Lockheed Corporation
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Lockheed Corporation
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1939 First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
1939 A Lockheed XP-38 flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
1972 An Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed Tristar) crashes on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101.
1983 Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from Lockheed and is sentenced to 4 years in jail.