"I SAW AIRPLANES LIKE THIS ONE COMING AND GOING many times in my high school years,” says Bill Taylor, nodding at the Lockheed Electra in a ... there longer than 10 years he could have it.

It was designed as a smaller version of Lockheed's 10-A, sitting just over 36 feet long with a wingspan of 49.5 feet, earning itself the "Electra Junior" nickname. Lockheed devised the Electra ...