Lockheed Vega

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aircraft airliner high-wing monoplane utility aircraft

The Lockheed Vega is a high-wing monoplane airliner and utility aircraft of the late 1920s and early 1930s, famed for its use by pioneering aviators such as Amelia Earhart and Wiley Post on record-setting flights.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft → airliner → high-wing monoplane → utility aircraft →
aircraftConfiguration	cantilever monoplane → high-wing →
aircraftRole	airliner → passenger transport → record-setting aircraft → utility transport →
category	1920s United States airliners → single-engined tractor aircraft →
constructionMaterial	wood →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
crew	1 →
designer	Gerard Vultee → Jack Northrop →
displayedAt	Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum →
engineConfiguration	single-engine →
engineType	radial piston engine →
famousExample	Amelia Earhart’s red Vega 5B → Wiley Post’s Winnie Mae →
firstFlight	1927 →
fuselageConstruction	monocoque →
introduced	late 1920s →
landingGearType	fixed tailwheel →
manufacturer	Lockheed Aircraft Company →
notableUser	Amelia Earhart → Harold Gatty → Hugh Herndon Jr. → Wiley Post →
numberBuiltApproximate	100 →
operator	Transcontinental Air Transport → United States Army Air Corps → United States Navy → Western Air Express →
productionPeriod	early 1930s → late 1920s →
recordAssociatedWith	Amelia Earhart solo transatlantic flight 1932 → Wiley Post first solo around-the-world flight 1933 → altitude records →
typicalPassengerCapacity	6 →
usedFor	airline service → exploration flights → long-distance flights → record attempts →
usedInEra	1930s → late 1920s →
wingType	cantilever →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Amelia Earhart ("Lockheed Vega 5B") →	aircraftFlown
Lockheed Vega ("Amelia Earhart’s red Vega 5B") →	famousExample
Wiley Post ("Lockheed Vega "Winnie Mae"") →	operatedAircraft
Wiley Post ("Lockheed Vega "Winnie Mae"") →	usedAircraft
Wright J-5C Whirlwind →	usedInAircraft