RECORD OCEAN FLIGHTS Part 1

Description

Summary: Covers flight of Amelia Earhart From Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland to Barry Point, Wales on 17 - 18 June 1928, in the Fokker C-2 seaplane "friendship," accompanied by Willmer Stultz and Louis Gordon. Also covers the flight or Roger Q. Williams and Capt Lewis A. Yancey from Old Orchard, Maine to Santander, Spain in the Bellanca monoplane "PathFinder", on 8 - 11 July 1929. Shows Earhart, Stultz and Gordon; the "friendship" taxiing on water, taking off and landing; Earhart and party arriving at Southampton, England; wreck of Williams and Yancey's original Bellanca monoplane - the "Green Flash"--at Old Orchard; the "Pathfinder" taking off; Benito Mussolini waiting with other Italian officals to greet Williams and Yancey; and arrival of the "Pahfinder" in Rome. Good

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities