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Description
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed | |
| Base model: | VEGA | |
| Designation: | Vega | |
| Version: | 5-B | |
| Basic role: | Utility Transport | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
History
| Date | Subject | Event |
| 1931/07/01 | Gatty, Harold | Around the world flight, 15,474 miles in 8 days 15 hours 51 minutes, in Lockheed Vega 5B 'The Winnie Mae' (NC105W). |
| 1932/05/21 | First woman to fly solo across the atlantic. Flew Lockheed Vega 5B (c/n 22 NC7952) taking 15 hours 18 minutes. | |
| 1932/08/25 | Flew coast to coast (Los Angeles to Newark) in 19 hours 5 minutes in a Lockheed Vega 5B (c/n 22, NC7952), breaking previous speed record. | |
| 1933/07/22 | Wiley Post flew his Lockheed Vega 5B 'The Winnie Mae' (C/n 122, NC105W) solo around the world in 7 days, 18 hours, 43 minutes covering 15,590 miles |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| National Air and Space Museum | Washington | Dist of Col |
Vega5-B on display
National Air and Space Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Melissa Broussard louisiana, LA | we are doing a project of amelia earhart for our daughters school project. we would like to have a model of one of her planes for her project but the prices of 150.00 dollars is way out of our budget. can you please help us fine something at more of a reasonable price. can you help us with this problem. thank your for your time. kirk and melissa broussard. 02/08/2008 @ 18:42 [ref: 19621] |
| Antonio F. P. Coppa Haedo, OTH | Tengo una modelo en escala 1/32 de un Lockheed Vega5-B y se rompio la cabina, desearia saber mas sobre este avion ya que esa maqueta es un recuerdo de familia
Muchas gracias 05/20/2005 @ 08:47 [ref: 10270] |
