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And further, that on arrival of the plane in London full control of the disposition of the plane and of the time and services of employees shall be hers to the same extent until and unless the owner directs otherwise.” That she is to have control of the plane and of the disposal of the services of all employees as fully as if she were the owner. “This is to say that on arrival at Trepassey of the tri-motor Fokker plane “FRIENDSHIP” if any questions of policy, procedure, personnel or any other question arises the decision of Miss Amelia M. Layman, to Stultz and Gordon, dated, were very specific on this matter: She was, however, the aircraft commander. Miss Amelia Mary Earhart, a social worker living in Boston, was interviewed and was the candidate selected.Īlthough Earhart was a pilot with approximately 500 hours of flight experience, she did not act as a pilot on this flight. When her family ruled out her transoceanic journey, “an American girl of the right type” was selected to make the flight in her place. Guest was not a pilot, so Stultz and Gordon had been hired to fly the airplane. Amy Phipps Guest, however, was a multi- billionaire in her own right. She was married to Captain the Right Honourable Frederick Edward Guest P.C., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.P., a prominent British politician, former Secretary of State for Air, and a member of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council.
Guest was a daughter of Henry Phipps, Jr., an American industrialist. She chose the name Friendship for the airplane. Phipps, also known as Amy Phipps) for her to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air. Woodward then leased the airplane to Mrs. Byrd sold the new Fokker to Donald Woodward, heir to the Jell-O Corporation, for $62,000, and it was registered to his Mechanical Science Corp., of Le Roy, New York. Byrd for his Antarctic expedition, but because Ford Motor Company was a major sponsor, he made the decision to switch to a Ford Tri-Motor airplane. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1928), describing her adventure.įriendship had been originally ordered by Richard E. 40 min.-Our Flight in the Friendship (G.P. The orange and gold, float-equipped, three-engine monoplane had departed from Trepassey Harbor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and arrived at Burry Port, on the southwest coast of Wales, 20 hours, 40 minutes later.Īmelia Earhart wrote 20 hrs. Fokker F.VIIb/3m Friendship on Southampton Water, after the transatlantic flight.ġ7–18 June 1928: Amelia Mary Earhart became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air when she accompanied pilot Wilmer Lower Stultz and mechanic Louis Edward Gordon as a passenger aboard the Fokker F.VIIb/3m, NX4204, Friendship.
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