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24–25 August 1932: Amelia Earhart flew her Lockheed Model 5B Vega, NR7952, from Los Angeles, California to Newark, New Jersey, a distance of 3,939.25 kilometers (2,447.74 miles), in 19 hours, 5 minutes. She had departed Los Angeles Municipal Airport (now known as LAX) at 7:26:54 p.m. Pacific Time, 24 August, and landed at Newark Municipal Airport at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time the following day. This set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) women’s World Record for Distance in a Straight Line Without Landing. He average speed for the flight was 206.42 kilometers per hour (128.27 miles per hour). She was the first woman to fly solo coast-to-coast. Less than a year later, she broke her own record by almost two hours.
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One of my many aviation heroes!
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Glad you enjoyed it SSgt Alex Robinson
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Love this! Just this past March I had friends in from Germany and took them to the Air and Space Museum here in DC. They loved it. We really enjoyed the exhibit on Amelia Earhart. Thank you for sharing this!
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PV2 (Join to see) that is one of my favorite places in the world. I could spend months there and never get tired of it.
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CW3 (Join to see) - I agree Chief! I love Udvar-Hazy by Dulles. I could so live there! LOL
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