
Amelia Earhart's Atlantic flight
Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in May 1932. Newspaper pages from 1932 on a map and timeline.
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The Washington Times — 1932-05-05, page 3
… fliers who have flown their planes across an ocean. The list includes two women, Amelia Earhart and Ruth Elder Camp. The call was issued by the Aero Club of Italy. which brought …
The Washington Daily News — 1932-05-16, page 14
… help. He was taken to Gallinger Hospital where he is being held for observa tion. Amelia Earhart Will Try Ocean Flight to Africa Famous Woman Flier to Follow South Atlantic Route …
… ; Plans to Take Off in Next 10 Days By United Pre NEW YORK Amelia Earhart Putnam, first woman to fly the North Atlantic, will attempt the solo flight from …
Evening Star — 1932-05-19, page 1
… including James J. Walk er of New York and Anton Cermak ol Chicago. Hops for Europe AMELIA EARHART Pl'TNAM OFF ON FIRST LEG. HASBROUCK HEIGHTS. N. J. May 19 (.‘Ty—Amelia Earhart Putnam took off from Teterboro Airport today for Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, on …
Evening Star — 1932-05-20, page 1
… Newfoundland, May 20.—Hopeful of being the first woman to fly the Atlantic alone, Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam alighted here today, eager to be away on her trans ocean adventure. The …
Evening Star — 1932-05-20, page 2
… odd coincidence, a sizable foster of air ven turers bobbed back into headlines. Amelia Earhart Putnam and the Dor nier DO-X were preparing for another over-ocean flight. Charles …
Evening Star — 1932-05-20, page 9
… aviation enthu siast and close fried of Col. and Mrs. ; Charles A. Lindbergh, and of Amelia | Earhart Putnam. She was a native of Kansas. Will Hear Reform Talk*. BERRYVILLE, Va., May …
The Washington Times — 1932-05-20, page 1
… their way to Europe via the air route, id although the attempts of the DO-X and Amelia Earhart Putnam’s crimson monoplane have not captured the imagina tion of the public to …
… ■MI- Bl Ww s .WEII B/TF »•*»-'' ;z ' / > 'V- '-i J ppi. ■>- - f IF Eil < < HOP AMELIA EARHART PUTNAM, who was the first woman to fly the Atlantic, took off this morning from …
The Washington Times — 1932-05-20, page 2
… to the stage. Photo by International News Photo graphic. “Thunder and Lightning” Amelia Earhart Awaiting Weather for Sea Hop (Continued from Pago 1) only a simple magnetic compass …
… Some tomato juice, I guess. You don't get very hungry on a flight of this sort.” Amelia Earhart Lands Plane at Harbor Grace ST. JOHNS. Newfoundland, May 20 (1.N.5.) .—Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, who intends to be the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic, landed …
The Washington Daily News — 1932-05-20, page 1
… distri (Contitied on Page 8) Ends First Leg of Atlantic Flight Attempt j -oel I Mr-. Amelia Earhart Putnam, shown here with her old Lockhepi monplane, is attempting a solo flight …
Evening Star — 1932-05-21, page 1
… Hours and 39 Minutes. By the Associated Press. CULMORE. Ulster, Ireland, May 21.—Amelia Earhart Putnam brought down her red-and-gold monoplane in a field on the Donegal side of …
… tele phone from London today in a conver sation with the London Daily Sketch that Amelia Earhart, his wife, had landed in Ireland. The Sketch told Putnam that its correspondent …
… Frederick Christiansen, estimated she would use in a single hour more fuel than Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam's single motored monoplane carried for a 20-hour flight The Do-X, however …
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