Amelia Earhart and the "Friendship" Crew in Nova Scotia before the Transatlantic Flight, June 8, 1928
THF255791 / Amelia Earhart and the "Friendship" Crew in Nova Scotia before the Transatlantic Flight, June 8, 1928
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Artifact Overview
When Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic in June 1928, she was a passenger. Pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon operated the Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor Friendship while Earhart kept the flight log. The three were delayed 13 days in departing Newfoundland for Great Britain, waiting for favorable weather and shedding unnecessary weight from their airplane.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
08 June 1928
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.26
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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Amelia Earhart, famous for the 1928 flight that made her the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, helped inaugurate transcontinental airline service in 1929. She posed with a Ford Tri-Motor in New York City's Pennsylvania Station. This early service had passengers traveling by train at night and by airplane during daylight. Total travel time to California was 51 hours.