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ACROBATICS

... in his Pitts Special, a free-fall parachute display team, Members of the Eglinton Fying Club who are preparing for the Amelia Earhart celebrations at the weekend. 20TLS44 ...

Published: Wednesday 19 May 1982
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 54 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

place at museum

... place at museum Amelia Earhart's little red Lockheed Vega plane is on permanent display at the United States National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC. The plane was not only used for the historic flight to Londonderry in 1932 ...

Published: Wednesday 19 May 1982
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 52 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

EMORIAL AMELIA EPIC FLIGHT

... pllots from various parts of the United Kingdom, Europe and America, at a special barbecue to mark the opening of the Amelia Earhart Golden Jubilee celebrations. A spokesman for the Flying Club said they had received numerous enquiries about the barbecue ...

Published: Wednesday 19 May 1982
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 134 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

EARHART'S First Trans-Atlantic telephone call from Derry

... heard that the plane had crossed the Atlantic nonstop and absolutely astonished that the pilot was a slightly-built woman, Amelia Earhart, also known as Lady Lindy because of her close facial resemblance to Charles Lindberg, one of the world’s leading aviators ...

Published: Wednesday 19 May 1982
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 191 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

A SPECIAL BARBECUE TO MARK THE OCCASION

... SPECIAL BARBECUE TO MARK THE OCCASION The Eglinton Flying Club will, at the weekend, celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Amelia Earhart’s solo crossing of the Atlantic in 1932, The celebrations will involve a fly-in by pilots from many clubs throughout the ...

Published: Wednesday 19 May 1982
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 124 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

ABSTRACT NOTION

... of paths which, based on compass markings, converge. It will be situated high on a ridge at the end of the field where Amelia Earhart The dimensions of the sculpture are: T‘lg(hmn; breadth 200 ft. and height 3ft. Thecolumitsdfwu@simedh wmsfumynunpommn ...

Published: Wednesday 19 May 1982
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 85 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

WALL RELIEF

... Awards Commission, the Guinness Peat Aviation Award and was commissioned by the Londonderry City Council to work on the Amelia Earhart Memorial Sculpture. g B ...

Published: Wednesday 19 May 1982
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 71 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Fliers in tribute to Amelia

... Fliers in tribute to Amelia THIS weekend is the 50th anniversary of Amelia Earhart’s Ristoric solo flight from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to Londonderry. To mark the event, a host of jubilee celebrations are m‘guhn glwein the city, goy Londonderry City ...

Published: Friday 21 May 1982
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 174 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

TODAY’S EVENTS

... arne. 6v’fm,.t:' vehicie and engine m 2p.m. Y ® Kuflng:' M':i-a‘mmn Races, Ballymena Showgrounds, 1 celebrations to mark Amelia Earhart's solo transatiantic flight, Eglinton Airport, l;ondondony. s ® Ballyciare Civic Week starts with fancy dress parade, ...

Published: Saturday 22 May 1982
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 371 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

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... delayed the arrival of planes at Eglinton Airport outside Londonderry today for the 50th anniversary celebrations to mark Amelia Earhart's historic cros• Atlantic flight. About 50 planes were expected to have arrived at the airport by last night from as far ...

Published: Saturday 22 May 1982
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1829 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Derry honours the Earhart touch-down

... Derry honours the Earhart touch-down THE £3,000 “totem” pole commissioned by Londonderry City Council as a memorial toe Amelia Earhart, who, 50 years ago, touched down th(:»n fztrhse oubkirtlzz:f the ci ter irst transA - tic soZ %'ght by a woman, was i ...

Published: Monday 24 May 1982
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 305 | Page: 2 | Tags: none