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- Replica of the Gimbel National Award Medal Presented to Amelia Earhart after Her Solo Atlantic Flight, 1932 - In 1928 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, but she was only a passenger. Pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon controlled the airplane. Four years later Earhart repeated the trip, by herself, at the controls of a Lockheed Vega. Earhart's flight took her from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland in 14 hours, 56 minutes.
- 1932
- Collections - Artifact
Replica of the Gimbel National Award Medal Presented to Amelia Earhart after Her Solo Atlantic Flight, 1932
In 1928 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, but she was only a passenger. Pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon controlled the airplane. Four years later Earhart repeated the trip, by herself, at the controls of a Lockheed Vega. Earhart's flight took her from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland in 14 hours, 56 minutes.