Amelia Earhart and the "Friendship" Crew Leaving Burry Port for Southampton, June 19, 1928
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When Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic in June 1928, she was a passenger. Pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon operated the Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor Friendship while Earhart kept the flight log. The three were delayed 13 days in departing Newfoundland for Great Britain, waiting for favorable weather and shedding unnecessary weight from their airplane.
When Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic in June 1928, she was a passenger. Pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon operated the Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor Friendship while Earhart kept the flight log. The three were delayed 13 days in departing Newfoundland for Great Britain, waiting for favorable weather and shedding unnecessary weight from their airplane.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
19 June 1928
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.60
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: 10.125 in
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