What was the name of the airplane that Amelia Earhart flew in when she made her trip across the Atlantic?

looney_tunes

Amelia was asked to accompany pilot Wilmer Stultz and co-pilot/mechanic Louis Gordon on a trans-Atlantic flight, nominally as a passenger, but with the added duty of keeping the flight log. The team departed Trepassey Harbor, Newfoundland in a Fokker F.VIIb/3m called Friendship on 17 June 1928, landing at Burry Port (near Llanelli), Wales, United Kingdom, exactly 20 hours and 40 minutes later. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_F.VII Sep 06 08, 6:56 PM

zbeckabee

Lockheed Vega, Amelia Earhart's, 'Little Red Bus' The Vega was a six-passenger monoplane built by the Lockheed company starting in 1927. It became famous for its use by a number of record breaking pilots who were attracted to the rugged and very long-ranged design. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic single handed in one, and Wiley Post flew his around the world twice. http://modelairplanespro.com/pro1262929.html The Winnie's were plated (On the other hand, Earhart's Vega, the "Little Red Bus", had the stock, gloss black rods). http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal8/7501-7600/gal7549-Vega-Presley/00.shtm Sep 07 08, 7:24 AM

22crows

For her solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932, she flew a single engine Lockheed Vega 5b. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart That year [in 1935], once more flying her faithful Vega which she had tagged "old Bessie, the fire horse," Earhart soloed from Los Angeles to Mexico City on 19 April. Sep 07 08, 7:33 AM