Pioneer transatlantic aircraft

Nine photos of the aircraft flown across the Atlantic by Alcock & Brown, Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart.

Amelia Earhart's Lockheed 5B Vega, Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, Washington DC, 15 May 2017 1. The first solo transatlantic flight by a woman was made in this aircraft. On 20 May 1932 Amelia Earhart flew from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, hoping to reach Paris like Lindbergh five years earlier. After a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes she landed in Northern Ireland, at Culmore, north of Londonderry.

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Amelia Earhart's Lockheed 5B Vega, Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, Washington DC, 15 May 2017 1. The first solo transatlantic flight by a woman was made in this aircraft. On 20 May 1932 Amelia Earhart flew from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, hoping to reach Paris like Lindbergh five years earlier. After a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes she landed in Northern Ireland, at Culmore, north of Londonderry.