Corgi Diecast Smithsonian Collection Amelia Earhart Lockheed 5B Vega Miniature Scale Display Model Aircraft CS91303, Red 10.7cm x 3.7cm x 10.7cm

Style: Amelia Earhart Lockheed 5B Vega

Features

• Corgi is a premier line of diecast products that feature aircraft, trucks, tanks emergency vehicles and buses that has been producing models for over 50 years.
• The Smithsonian celebrates human history through technological innovation highlighting exceptional moments that created progress through science, art, culture, and education. The museum educates the public on significant events in history from all over the world and hopefully inpires future generations by sharing these amazing stories and in turn sparks the imagination creating more innovators.
• Explore the history of flight through the Smithsonian Collection. Take off in these historical airplanes and discover the magic in the air that has been there since it was created, celebrating aviation and the brave pilots that flew them.
• Each of the Smithsonian models comes complete with its very own display stand, making it the perfect beginner range for model collectors. This fit the box scale model is made completely of die-cast, model is the perfect size as a desk or shelf ornament. Makes a perfect gift for any person interested in aviation!
• Each models contains small details such as the panel and rivet lines throughout the fully painted model that fits perfectly into the palm of your hand.
• Target gender: unisex

Description

A true aviator; it is hard to find anyone that hasn't heard of Amelia Earhart. Setting many records in her short lifetime, 1897-1937/39, she gained fame and was known for her bravery and ambition. Flying her "Little Red Bus," this Lockheed 5B Vega, Earhart set two world records in her dependabe aircraft, among the many other records she collected. First, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1932 taking her about 15 hours to do the Transatlantic flight winning several awards for the treacherous feat, after Charles Lindbergh accomplished the same five years before. Second, only a couple months later, August 24-25, 1932 set the record for the the first solo nonstop US transcontinental flight by a woman from Los Angeles to Newark in 19 hours and 5 minutes for a total of 2,477 miles. With all of Amelia Earhart's accomplishments, the trip that made her a legend was the one that she was also lost at sea to never be found when she tried to be the first person to take the long route to circumnavigate the world as close the equator as possible. The longest flight considered at around 29,000 miles in a Lockheed Electra 10E, making it over 22,000 miles before all communication was lost outside of Howland Island where she was expected to refuel. Amelia Earhart helped clear the path for other women to find a career in dominantly male professions, inpiring many women and men alike to pursue aviation and convincing anyone with a dream it is always worth it to shoot for the stars.

Product Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 6 inches

Item Weight: 3.59 ounces

Country of Origin: China

Item model number: CS91303

Manufacturer recommended age: 14 years and up

Release date: September 29, 2022

Language: English

Manufacturer: Hornby Hobbies