Sujet

Lockheed Vega 5B flown by Amelia Earhart, 1927-1929. Creator: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.

Légende

NR7952. High-speed cabin monoplane with cantilever wings and streamlined design. On May 20-21, 1932, Amelia Earhart flew this Vega across the Atlantic Ocean becoming the first woman to fly, and only the second person to solo, the Atlantic. Vegas were highly prized as racing and record-setting aircraft, and as seven-place airliners. Amelia Earhart set two of her many aviation records in this bright red Lockheed 5B Vega. In 1932 she flew it alone across the Atlantic Ocean, then flew it nonstop across the United States-both firsts for a woman. Introduced in 1927, the Vega was the first product of designer Jack Northrop and Allan Loughead's Lockheed Aircraft Company.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A88_093

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

144,0Mo (3,6Mo) / 73,6cm x 49,0cm / 8688 x 5792 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation technology education country flight color aeroplane aircraft plane airplane location century first aviation concept twenties transatlantic trans-atlantic air Transport United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution 1920s National Air and Space Museum Educational Institution 20th century air and space museum American America USA scientific institution object united states Amelia Heritage Art NASM CRAFT-Aircraft Amelia Earhart Earhart Amelia Mary Amelia Mary Earhart Putnam Amelia Earhart Putnam Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Lockheed Corporation Lockheed Aircraft Company Lockheed Aircraft Co. Fuselage: wooden monocoque Wings: wooden cantilever