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"The airplane, a Lockheed No. NR 16020, was really fascinating. It was obviously engineered and equipped for very long non-stop flights. The fuselage was solid gasoline tanks, two rows of them, from bulkhead to bulkhead, with just enough room between the tops of the tanks and the overhead for a person to be able to crawl from the stern to the cockpit on their tummy. Located in the stern, just opposite the main entrance door was a small table for the navigator's use. The radio transmitter was installed above this table. Jammed in what space they could find was a toilet." [[Joe Gurr] to [[Fred Goerner]], 3 May 1982.
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[[Image:parkinglot.jpg|thumb|300px|Lockheed Electra 10E Special at Burbank, California on May 21, 1937 just prior to the departure of the second world flight attempt. Noonan can be seen beside the open trunk of his Terraplane roadster. His wife, Mary Bea, stands near the front of the car. Amelia is talking with someone near the cabin door of the airplane.]]
|rowspan="2" |<br>Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10E Special at Burbank, California on May 21, 1937 just prior to the departure of the second world flight attempt. Noonan can be seen beside the open trunk of his Terraplane roadster. His wife, Mary Bea, stands near the front of the car. Amelia is talking with someone near the cabin door of the airplane.
 
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|align="center"| TIGHAR Photo, Carter/Johnson Collection.<br> © TIGHAR 1999. All rights reserved.
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* Questions about the [[Radio equipment| radio equipment onboard.]]
* Questions about the [[Radio equipment| radio equipment onboard.]]
== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==

Revision as of 18:21, 25 February 2009

"The airplane, a Lockheed No. NR 16020, was really fascinating. It was obviously engineered and equipped for very long non-stop flights. The fuselage was solid gasoline tanks, two rows of them, from bulkhead to bulkhead, with just enough room between the tops of the tanks and the overhead for a person to be able to crawl from the stern to the cockpit on their tummy. Located in the stern, just opposite the main entrance door was a small table for the navigator's use. The radio transmitter was installed above this table. Jammed in what space they could find was a toilet." [[Joe Gurr] to Fred Goerner, 3 May 1982.

Lockheed Electra 10E Special at Burbank, California on May 21, 1937 just prior to the departure of the second world flight attempt. Noonan can be seen beside the open trunk of his Terraplane roadster. His wife, Mary Bea, stands near the front of the car. Amelia is talking with someone near the cabin door of the airplane.

Gallery

  • AEinstrument.jpg

    AEinstrument.jpg

  • Electrairb.jpg

    Electrairb.jpg

  • headon.jpg

    headon.jpg

  • overheadplane.jpg

    overheadplane.jpg

  • planform.gif

    planform.gif

  • port.gif

    port.gif

  • sideview.jpg

    sideview.jpg

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