Lockheed Vega, Card No 36 (JPAeroplanes 1935)

Civilian Aircraft 1935 (John Player)

Card No. 36  : The LOCKHEED VEGA (U.S.A.)

The "Vega" is a successful high-speed type of small commercial monoplane built in the United States in considerable numbers. It carries a pilot, situated in a cockpit just below the leading edge of the wing and six passengers in a small cabin behind. The late Commander Glen Kidston used a "Vega" on his record-breaking flight to the Cape, and the machine illustrated was flown round the world in 187 flying hours by Wiley Post in 1933. Miss Amelia Earhart also used a "Vega" on the first solo flight across the Pacific in January, 1935.