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The
Notable Flights of Amelia Earhart
|
Date |
Departure |
Destination |
Distance
|
Time |
Aircraft |
Notes |
|
17-18
June 1928 |
Harbour
Grace, Newfoundland, Canada |
Burry
Port, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
2,246
mi |
20
hrs, 40 min |
Fokker
F7 Friendship |
First
woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger |
|
18
Aug. 1929 |
Clover
Field, Santa Monica, California |
Cleveland,
Ohio |
2,800
mi |
9
days |
Lockheed
Vega 1 (c/n 36) |
Women's
Air Derby (Powder Puff Derby), 3rd place |
|
22
Nov 1929 |
Van
Nuys Airport, Los Angeles |
Van
Nuys Airport, Los Angeles |
3
km |
|
Lockheed
Vega 5A Executive (c/n 107, NC538M) |
NAA
women's speed record over one mile: 184·17 mph (296·38
km/h) average* |
|
25
June 1930 |
Grosse
Isle Airport, Detroit |
Grosse
Isle Airport, Detroit |
100
km |
|
Lockheed
Vega DL-1 (c/n 135, NC497H) |
NAA
100-km
women's world speed record without load at 174·9 mph
(281·4 km/h), and with 500 kg (1 ,102 lb) load at 171·4
mph (275·8 km/h). |
|
20-21
May 1932 |
Harbour
Grace, Newfoundland, Canada |
Culmore,
Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
2,026
mi |
14
hrs, 56 min |
Lockheed
Vega 5B (c/n 22, NC7952) |
First
solo flight across the Atlantic by a woman |
|
24-25
Aug. 1932 |
Burbank,
Los Angeles |
Newark,
NJ |
2,447.8
mi |
19
hrs, 5 min |
Lockheed
Vega 5B (c/n 22, NC7952) |
First
non-stop transcontinental flight by a woman |
|
July
7-8, 1933 |
Burbank,
Los Angeles |
Newark,
NJ |
2,447.8
mi |
17
hrs, 7 min |
Lockheed
Vega 5B (c/n 22, NC7952) |
Repeated
previous transcontinental flight and broke her record |
|
11-12
Jan. 1935 |
Honolulu,
Hawaii |
Oakland,
California |
2,408
mi |
17
hrs, 7 min |
Lockheed
Vega 5C Special (c/n 171, NC965Y)) |
First
solo flight from Hawaii to California |
|
19-20
Apr. 1935 |
Burbank,
Los Angeles |
Mexico
City |
1,700
mi |
13
hrs 23 min |
Lockheed
Vega 5C Special (c/n 171, NC965Y) |
First
solo flight from Los Angeles to Mexico City |
|
8
May 1935 |
Mexico
City |
Newark,
NJ |
2,125
mi |
14
hrs, 19 min |
Lockheed
Vega 5C Special (c/n 171, NC965Y) |
First
person flying non-stop from Mexico to Newark |
|
1936 |
Los
Angeles |
New
York |
|
|
Lockheed 10E Electra (c/n 1055, NR16020) Flying Laboratory |
Bendix
Trophy Race, 5th place |
|
17
Mar. 1937 |
Oakland,
California |
Honolulu,
Hawaii |
2,408
mi |
15
hrs, 47 min |
Lockheed 10E Electra (c/n 1055, NR16020) Flying Laboratory |
First
attempt of round-the-world trip |
|
21
May 1937 |
Oakland,
California |
Round-the-world
(Oakland, Burbank, Tucson, New Orleans, Miami, San Juan, Caripito,
Paramaribo, Fortaleza, Natal, Saint-Louis, Dakar, Gao, Fort
Lamy, El Fasher, Khartoum, Massawa, Assab, Karachi, Calcutta,
Akyab, Rangoon, Bangkok, Singapore, Bandung, Surabaya, Kupang,
Darwin, Lae, vicinity of Howland Island and disappeared) |
22,000
mi |
39
days |
Lockheed 10E Electra (c/n 1055, NR16020) Flying Laboratory |
First
person to fly from the Red Sea to Karachi |
 |
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Notes
* Not ratified by the Fédération Aéronautique
Internationale as she did not fly the mandated three kilometres.
Sources
Butler, S. East to Dawn, The Life of Amelia Earhart.
Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1997.
Brady, T. The American Aviation Experience: A History.
Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 2000.
Francillon, R. J. Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913. Annapolis,
Md: Naval Institute Press, 1987.
Morrissey, M. E. and C. L. Osborne. Amelia, My Courageous
Sister: Biography of Amelia Earhart. Santa Clara, Calif.:
Osborne Publisher, 1987.
Winters, K. Amelia Earhart: The Turbulent Life of an American
Icon. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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