Discover the history of the Lockheed Vega, which made its first flight on July 4, 1927, and became a record-setting aircraft flown by legends like Amelia Earhart and Wiley Post.

The Winnie Mae, a special Lockheed Model 5C Vega flown by famed aviator Wiley Post, completed two around-the-world record flights and a series of special high-altitude substratospheric research ...

The Vega helped define the "golden era of flight" in the 1920s and '30s The plane at Falcon Field was originally owned by the Morrell meatpacking company in Iowa The aircraft will be on display ...

On the 110th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight, owner-pilot John Magoffin pushed the throttle lever forward on his rare 1933 Lockheed Vega, the ...