LOCKHEED MUSEUM PROPOSAL
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PROPOSAL 001 // SYSTEMS INITIALIZING

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A PROPOSED MUSEUMAEROSPACE + INNOVATIONMARIETTA, GA
01 // TAKEOFF · RWY 11 · DOBBINS

Marietta has built aircraft since 1943.

1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
1913

Model G

The Loughead brothers’ first seaplane.

1927

Vega

Earhart’s solo flight across the Atlantic.

1939

P-38 Lightning

Twin-boom fighter of World War II.

1943

XP-80

A jet fighter built in 143 days.

1954BUILT IN MARIETTA

C-130 Hercules

Still in production on the Marietta line.

1955

U-2

Flying above 70,000 feet.

1964

SR-71 Blackbird

Still the fastest crewed jet.

1968BUILT IN MARIETTA

C-5 Galaxy

The largest aircraft in the world when it first flew.

1981

F-117 Nighthawk

The first operational stealth aircraft.

1990

Hubble

Lockheed built the spacecraft.

1997BUILT IN MARIETTA

F-22 Raptor

First flight from Dobbins.

2022

Orion

Around the Moon on Artemis I.

02 // A CENTURY OF FIRSTS
AIRFRAME 01 / 04

P-38 Lightning

FIRST FLIGHT · 1939
SPAN FT
LENGTH FT 10 IN
AIRFRAME 02 / 04

C-130 Hercules

FIRST FLIGHT · 1954 BUILT IN MARIETTA
SPAN FT 7 IN
LENGTH FT 9 IN
AIRFRAME 03 / 04

SR-71 Blackbird

FIRST FLIGHT · 1964
SPAN FT 7 IN
LENGTH FT 5 IN
AIRFRAME 04 / 04

F-22 Raptor

FIRST FLIGHT · 1997 BUILT IN MARIETTA
SPAN FT 6 IN
LENGTH FT 1 IN
03 // AIRFRAMES
LAT33.9153° N
LON84.5163° W
FIELDKMGE · ELEV 1,068 FT

Marietta, Georgia.

Beside the runway where the C-130, C-141, C-5 and F-22 were built.

04 // THE SITE

Part museum.

Part launchpad.

A proposed home for aerospace history, hands-on labs and the next generation of builders.

05 // WHAT’S NEXT
06 // JOIN THE MISSION

Help get it off the ground.

Follow the proposal as it takes shape.