" the inner workings of these aircraft, and nobody does it better than Badrocke.

Free Download Paul F. Crickmore – Lockheed SR-71: The Secret Missions Exposed
Osprey Publishing | 2000 | ISBN: 1841760986 | English | 284 pages | PDF | 179.77 MB
Tasked with performing highly classified recce missions, Lockheed’s SR-71 is undoubtedly the most impressive military jet ever built. This book features contributions from 70 crewmembers and six generals who discuss their experiences and judgements of the Blackbird project, and provides full details of missions flown from Kadena, Beale and Mildenhall.

Free Download Adrian M. Balch – Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star
Guideline Publications Ltd | 2010 | ISBN: N/A | English | 40 pages | PDF | 69.72 MB
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Free Download Bill Yenne – Lockheed
Crescent Books | 1987 | ISBN: 051760471X | English | 264 pages | PDF | 241.84 MB
This book is one of a series of late-1980’s books on aerospace companies. Volumes on Boeing and McDonnell Douglas are the other two in the trio. In this book, products from the origin of Lockheed through the mid-1980’s are covered (P-38, Constellation, U-2, SR-71, C-130, C-141, C-5, P-2, P-3, and many more). The Hubble Space telescope is included and it was as yet unlaunched when the book came out. Other interesting content includes Lockheed’s series of submarine-launched ballistic missiles. There are excellent photos, numerous line drawings, and informative graphics on aircraft production numbers, all presented in a format consistent with the other volumes of the series.

Free Download Anthony M. Thornborough, Peter E. Davies – Lockheed Blackbirds
Ian Allan | 1988 | ISBN: 0711017948 | English | 148 pages | PDF | 151.66 MB
This book is a great history of not only all three models but also the Skunkworks. Numerous photographs (black and white), profile drawings.

Free Download Douglas J. Ingells – L-1011 TriStar and The Lockheed Story
Aero ✅Publishers | 1973 | ISBN: 0816866503 | English | 264 pages | PDF | 175.55 MB
History of Loughead/Lockheed from the very beginning to ’72/’73. Similar to other Ingells-authored works, the book title focuses on the "biggest" plane made by the company but the actual content covers a very wide range of aeroplanes, and touches on the missiles, helicopters, submarines, and spacecraft built by Lockheed since the beginning in the 1920s to 1973, with the then lastest product, the L-1011 Tristar. There is some info on the manufacturers of the engines powering the various planes; with special attention to the situation at Rolls-Royce which had financial and political problems that affected Lockheed and the L-1011. The author also describes the factories the planes were made in. No story about Lockheed would be complete without a few SR-71 photos and text; this book also provides information on the U-2 (airplane, not rock band) and A-12, rocket planes, and the "parasite" Goblin, an experiment in carrying a small fighter plane on a huge bomber. Executive business jets, fighters, bombers, large and small airliners…it’s in here.

Free Download Michael O’Leary – Fighting Lightings: The Complete Story of Lockheed’s Fabulous P-38 Lightning During World War Two
War Eagle Publications | 1988 | ISBN: 0935415521 | English | 100 pages | PDF | 106.87 MB

Free Download Andrew Hendrie – Lockheed Hudson in World War II
Airlife Publishing | 1999 | ISBN: 1840370939 | English | 200 pages | PDF | 144.83 MB
This volume covers submarine and anti-shipping successes achieved by Hudsons, largely within Coastal Command, but also recorded successes by the RCAF, USAAF, BAF, RAAF and RNZAF. Other operations described include the Atlantic Ferry, special operations, meteorological flights and reconnaissance.

Free Download Lockheed Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions – The Missing Chapters, 3rd Edition by Paul F. Crickmore
English | November 23rd, 2023 | ISBN: 1472851382 | 528 pages | True EPUB | 361.94 MB
The SR-71 Blackbird is an iconic aircraft that has come to symbolize America’s technological superiority during the Cold War. Using recently declassified information, globally renowned expert Paul Crickmore updates his definitive account of the aircraft.

Free Download Warren M. Bodie – The Lockheed P-38 Lightning: The Definitive Story of Lockheed’s P-38 Fighter
Widewing Publications | 1991 | ISBN: 0962935905 | English | 280 pages | PDF | 160.16 MB
Warren Bodie’s book is a marvel of completeness, including photos of all series and one-offs, and favorably presents what was arguably the best all-around fighter of World War Two. All the subjective criticisms of the famous Lockheed twin-boom plane are clearly discussed in their proper historical context, with ample support from the main historical actors. The book also demonstrates that the P-38, as a good child of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson’s genius, was several years ahead of its time both in its technology and in the capacity of air strategists and pilots to fully exploit the advances it had over current aviation designs, as well as to foresee its potential. For example, the P-51 Mustang was a pig (and used the same Allison engine of the P-38) before being refitted with the famous Rolls-Royce Merlin engine which made it the masterpiece we know; just imagine a P-38 with two Merlins, something that never happened but that could have dramatically changed the air war before 1944 in all theaters. Bodie demonstrates that the P-38 was already the long-range fighter the Allies needed a couple of years before the P-51D and P-47N, but was stupidly underused and underdeveloped; its firepower was overwhelming and almost unparalleled throughout the war; it could turn with any enemy fighter and outrun most of them and, finally, having another engine was a priceless safeguard in the long flights over the Pacific Ocean and the Mediterranean. Highly recommended reading about my favorite fighter plane.