Amelia Earhart aboard "Friendship" at Burry Port after the Transatlantic Flight, June 18, 1928

Summary

In June 1928 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, but largely as a passenger. Pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon operated the Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor Friendship while Earhart kept the flight log. Their flight took them from Trepassey Harbour, Newfoundland, to Burry Port, Wales, in 20 hours and 40 minutes.

In June 1928 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, but largely as a passenger. Pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon operated the Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor Friendship while Earhart kept the flight log. Their flight took them from Trepassey Harbour, Newfoundland, to Burry Port, Wales, in 20 hours and 40 minutes.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

18 June 1928

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1629.41

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 10 in

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