Lockheed Model 1, 2, and 5 Vega Family

The Lockheed Vega was a fast, high-wing wooden monoplane family that became a preferred aircraft for late-1920s and 1930s passenger service, exploration, racing, and record flights. Jack Northrop's cantilever wing and molded spruce monocoque fuselage combined low weight with a clean aerodynamic form. The Vega's speed and adaptability supported pioneering Arctic and Antarctic surveys, early passenger routes, solo ocean crossings, circumnavigations, and high-altitude research.