NR16020

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NR16020 was the Lockheed Electra 10E aircraft flown by Amelia Earhart on her ill-fated 1937 around-the-world attempt, whose disappearance remains one of aviation’s greatest mysteries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amelia Earhart aircraft
Lockheed Model 10 Electra
aircraft
aircraftCategory landplane
aircraftConfiguration all-metal monoplane
aircraftRole long-range transport
aircraftType Lockheed Electra 10E
aircraftVariant 10E Special
associatedMystery Amelia Earhart disappearance
associatedOrganization Lockheed Aircraft Company
Purdue University
associatedPerson Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
countryOfRegistration United States
crewCapacity 2
culturalSignificance one of aviation history’s most famous missing aircraft
dateOfDisappearance 1937-07-02
engineConfiguration twin-engine
engineType Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp
fate disappeared over central Pacific Ocean
firstFlightPurpose preparation for world flight
fundedBy Purdue Research Foundation
historicalEra interwar period
intendedDestinationOnLastLeg Howland Island NERFINISHED
lastKnownDepartureAirport Lae Airfield
linked to: Lae Nadzab Airport
lastKnownDepartureLocation Lae, New Guinea
linked to: Lae
lastKnownFlightLeg Lae to Howland Island
manufacturer Lockheed Aircraft Company
navigator Fred Noonan
notableEvent 1937 around-the-world flight attempt
disappearance over the Pacific Ocean
notablePassenger Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
operator Amelia Earhart
Purdue Research Foundation
pilot Amelia Earhart
propulsion piston-engine propeller
registration NR16020
registrationPrefix N
searchEffort subject of extensive U.S. Navy and Coast Guard search
sponsor Purdue University
status missing
usedFor aeronautical research
around-the-world flight attempt
long-distance aviation records
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane
yearOfDisappearance 1937

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