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- Amelia Earhart and the "Friendship" Crew with Other Notable Pilots at the New York Biltmore Hotel, July 6, 1928 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean on June 17-18, 1928. She did not pilot the plane but rode as a passenger with pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon. The trio flew in a Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor named <EM>Friendship</EM>. Four years later, Earhart crossed the Atlantic again -- this time as pilot on a solo flight.
- July 06, 1928
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Amelia Earhart and the "Friendship" Crew with Other Notable Pilots at the New York Biltmore Hotel, July 6, 1928
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean on June 17-18, 1928. She did not pilot the plane but rode as a passenger with pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon. The trio flew in a Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor named Friendship. Four years later, Earhart crossed the Atlantic again -- this time as pilot on a solo flight.
- Scrapbook of Aviation Photographs and Articles, circa 1928 - Kenneth Henderson compiled this scrapbook around 1928. It included photographs and newspaper clippings related to some of the top pilots and airplanes of the day. William Brock, Richard Byrd, Anthony Fokker, Charles Lindbergh, and Edward Schlee were among the aviators Henderson documented.
- circa 1928
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Scrapbook of Aviation Photographs and Articles, circa 1928
Kenneth Henderson compiled this scrapbook around 1928. It included photographs and newspaper clippings related to some of the top pilots and airplanes of the day. William Brock, Richard Byrd, Anthony Fokker, Charles Lindbergh, and Edward Schlee were among the aviators Henderson documented.
- Clarence Chamberlain, Amelia Earhart, and Charles L. Lawrance at the Opening of Islip Airport, New York, 1928 - After her June 1928 transatlantic flight with Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon, in which she became the first woman to fly the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart was given a hero's welcome wherever she went. Receptions in Southampton and London, England, were followed by a ticker-tape parade through New York City and a visit with President Calvin Coolidge at the White House.
- 1928
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Clarence Chamberlain, Amelia Earhart, and Charles L. Lawrance at the Opening of Islip Airport, New York, 1928
After her June 1928 transatlantic flight with Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon, in which she became the first woman to fly the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart was given a hero's welcome wherever she went. Receptions in Southampton and London, England, were followed by a ticker-tape parade through New York City and a visit with President Calvin Coolidge at the White House.
- "Air Cooled Rear Engined V-W Sedan with Heater and Overdrive" Volkswagen Advertisement, circa 1952 - The Volkswagen sedan made a virtue of its simplicity. The VW's rear-mounted engine was cooled by air, which eliminated the need for a radiator, coolant, and a pump to circulate the fluid. Fewer parts meant less weight, and less weight meant better fuel economy and reduced operating costs. Air entered the engine bay through vents below the rear window.
- circa 1950
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"Air Cooled Rear Engined V-W Sedan with Heater and Overdrive" Volkswagen Advertisement, circa 1952
The Volkswagen sedan made a virtue of its simplicity. The VW's rear-mounted engine was cooled by air, which eliminated the need for a radiator, coolant, and a pump to circulate the fluid. Fewer parts meant less weight, and less weight meant better fuel economy and reduced operating costs. Air entered the engine bay through vents below the rear window.