The San Diego Air & Space Museum Unviels Lockheed Vega 5B used in Movie "Ameila"

Photo: Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart in the movie, "Amelia" which opened in theaters 10-23-2009
On Friday, October 23, 2009, The San Diego Air & Space Museum unvieled the Lockheed Vega 5B used in the Movie "Amelia," which opened in theaters on October 23, 2009. Hilary Swank played Amelia Earhart.

The plane was created as a prop for the film and was donated to The San Diego Air & Space Museum by Avalon Pictures. Amelia Earhart flew a Lockheed Vega 5B on her historic solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

This movie features vignettes from her early years when Earhart was captivated by the sight of an aircraft flying overhead on the Kansas prairie where she grew up, her life over the preceding decade gradually unfolds. Also talks about her husband and her historic first women to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Also about when she failed and needed repair on the Lockheed L-10 Electra.

Amelia Earhart's Goggles Sold

Amelia Earnhart's goggles from her historic 1932 solo transatlantic flight on ProfilesInHistory.com were bidding on and sold for $141,600.

Amelia Earhart’s Flight Goggles to be Auctioned Off

Amelia Earnhart's original goggles worn during her historic 1932 record-breaking solo transatlantic flight. The flight broke various records including the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean twice, first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean, and the fastest transatlantic flight. These goggles were on loan and exhibited in the Earhart case next to her Lockheed Vega at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

These goggles worn by Amelia Earnhart will be action off by Profiles in History on October 8-9, 2009. The bidding begins at noon booth days and you can bid via person, mail, phone, fax, or internet at http://www.icollector.com/Hollywood-Auction-37_a5736
Goggle Features
Aluminum Frames with tinted glass lenses and fabric tape covering the upper and lower parts of the lens
Wool padding
Leather straps with metal hook to fasten
Winning bidder gets a typed letter signed by Earhart to aerial cinematographer, Rey Fernstrom, which she discusses the goggles

Amelia Earhart Exhibit Opens Oct. 24 at The Museum of Flight

Photo courtesy of Boeing.com (Amelia Earhart)
The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington has set together a new exhibit about the life and times famous American pilot, Amelia Earhart and it'll be opening Saturday, August 24, 2009 entitled "In Search of Amelia Earhart." The exhibit will feature her original personal artifacts, as well as photos, newspapers, and newsreel footage. The exhibit will run until May, 2010.

For more information: 206-764-5720 or http://www.museumofflight.org/