Alone Among the Stars: Aviation in Harbour Grace, NL (1919-Present) Alone Among the Stars: Aviation in Harbour Grace, NL (1919-Present) Conception Bay Museum
The new Aviation Room at the Conception Bay Museum reopened on May 20, 2022, 90 years after Earhart’s historic flight. The new exhibit is a thematic retelling of […]
Matthew McCarthy interviews Dr. Lisa Daly about early aviation and the importance of female pilots like Mabel Boll. Recorded on Zoom, February 19, 2023 Interviewer: Matthew McCarthy Videographer: […]
This silent video shows Amelia Earhart returning to the airstrip and preparing for her iconic journey to begin. Transcription as follows: Earhart is shown returning to airstrip and […]
A large crowd gathered to watch Amelia Earhart’s takeoff, including many women and school children. There was much excitement as many believed they were about to witness a […]
Amelia Earhart at the Harbour Grace airstrip prior to her successful solo transatlantic flight, 1932. Bill Parsons captured this photograph of Earhart just before takeoff. Earhart was the […]
Many gather around Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Vega at Harbour Grace Airstrip, as workers perform repairs and refuel. Today, Earhart’s Lockheed Vega is on display at the National Air […]
Pilot Oliver LeBoutillier (center) and Mabel Boll (right) at the Harbour Grace airstrip. Boll was in a race with others, including Amelia Earhart, to become the first woman […]
Bernt Balchen (left), Amelia Earhart (centre), and Lewis L’Esperance (right), a Shell Oil representative, on the steps of the old Harbour Grace Post Office, 1932. Balchen, a famed […]
Page 48 of our Airstrip logbook documents Amelia Earhart’s historic transatlantic flight. Document reads: Lockheed Vega NR7952 New York HP Super Charged Pratt Whitney Engine Owner – Amelia […]
