Beryl Markham, the Percival Vega Gull, and the Night She Flew the Atlantic the Hard Way
On September 4, 1936, Beryl Markham became the first woman to fly the North Atlantic solo from east to west - the hard direction, against the wind.
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Beryl Markham, the Percival Vega Gull, and the Solo Atlantic Crossing That Beat the Ocean Going the Hard Way
On September 4, 1936, Beryl Markham became the first person to fly solo non-stop from England to North America - east to west, against the prevailing winds, alone.
TaildraggerBeryl Markham, the Vega Gull Messenger, and the Night She Flew the Atlantic Backwards Into a Nova Scotia Bog
How Beryl Markham became the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo east-to-west, crash-landing in a Nova Scotia bog in 1936.
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