Lockheed always made pretty airplanes, and this is no exception. God knows how much time was spent on polishing for the show.
I think there's a bit of a self portrait in there somewhere.
Our friend John Bouyea works for FlightPrep, who has a booth at Oshkosh every year, and always bemoans the fact that he never has a chance to see any part of the show that doesn't involve the immediate environs of whatever hangar he's stuck in.
John loves airplanes, and it must be absolute torture to be stuck so close to nirvana and not be able to go take part. He's building a KR-2 and is incredibly knowledgable about everything aviation.
My nefarious plot was to take a whole bunch of pictures of incredibly boring Cessna 172's, and then take them by the FlightPrep booth and regale him with "Oooh, look at those wheelpants, that must be custom paint", and "take a look at the upholstery in that one..."
Lockheed L.10A Electra
Globe Swift
Globe Swifts are pretty, especially the ones with the slotted cowl.
All the Globe Swift information you would ever want to know can be found here.
Mooney Mite, N393A
Aaaaaw, the little jewel of the Mooney line. Nice example too.
Boeing Boeing Boeing PT17
Very nice picture, see large version...
You could almost get away with making these pictures black and white, and try to pass them off as pictures from 1940.
Ryan PT-22 (ST-A)
Fun.
