Lockheed Model 75 Saturn

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The Saturn (Model 75) was a small feeder airliner produced by [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] in the mid 1940s.

The design team, lead by Don Palmer, created a high-wing, twin-engine monoplane with 14 seats and a top speed of 228 mph (367 km/h).

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piloted the first flight on June 17, 1947. Lockheed had received 500
conditional orders for this aircraft, priced at $85,000 each.

But,
by the time the design was completed, the selling price had risen to
$100,000 and these orders had been cancelled, with war surplus [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] filling the same market at a quarter the price.

Lockheed lost $6 million from the development of the two prototypes, which were scrapped in 1948.