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800px-Lockheed Vega 5b Smithsonian

A red Lockheed Vega 5b flown by Amelia Earhart in breaking two world records.

The Vega is a six-passenger monoplane built by the Lockheed company starting in 1927. It became famous for its use by a number of record breaking pilots who were attracted to the rugged and very long-range design. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic single handed in one, and Wiley Post flew his around the world twice.

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