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On 18 June Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the North Atlantic when
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On 18 June Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the North Atlantic when
On 18 June Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the North Atlantic when she arrived at Burry Point near Llanelli, Carmarthenshire at 12.40pm after 20 hour, 40 minute flight.
Commander Wilmer Stultz, accompanied by engineer Lon Gordon, flew the Fokker F-VIIA-3m, named Friendship, with Amelia, an experienced pilot, navigating for much of the way. They left Trepassay Harbor in Newfoundland at 3.50pm on 17 June and experienced a difficult crossing with rain, dense cloud and severe turbulence.
They are pictured leaving Burry Point for Southampton, their originally intended destination June 1928 4science - Academic / Education - 25/02/2010
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