The successful completion of an aircraft purchase is often framed as a milestone. Yet for the unprepared first-time aircraft buyer, the acquisition is merely the entry fee to a complex and expensive financial ecosystem. Most first-time buyers fixate on the sticker price: the initial investment to close the deal. However, the true cost of ownership is […]
Church was a licensed pilot, so she originally applied to Boeing Air Transport hoping to become a pilot, but women were not hired as airline pilots at the time. Instead, she proposed that airlines place trained nurses aboard flights to reassure nervous passengers during the early years of commercial aviation, when flying was still considered […]
The aircraft was the same model Earhart had used for several of her record-setting flights. The Lockheed Vega was a single-engine aircraft famous for long-distance flights and was also used by other pioneering aviators of the era. Lastly, during the flight, Earhart carried approximately 35 pieces of commemorative mail aboard the aircraft.
