Plane Gallery

Lindbergh-Tingmissartoq-157 242

Charles Lindbergh and his wife in their "Lockheed Sirius Plane", prepare to take-off from sea. In 1933, Lindbergh and his wife Ann Morrow, flew the Sirius to the Far East in a circumnavigation of the North Atlantic. In Anmagssalik, Greenland, the plane received a new name given by a local boy "Tingmissartoq" which means "one who flies like a bird". The Lindberghs continued through Europe to Moscow, then to Africa and across the South Atlantic to Brazil. The plane appeared in the sky over New York 19 December 1933, as the city turned out to greet the Lindbergh's. Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote a best selling book about the trip "North to the Orient". / AFP PHOTO / -

© Agence France-Presse (AFP) - All Rights Reserved

Aviation-Boeing 747

An Air France Boeing 747 is seen just before its landing at Orly's airport, on February 08, 1970, after a test flight. On September 30, 1968, the first 747 was rolled out of the Everett assembly building before the world's press and representatives of the 26 airlines that had ordered the plane, and first flight took place on February 09, 1969. The Boeing 747, called also "Jumbo Jet", entered service on January 21, 1970, on Pan Am's New York–London route. / AFP PHOTO

© Agence France-Presse (AFP) - All Rights Reserved

Amelia Earhart at the controls of her plane

(FILES)An undated picture taken in the 1930 s shows American female aviator Amelia Earhart at the controls of her plane. An aviation museum in the US state of Ohio that believed it was displaying a hair sample from famed flyer Amelia Earhart made an unfortunate discovery, after DNA analysis revealed it to be a piece of thread reported on October 21, 2009. "In a disappointing turn of events," as Cleveland's International Women's Air and Space Museum described it in a statement, the lock of "hair" in their possession since 1986 was revealed as thread only after they put it on display this year. Earhart, one of the greatest female pilots in the history of US aviation, disappeared over the Pacific in 1937 at the age of 60 while attempting a solo flight around the world. The thread remains on display at the museum as part of an Earhart exhibition that is on show until November 15, 2009. AFP PHOTO/FILES / AFP PHOTO / STAFF

© Agence France-Presse (AFP) - All Rights Reserved