Lockheed XC-35

XC-35
Lockheed XC-35
General information
TypeExperimental
National originUnited States
ManufacturerLockheed
StatusIn storage at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum
Primary userUnited States Army Air Corps
Number built1
History
Introduction date1937
First flight9 May 1937
Developed fromLockheed Model 10 Electra

The Lockheed XC-35 is a twin-engine, experimental pressurized airplane. It was the second American aircraft to feature cabin pressurization. It was initially described as a "supercharged cabins" by the Army. The XC-35 was a development of the Lockheed Model 10 Electra that was designed to meet a 1935 request by the United States Army Air Corps for an aircraft with a pressurized cabin.

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