Daron Worldwide Lockheed Lockheed Vega Model Airplane

This high quality replica is handcrafted from mahogany and comes with a wooden base. Dimensions are 13.5"(L) X 12"(H) X 20"(Wingspan). Amelia Earhart was the first woman and only the second person (the other was Charles Lindberg) to make a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. On May 20 1932 she set off alone from Harbor Grace Newfoundland. The weather was a problem from the start and at one point in the flight ice on the wings forced her into a 3 000-foot unchecked descent. She finally managed to level off and constantly fighting fatigue she landed in a field near Culmore Londonderry Northern Ireland. She made the 2 026-mile flight in 14 hours 54 minutes. The aircraft she used was a bright red Lockheed Vega 5B a sleek new monoplane with a fully cantilevered wing and roomy cabin area. It was the first airplane built by Lockheed. The first one flew in 1927 and 131 were eventually manufactured.- SKU: DARON554

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