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Amelia Earhart with her Electra 10E, NR16020, at Lockheed Aircraft Company, Burbank, California, December 1936. Earhart’s automobile is a tan 1936 Cord 812 Phaeton, powered by a liquid-cooled, normally-aspirated 289-cubic-inch (4.7 liters) Lycoming FB V-8 engine, rated at 117 horsepower at 3,600 r.p.m.
Probably the most famous use of the Electra was the highly modified Model 10E flown by Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. In July 1937, they disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean during an attempted round-the-world flight.
Earhart sits in the unfinished engine casing of the Lockheed Electra in this photograph. With its two engines and state-of-the-art communications equipment, the Electra was one of the most advanced aircrafts ever built.
Browse 139 authentic lockheed electra stock photos, high-res images, and pictures, or explore additional amelia earhart or biplane stock images to find the right photo at the right size and resolution for your project.
For decades, people have searched for Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, seen here undergoing maintenance in Hawaii during her attempted round-the-world flight in 1937.
This accession consists of six original photographs of Amelia Earhart, Fred Noonan, and her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra (NR16020) taken during a refueling stop at Caripito, Venezuela, on June 2, 1937, during Earhart's attempted around-the-world flight.
11 kwi 2017 · English: Amelia Earhart standing under nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra. Gelatin silver print, 1937. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of George R. Rinhart, in memory of Joan Rinhart.
