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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NR16020 canonical 3

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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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