Earhart Crosses the Atlantic
Eighty years ago this week on June 18, 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger aboard a Fokker tri-motor aircraft that was piloted by Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon. This image shows Earhart standing in front of the Lockheed Electra in which she disappeared in July 1937.
Image Credit: Smithsonian Institution
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