On May 20 - 21, 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman—and the second person after Charles Lindbergh—to fly nonstop and solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Flying this red Lockheed Vega 5B, she left ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Flying this specially modified Lockheed 5C Vega, famed aviator Wiley Post set many records and pioneered several ...

11:19 a.m. March 13, 2024: An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified in some instances, including photo captions, the research vessel Offshore Surveyor as the Offshore Explorer. After ...

Pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Learn how she used aviation to champion women’s independence and made history in her red Lockheed Vega 5B.