Amelia Earhart’s Derry landing celebrated in giant new street art

1 day ago By Davy Wilson, BBC News NI Michael Kielty A mural celebrating Londonderry’s place in aviation history has been unveiled during a four-day street art festival in the city. The Amelia Earhart artwork – thought to be Northern Ireland’s tallest mural – can be seen on the side of the North West Regional College’s Foyle building. It’s the work of North Carolina street artist Jeks, one of a number of artists in Derry for the Get Up Street Art Festival, which is featuring as part of the Foyle Maritime Festival programme. Festival-goers have been watching the piece as it has been created over the weekend. Almost a century ago Ms Earhart touched down in the city, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Michael Kielty Nicole McElhinney of the Amelia Earhart Legacy Association said the organisation is “absolutely delighted” with the mural. “It’s something we have always wanted to see, we have been very excited watching it coming together,” she told BBC News NI. Ms Earhart, she said, is more than befitting of the artistic honour, adding that the pioneering pilot had truly “broken the glass ceiling”. She was flying planes at a time “when...