Earhart in Oakland. Amelia had just become the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the US mainland. By 1935 this was no longer a major aviation milestone, but it still meant a dangerous 19-hour flight. Photo from: Purdue University Libraries

Amelia Earhart's Vega NR965Y, almost certainly seen at Wheeler Field before her 19-hour flight to Oakland, California. Photo from: Purdue University Libraries

Built in 1931, this Vega was used, as NR965Y, by Amelia Earhart to fly to from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California on 11 January 1935. She also took it from LA to Mexico City and from Mexico to Newark. The tailfin records a speedy NY to LA flight as well. The name Record Breaker was given by later owner Glover Ruckstell, who bought the plane in 1939 for sightseeing flights, presumably over the Grand Canyon. Photo from: State of Hawaii Department of Transportation