Lockheed 18 Lodestar specs
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed |
| Country: |  United States of America |
| ICAO Type designator: | L18 |
| First flight: | 21 September 1939 |
| Production ended: | 19.. |
| Production total: | 624 |
| Series: | 18-07: Two 875 hp Pratt & Whitney Hornet S1E2-G engines; 25 built
18-08: Two 1200 hp Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp S1C3-G engines; 33 built 18-10: Two 1200 hp Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp S1C3-G engines; 39 built 18-14: Two 1200 hp Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp S4C4-G engines; 4 built. 18-40: Two 1200 hp Wright Cyclone G-1820-G104A engines; 26 built. 18-50: Two 1200 hp Wright Cyclone G-1820-G202A engines; 13 built 18-56: GR-1820-G205A, R-1820-40s or R-1820-87s engines C-56B: Impressed Model 18-40s with two Wright 1820-97 engines C-57: Two 1200 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830-53 engines C-57B: Based on Model 18-08 fitted for trooping; 7 built C-60: Model 18-56 with Wright R-1820-87 engines; 36 aircraft built C-60A: C-60 as paratroop transport with R-1830 Twin Wasp engines; 325 built Learstar: Conversion with 1425 hp Wright R-1820-C-9HD engines Lodestar IA: RAF designation of C-59 Lodestar II: RAF designation of C-60 R5O-3: 4-seater VIP transports R5O-5: US Navy version of the C-60 with 1200 hp Wright R-1820-40 engines R5O-6: C-60A for the US Marine Corps, equipped with 18 paratroop seats; 35 built Rausch Super 18 Hudstar: Lockheed Hudson with a Lodestar rear fuselage and tail VC-60A: VIP conversion of C-60A |
| Propulsion: | 2 piston engines |
| Maximum number of passengers: | 18 |
| Maximum take-off mass: | 7945 kg |
| ICAO Mass group: | 3 |
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