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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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lockheed Vega canonical 3
Lockheed Vega "Winnie Mae" 2
Amelia Earhart’s red Vega 5B 1

Statements (49)

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew 1 ⓘ
designer Gerard Vultee ⓘ
Jack Northrop ⓘ
displayedAt National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
engineConfiguration single-engine ⓘ
engineType radial piston engine ⓘ
famousExample Lockheed Vega self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wright J-5C Whirlwind → usedInAircraft → Lockheed Vega ⓘ
Amelia Earhart → aircraftFlown → Lockheed Vega ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lockheed Vega 5B
Wiley Post → usedAircraft → Lockheed Vega ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lockheed Vega "Winnie Mae"
Wiley Post → operatedAircraft → Lockheed Vega ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lockheed Vega "Winnie Mae"
Lockheed Vega → famousExample → Lockheed Vega self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amelia Earhart’s red Vega 5B
Wiley Post’s Winnie Mae → aircraftType → Lockheed Vega ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lockheed Vega 5C
Lockheed Aircraft Company → developed → Lockheed Vega ⓘ
Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine → usedInAircraft → Lockheed Vega ⓘ
subject surface form: Pratt & Whitney Wasp