Flying While Standing Still

Standard Oil’s Lockheed Vega, painted as an eagle, sits quietly on the ramp. The Vega was Lockheed’s first aircraft, and one of the fastest and most capable of its time. The National Air and Space Museum has two Vegas, flown by Amelia Earhart and Wylie Post respectively on record-breaking flights

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