1941 Lockheed L-129 "Model X" bomber

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Source: Bill Slayton article in Dirty Plastic newsletter Issue 131/133, IPMS Phoenix

L-129 high-altitude bomber project competing for Type Specification XC-124 against B-27, B-28
 

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Great find my dear Paul,


and for the XC-214 Specification,the contenders were; Hughes DX-2,Lockheed L-129,
Martin Model-182 (XB-27) and North American NA-63 (XB-28).
 

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By the way,


the study for this aircraft was done in 1941,but the XC-214 Contest for high-altitude bomber
was begun in August 1939.
 

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