Lockheed Vega
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The Lockheed Vega is an American five- to seven-seat high-wing monoplane airliner built by the Lockheed Corporation starting in 1927. It became famous for its use by a number of record-breaking pilots
Lockheed Vega 2 D
Lockheed Vega Cockpit
The Lockheed 5B Vega that Amelia Earhart flew across the Atlantic.
Wiley Post's "Winnie Mae", in which he circled the globe, and proved the existence of the Jet Stream.
Wiley Post
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Wiley Hardeman Post was an American aviator during the interwar period and the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Known for his work in high-altitude flying, he helped develop one of the first
Lockheed Vega
…pilots who were attracted to its high speed and long range. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in one, and Wiley Post used his to prove the existence of the jet stream after flying around the world twice. Designed by John Knudsen Northrop and Gerald Vultee, both of…
Post in 1931
Winnie Mae, Wiley Post's Lockheed Vega on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Wiley Post with Harold Gatty in Germany, 1931
Post in his third pressure suit