Atlas: Expeditions Through Time

Vehicle

Lockheed Electra 10E

Twin-engine aircraft modified for Earhart’s long-distance world-flight attempt.

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Related expeditions

1 June 1937–2 July 1937

Earhart’s 1937 World Flight

Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan flew an equatorial route around most of the world before disappearing between Lae and Howland Island.

Sources and further reading

  1. Amelia Earhart, National Air and Space Museum. World-flight route, chronology, aircraft, and disappearance.
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