Amelia Earhart, Lockheed Model 5C Vega Special

     

One-half left rear view from above of Amelia Earhart's  Lockheed Vega 5C (NR-965Y), in the midst of a large crowd, after completing her nonstop solo Hawaii to Oakland, California, flight on January 11-12, 1935.  Earhart can be seen standing in the cockpit.

Image Number: SI-73-4032
Credit: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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