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On May 20-21, 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly nonstop and alone across the Atlantic: 2,026 miles in about 15 hours.
ILLUSTRATION · AIOn May 20-21, 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly nonstop and alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
Flying a red Lockheed Vega 5B, Earhart took off from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, and landed about 15 hours and 2,026 miles later in a field near Londonderry, Northern Ireland, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum says.
Later that year, on August 24-25, she flew the same airplane from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, the first solo nonstop flight across the United States by a woman.
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