Aviatrix Amelia Earhart Posing with Aeronautical Officials

(Original Caption) New York: Notables Of Aeronautics--Distinguished Group Hears First Broadcast Of Conversation From Plane At New York Junior Board Of Trade Luncheon. Photo Shows: Left to right, seated: William P. MacCracken, Jr., former U.S. Air Secretary and now president of the "Nyrba" airlines; Charles L. Lawrence, president Wright Aeronautical Corp., who developed the famous Whirlwind motor; Miss Amelia Earhart, transatlantic flyer and assistant to the general traffic manager of the T.A.T.; and Courtland Otis, president of the New York Junior Board of Trade. Standing, left to right: Irving Plitt, vice president, N.Y. Junior Board of Trade; P. L. Thompson, Western Electric Co.,; Anthony H. K. Fokker, noted airplane designer and builder; George R. Jordan, chairman, aviation committee, K.Y. J. T.; and R. L. Jones, director of apparatus development, Bell Telephone Laboratory, phot (Photo by George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images)