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Amelia Earhart :
Amelia Earhart (1897- disappeared 1937) lived a life of firsts. Her streak
began in 1928, when, as a passenger, she became the first woman to fly across
the Atlantic. In 1932, she became the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic
alone, doing so in a record-setting 13.5 hours. Three years later, she
completed the first solo flight from Hawaii to California. In 1937, Earhart and
navigator Fred Noonan climbed aboard a Lockheed Electra and began an attempt at
the first flight around the world. With two-thirds of the journey behind them,
the pair mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.
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