PAT LOOP COLLECTION
No. 4205. Lockheed 5B Vega (NC105W c/n 122)
Photographed at Lockheed Factory, Burbank, California, USA, ca. 1929, by Norman Loop

Lockheed 5B Vega

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Words on side of the fuselage says "F.C.Hall Oklahoma City Okla." Hall was the purchaser of this aircraft. Wiley Post was his personal pilot.

05/22/2005. Remarks by Pat Loop: "The 'Winnie May' made the first flight around the world in 8 days, 16 hours, piloted by Wiley Post with Harold Gatty as navigator, in June 1931. Wiley Post also made the first solo flight around the world in this aircraft, in 7 days, 19 hours, in July 1933."

Created May 22, 2005