Lockheed Electra 10E
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The Lockheed Electra 10E is a twin‑engine all‑metal airliner of the 1930s, best known as the aircraft Amelia Earhart flew on her ill‑fated attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lockheed Electra 10E canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2396212 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lockheed Electra 10E Context triple: [Amelia Earhart, aircraftFlown, Lockheed Electra 10E]
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Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
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B.
Vickers Viscount airliner
The Vickers Viscount airliner was a pioneering British turboprop passenger aircraft renowned for its smooth, quiet operation and widespread use by airlines worldwide in the 1950s and 1960s.
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C.
Lockheed Hudson
The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and maritime patrol aircraft widely used by Allied forces, particularly early in World War II for coastal reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfare, and convoy protection.
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D.
Fokker F-27
The Fokker F-27 is a Dutch-built twin-engine turboprop airliner and military transport aircraft widely used around the world for regional passenger service and utility roles.
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E.
Bristol Hercules
The Bristol Hercules was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and transport aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lockheed Electra 10E Target entity description: The Lockheed Electra 10E is a twin‑engine all‑metal airliner of the 1930s, best known as the aircraft Amelia Earhart flew on her ill‑fated attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
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A.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
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B.
Vickers Viscount airliner
The Vickers Viscount airliner was a pioneering British turboprop passenger aircraft renowned for its smooth, quiet operation and widespread use by airlines worldwide in the 1950s and 1960s.
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C.
Lockheed Hudson
The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and maritime patrol aircraft widely used by Allied forces, particularly early in World War II for coastal reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfare, and convoy protection.
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D.
Fokker F-27
The Fokker F-27 is a Dutch-built twin-engine turboprop airliner and military transport aircraft widely used around the world for regional passenger service and utility roles.
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E.
Bristol Hercules
The Bristol Hercules was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and transport aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lockheed Model 10 Electra variant
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airliner ⓘ twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | civil transport aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftEra | 1930s ⓘ |
| aircraftManufacturer |
Lockheed Aircraft Company
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surface form:
Lockheed
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| aircraftRole |
long‑range transport
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passenger airliner ⓘ |
| aircraftSeries | Electra ⓘ |
| airframeType | semi‑monocoque ⓘ |
| configuration | low‑wing monoplane ⓘ |
| construction | all‑metal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| designedFor | short‑ to medium‑haul airline routes ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Lockheed Model 10 Electra ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | twin‑engine ⓘ |
| engineCount | 2 ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1934 ⓘ |
| fuselageMaterial | aluminum alloy ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
associated with Amelia Earhart’s final flight
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representative of 1930s all‑metal airliner design ⓘ |
| introduced | mid‑1930s ⓘ |
| landingGearType | retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Lockheed Aircraft Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
|
| notableAircraft | Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10E ⓘ |
| notableEvent | disappearance over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 during Amelia Earhart’s world flight attempt ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | two ⓘ |
| operator |
Amelia Earhart
ⓘ
Purdue Research Foundation ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | 10 ⓘ |
| powerplant |
Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine
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surface form:
Pratt & Whitney R‑1340 Wasp radial engine
|
| propellerType | two‑bladed variable‑pitch propellers ⓘ |
| propulsionType | piston‑engine propeller ⓘ |
| registrationOfNotableExample | NR16020 ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | Purdue Research Foundation ⓘ |
| tailNumberOfNotableExample | NR16020 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Amelia Earhart
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various U.S. airlines in the 1930s ⓘ |
| usedFor | attempted circumnavigation of the globe ⓘ |
| usedInYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| variantOf | Lockheed Model 10 Electra ⓘ |
| wingPlacement | low wing ⓘ |
| wingType | cantilever low wing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lockheed Electra 10E Description of subject: The Lockheed Electra 10E is a twin‑engine all‑metal airliner of the 1930s, best known as the aircraft Amelia Earhart flew on her ill‑fated attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.