Amelia earhart records set

Earhart’s Aviation Records

Earhart set a number of aviation records in her short career. Her first record came in when she became the first woman to fly solo above 14, feet.

In , Earhart became the first woman (and second person after Charles Lindbergh) to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

She left Newfoundland, Canada, on May 20 in a red Lockheed Vega 5B and arrived a day later, landing in a cow field near Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Upon returning to the United States, Congress awarded her the Distinguished Flying Cross—a military decoration awarded for “heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight.” She was the first woman to receive the honor.

Later that year, Earhart made the first solo, nonstop flight across the United States by a woman.

She started in Los Angeles and landed 19 hours later in Newark, New Jersey. She also became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the United States mainland in

The Ninety-Nines

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