The record / 1930s

The Story & Historical Record

On 20 May 1932, Amelia Earhart took off alone from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, in her red Lockheed Vega 5B. About 15 hours and 2,026 miles later she landed in a field at Culmore, near Londonderry, Northern Ireland. She was the first woman, and the second person after Charles Lindbergh, to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic. The airplane is in the collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.A small top-down silhouette of the Lockheed Vega 5B sits at the chest, with one thin vertical line of type trailing behind it like a contrail: ATLANTIC SOLO, 20-21 MAY 1932.Garment-dyed heavyweight 100% ring-spun cotton, relaxed unisex fit, made to order and shipped from the US. Printed in white on a black tee, small and quiet, so the story is the thing people ask about.Sources Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Lockheed Vega 5B Smithsonian, Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega 5B Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Inside Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega Vega silhouette traced from the NACA Aircraft Circular No. 61 three-view (public domain), mirrored from the left half.

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