THEY JUST DON'T MAKE 'EM

LIKE THEY USED TO.

1932: Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. This is the ocean between America and Europe.

She set many flying records but, in 1937, she disappeared while attempting an around-the-world flight.

Here is some movie footage about Amelia...

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Amelia Earhart

• 1928: Transatlantic
  (Newfoundland to Wales)
  20 hours 40 minutes (first woman passenger)
  
• 1932: Transatlantic Solo
  (Newfoundland to Ireland)
  14 hours 56 minutes (first solo woman)
  
• 1935: Hawaii to California
  (first solo)
  
• 1937: Round the World Flight attempts
  incomplete
  
  

Lockheed Vega 5b aircraft, which Amelia flew across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932

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