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There are two varieties of this novel air mail stamp, the
ordinary perforated 10-cenravos stamp of which 25,000 copies
were so treated for the occasion and a further 10,000 issued
imperforate.
Amelia Earhart Stamp
Another air stamp novelty hails from Central America, in
the form of a special issue dedicated to the United States
aviatrix, Miss Amelia Earhart, by the Mexican Government in ...
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 ... 1938. ADVERTISEMENTS. FLIGHT. 43
WESTLAND AIRCRAFT LTD
YEOVIL ENGLAND
THE DfSANDER Climbing
u. I'ltolo by Charles E. Brown.
s
Her own story
compiled from
har diaries
and log-books.
With photographs.
AMELIA EARHART'S
Last Flight
"A triumph of literary suspense—so that
we, though knowing the fate to come, cannot
out hold our breath while reading."
—Sunday Times.
2nd Large Printing, 9/- net
Because ...
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 ...LIGHT, MAY 27, 1932
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LADY LINDY'S LOCKHEED : Miss Earhart's Lockheed " Vega " monoplane in the field outside Londonderry,
after the Atlantic crossing.
MISS AMELIA EARHART'S ATLANTIC FLIGHT
First Woman to Accomplish Solo Crossing
FOR the first time in the History of Aeronautics the Atlantic has been conquered by a woman pilot, flying solo. This feat has...
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 ...wn life, as she had
been depressed since a sandstorm had destroyed her aero
plane, in which she had planned to recapture the women's
record for a long-distance flight that she had held until
Miss Amelia Earhart flew the Atlantic.
Miss Amelia Earhart Returning Home
ON June 8, Miss Amelia Earhart flew as passenger in
an Italian machine from Milan to Rome, where she was
received by the U.S. A...
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 ...d others who had a close connection with the races is being
held in London early next month, and Mr. H. L. Buckley, 87,
Victoria Street, London, S.W.i, asks those interested to com-
municate with him
AMELIA EARHART'S STORY
"Last Flight," by Amelia Earhart; gs., George G. Harrap
and Co., Ltd., 182, High Holborn, London, IV.C.i.
TN this book the late Mrs. Putnam—or, as she preferred to be
-*- known,...
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oceans and records fell beneath them.
In 1921 Adrienne Bolland crossed the Andes in the little open Caudron whose lovely scalloped wings moved above the crowds
at the 1953 Paris Aero Show. In 1928 Amelia Earhart was the first woman passenger to cross die North Atlantic, a claim to
fame which must seem curious to those who now regard diat ocean as an obstacle only a comfortable berth, a couple ...
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 ...on's premier
event will be conducted in
three parts: an out-and-return
race from Shoreham, a small
circuit race, and a longer race
as yet to be detailed.
1985 British Air-racing
events
June 8 Amelia Earhart
Race: London-Foyle Bridge,
FLIGHT International, 13 April 1985
Toyota sponsors
Lecomber Pitts
Brian Lecomber has been sponsored by Toyota for the 1985
airshow season. His Pitts (G...
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 ...0 for
graduate study and research in aero
space-related sciences and engineer
ing are announced by Zonta Inter
national (35 East Wacke Drive,
Chicago, Illinois 60601; telephone
[312] 346-1445). Amelia Earhart
Fellowships, established in 1938 as a
memorial to the pioneer, are offered
annually. Awards are mad© to women,
entering or continuing full-time
graduate programmes, who have
alrea...
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 ...ly using
her new long-range Lockheed "Orion."
has flown from New York to Burbank.
California, in 18 hr. 20 min. The west
10 east trip, for which the winds an
more favourable, was accomplished bv
Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam in 17 hr.
8 min...
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 ...l-plate " at the
Willesden works of the Scottish Aircraft
and Engineering Co., and the machine is
due for completion in four months. It
is intended to fly it out to New York for
the start.
Miss Amelia Earhart, who reached
Honolulu last Thursday week on the
first stage of a round-the-world flight in
a special Lockheed Electra, has been
forced to abandon her project pending
repairs to dam...
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 ...d that there were many present who
had attended every one of the twenty Wilbur Wright
Memorial Lectures. He made short reference to the latest
acquisition to the Science Museum, namely, the Super-
AMELIA EARHART AT
ISS AMELIA EARHART (Mrs. G. P. Putnam)
was the guest of honour at a reception held
at the Koyal Aero Club on Thursday last,
May 26. Miss Earhart was introduced to
the members by...
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 ... world
of aviation books a glimpse from behind the losing side
and has given it in a readable style which adds further
to the writings on that particular period. B.C.W.
Winged Legend The story of Amelia Earhart, by John
Burke (Arthur Barker Ltd, 5 Winsley St, Oxford Circus
London Wl; illustrated, £2 net). Nobody knows what hap
pened to Amelia Earhart; like Amy Johnson she disap
peared in f...
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 ...dified slightly to
avoid the very acute 300° turn
originally involved; a short leg
has been introduced at the
western end to provide two
turning points near Calshot.
The season begins with the
Amelia Earhart Race from
London (Leavesden) to
Londonderry (Northern
Ireland) on May 12. Last
year's Round London race ap
pears to have sown the seed
for other city-oriented events,
with Leices...
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 ...ieseler and Miss Liesel Bach
Germany, and Victor Glardon Switzerland in the aerobatic
and stunting contests. The transatlantic aviators, Dieu-
donne Costes, Maurice Bellonte, Rene Lefevre and Miss
Amelia Earhart were among the distinguished visitors.
French, German and Swiss planes were lined up in a row
in front of the grand stand and made an interesting
showing.
Maurice Bellonte opened th...
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 ...LIGHT. JANUARY 7, 1937.
Two women record holders
whose names appear in the
table below. (Above): Mile.
Maryse Hilz. (Right): Mrs.
Amelia Earhart Putnam
seen with the Lockheed
Electra "Flying Labora
tory '' belonging to Purdue
University.
Vultee, with supercharged 1,000 h.p. Wright Cyclone
engine, Richman and Merrill for th...
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 ...3<>4 FLIGHT. SEPTEMBER 19, 1935.
THE FOUR WINDS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS
THE SHAPE Ot IHiiMjo ou;,i_. UV ; A iaithiul copy ot the Wright biplaneglider' of 1902 has been made by Zander and W...
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 ... to have their
copies of FLIGHT accurate please make the necessary
corrections.
THE HISTORY MAKERS : Orville Wright, who thirty
years ago made the first aeroplane flight at Kitty Hawk,
N.C., and Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, the first woman
to make a West to East solo flight across the Atlantic, are
shown here at the new Franklin Memorial Institute,
Philadelphia, standing beneath the 'plane in which...
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 ...d of 16 flying hours.
There are some " Avians " which are almost historic
relics. Such is one which Lady Heath flew solo from Cape
Town, South Africa, to London, and which she eventually
sold to Miss Amelia Earhart, of trans-Atlantic fame. Since
then, Miss Earhart has flown it from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coast and back. An amusing story of this veteran machine
comes from America. It seems tha...
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 ...PRIVATE FLIGHT OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB
Scottish airspace—the BGA replies
On January 29 we summar
ised events and background to
the planned introduction of
the Blue 22 airway in Scot...
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 ...Y engines of about 1,000 h.p.
each.
Mr. Charles Putnam, Junior, has an-
nounced that his schooner is being fitted
out at San Francisco and will sail early
next month to search the South Seas for
Miss Amelia Earhart Putnam, who dis-
appeared while flying the Pacific last
July. Mr. Charles Putnam is not related
to Mr. George Putnam, Miss Earhart's
husband.
Figures from flight tests show that the
new...
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