Group photo on steps of Langley Research Building in 1928. front row, left to right: E.A. Meyers, Elton Miller, Amelia Earhart, Henry Reid, and Lt. Col. Jacob W.S. Wuest. Back row, left to right: Carlton Kemper, Raymond Sharp, Thomas Carroll, (unknown person behind A.E.), and Fred Weick. During her tour of Langley in November 1928, Amelia Earhart had part of her raccoon(?) fur coat sucked into the 11 Inch High Speed Tunnel. To her left are Henry Reid and Co. Jacob Wuest, Langley base commander.
christening City of New York before its first transcontinental air transport flight in New York City Check out for more pics: tco 07zkDhTmZs tco N79lUTQBm4
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Studio portrait of Amelia Earhart, c. 1932. Putnam specifically instructed Earhart to disguise a "gap-toothed" smile by keeping her mouth closed in formal photographs.
became the first woman awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and later received ’s Legion of Honour and the US Congressional Gold Medal for flying solo across the Atlantic and landing in Northern Ireland on May 21st
and her navigator with a map of the that shows the planned route of their last flight The plane in the back is a Lockheed Model 10 Electra in which they disappeared due to navigation problems near the Phoenix Islands in mid-ocean on 2 July 736x490
and her navigator with a map of the that shows the planned route of their last flight The plane in the back is a Lockheed Model 10 Electra in which they disappeared due to navigation problems near the Phoenix Islands in mid-ocean on 2 July 736x490