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EMILIA EARHART, THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY SOLO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN!!! New York Times, May 31, 1932

Emilia Earhart, also known as "Lady Lindy," became an American hero by being the first woman to ride and fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She did it alone in her Loocked 5B Vega plane. Her attempt was difficult and dangerous and she had some difficulties with her journey when her plane almost crashed into the ocean. However, she set a new record of thirteen hours and thirty minutes.Amelia became the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean On May 20 1932. After earning her pilot's license, She joined join Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon on a trans-Atlantic flight. They landed safely twenty-one hours after they had taken off.. Not only that but Emilia was also the first woman to fly across the Pacific Ocean. She took off in Hawaii and landed safely in California. in 1935. One of Emilia's goals was to fly around the Earth at the equator. She invited Fred Noonan, another pilot to join her adventure as a navigator. They studied charts and learned about weather around the world. They took off in June of 1937 in a Lockheed 10A Electra.After 30 days, Amelia and Fred had almost completed their journey, with only 2 days of travel remaining they stopped at tiny Howland Island in the Pacific. Afer that noone knows what happened to them. They disappeared and no trace was ever found.