Lockheed XC-35

XC-35
Lockheed XC-35
Role Experimental
National origin United States
Manufacturer Lockheed
First flight 9 May 1937
Introduction 1937
Status In storage at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum
Primary user United States Army Air Corps
Number built 1
Developed from Lockheed Model 10 Electra

The Lockheed XC-35 is a twin-engine, experimental pressurized airplane. It was the second American aircraft to feature cabin pressurization. It was initially described as a "supercharged cabins" by the Army. The XC-35 was a development of the Lockheed Model 10 Electra that was designed to meet a 1935 request by the United States Army Air Corps for an aircraft with a pressurized cabin.

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