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Earhart walking with President Herbert Hoover in the grounds of the White House on January 2, 1932. On May 20, 1932, 34-year-old Earhart set off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, with a copy of the Telegraph-Journal, given to her by journalist Stuart Trueman [102] to confirm the date of the flight. [102]
More at Newsreel footage of Amelia Earhart's flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California on January 11, 1935 in her Lockheed. On May 20-21, 1932, Amelia Earhart flew solo across the Atlantic. Three years later she became the first person, man or woman, to fly from Hawaii to the continental USA.
She also profiles the careers of other pioneering female flyers of her time. Earhart also encourages young women to follow their own careers and dreams. The title comes from her quote "Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price." Earhart's next book, Last Flight, would be published posthumously.
She did precisely that four years later, setting out from Newfoundland alone on 20 May 1932 in a Lockheed Vega 5B and arriving in a cow pasture in Culmore, just north of Derry in Northern Ireland.
Of her many accomplishments, in May 1932, Earhart navigated her Lockheed Vega from Newfoundland to Ireland in 14 hours, 56 minutes to become the first woman to make a solo transatlantic flight.
On May 21, 1932, Amelia Earhart set out to become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone after becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger four years prior.
20 May 20, 1932 (Friday) 21 May 21, 1932 ... The following events occurred in May 1932: ... Amelia Earhart landed in a field at Culmore, ...
The disappearance of Amelia Earhart, the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932, remains a mystery. ... When did Amelia Earhart disappear? On May 20, 1937, she set out to ...