Aviation pioneer and author Amelia Earhart made a flight from
Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California, becoming the first
woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. The plane she
flew on that trip, a Lockheed Vega, is on display at the
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. 

 
Amelia Earhart posing by her plane at the Oakland airport

 
The Lockheed Vega 5B at the National Air and Space Museum

Hijacker D.B. Cooper parachuted from a Northwest Airlines
727 over Washington State with $200,000 in ransom. His
whereabouts remains a mystery. The bulk of the money
has never been recovered. The F.B.I. believes Cooper
did not survive the Jump.

The Northwest 727 jet sits at the airport in Seattle during
the hijacking.

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                                                Swan Island Airport