Lockheed's proposal for jet transports | Aviation Week, January 9, 1950

Burbank-Lockheed Aircraft Corp. is the dark horse in the turbojet transport sweepstakes. Although nothing tangible has yet emerged from the sprawling Burbank plant, competitors all regard Lockheed as the outfit to beat in the scramble for the jet transport market.

Like many other West Coast engineers, the Lockheed technicians have a drawerful of jet transport design proposals, but the Lockheed management has a drawerful of "ifs" it wants answered before taking a multi-million dollar plunge into the jet transport business.