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“Have ye come far?”
“Only from America.”
#OnThisDay, 21 May 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman - and only the second person - to fly solo and without stops across the Atlantic.
She lands unexpectedly in Ireland. There’s some wonderful images of her here: joecampbellart.com/2015/03/12/…
Watch newsreel of her taking off here: youtube.com/watch?v=y-itPeJOyz…
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AviationHistory @histodons #Histodons
Amelia Earhart Departs on Solo Flight Across Atlantic, May 20, 1932
May 20,1932: Amelia Earhart departs Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, in her Lockheed Vega on her solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic. On May 20-21, 1932, Ear...Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (YouTube)
