The Vega Aircraft Corporation was a subsidiary of the Lockheed Aircraft Company responsible for much of its parent company's production in World War II. The company was first formed in August 1937 as the AiRover Company to produce a new lightplane design. It was soon renamed to honor Lockheed's first aircraft design. The AiRover Model 1 was an Orion fitted with a Unitwin engine, which featured two engines driving a single shaft. The AiRover Model 2 was a new design named the Starliner.

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  • The Vega Aircraft Corporation was a subsidiary of the Lockheed Aircraft Company responsible for much of its parent company's production in World War II. The company was first formed in August 1937 as the AiRover Company to produce a new lightplane design. It was soon renamed to honor Lockheed's first aircraft design. The AiRover Model 1 was an Orion fitted with a Unitwin engine, which featured two engines driving a single shaft. The AiRover Model 2 was a new design named the Starliner. One Starliner prototype was built and tested, but the design did not go into production. In 1940, with World War II already underway in Europe, Vega changed its focus from lightplanes to military aircraft. The company began by producing five NA-35 trainers under license with North American Aviation. Production by Vega really got underway with the Hudson, a patrol bomber designed for use by the Royal Air Force. Vega entered a partnership between three companies to produce the B-17 Flying Fortress. Of over 12,000 B-17s produced by war's end, 2,750 were built by Vega. The company also built two experimental B-17 variants, the XB-38 and the B-40. By the end of 1943, Vega had merged back into Lockheed, having far surpassed its original mission of producing lightplanes.
  • La Vega Aircraft Company era un'azienda aeronautica nata nel 1937 come filiale della Lockheed Corporation per l'elaborazione del progetto di un nuovo aereo leggero. Il nome originale dell'azienda era AiRover Company, presto cambiato in onore del primo velivolo prodotto dalla casa madre, il Lockheed Vega. La Vega, dopo aver prodotto alcuni prototipi civili, nel 1940 modificò la propria vocazione dalla progettazione di aerei civili alla costruzione di aerei miltari. Il primo aereo militare prodotto fu l'aereo da addestramento NA-35, seguito dal pattugliatore marittimo Lockheed Hudson, progettato per essere utilizzato dalla RAF. Successivamente la Vega entrò in un consorzio (formato, oltre alla Vega, dalla Boeing e dalla Douglas) chiamato BVD per la produzione in serie del bombardiere B-17 Flying Fortress. Alla fine della guerra, su oltre 12.000 bombardieri di questo tipo prodotti dalle aziende statunitensi, 2.750 furono prodotti proprio dalla Vega. Alla fine del 1943 la Vega venne accorpata all'interno della Lockheed Corporation, avendo di gran lunga superarto il suo scopo iniziale di produzione di aerei civili.
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  • The Vega Aircraft Corporation was a subsidiary of the Lockheed Aircraft Company responsible for much of its parent company's production in World War II. The company was first formed in August 1937 as the AiRover Company to produce a new lightplane design. It was soon renamed to honor Lockheed's first aircraft design. The AiRover Model 1 was an Orion fitted with a Unitwin engine, which featured two engines driving a single shaft. The AiRover Model 2 was a new design named the Starliner.
  • La Vega Aircraft Company era un'azienda aeronautica nata nel 1937 come filiale della Lockheed Corporation per l'elaborazione del progetto di un nuovo aereo leggero. Il nome originale dell'azienda era AiRover Company, presto cambiato in onore del primo velivolo prodotto dalla casa madre, il Lockheed Vega. La Vega, dopo aver prodotto alcuni prototipi civili, nel 1940 modificò la propria vocazione dalla progettazione di aerei civili alla costruzione di aerei miltari.
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  • Vega Aircraft Corporation
  • Vega Aircraft Company
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