Amelia Earhart's aircraft which was lost without trace over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

One of the world's most famous aircraft. This is Amelia Earhart's Lockheed 10, in which she unsuccessfully attempted to fly around the globe, and disappeared. This photo was taken only 3 days before she started her first attempt (westbound) from Oakland on 17 Mar 1937. That attempt ended a few days later when the aircraft ground-looped on take-off from Luke Field, Pearl Harbor, HI. It was shipped back to Oakland and repaired. Amelia then departed Oakland for her second attempt (eastbound) on 20 May 1937. But with her flight almost completed she disappeared at sea near Howland Island in the Central Pacific on 2 July 1937. On 19 Feb 1988 the FAA permanently reserved registration N16020 in the name of Amelia Earhart.

Amelia Earhart's Electra in flight over Cimahi, near Bandung, Java, during her fatal round-the-world attempt. Earhart and her navigator Frank Noonan spent a few days in Bandung while they had the Electra serviced by KNILM. Photo from: Wereldmuseum