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Amelia Earhart aviation history Beryl Markham Curtiss Robin Douglas Corrigan Floyd Bennett Field Lockheed Vega Ninety-Nines solo flight West with the Night women in aviation Wrong Way Corrigan

The Hangar Apr 19, 2026

Beryl Markham and the night she flew west with the wind against her

Beryl Markham made history in 1936 as the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west nonstop.

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The Hangar Apr 17, 2026

Wrong Way Corrigan and the greatest wink in aviation history

Douglas Corrigan flew a beat-up Curtiss Robin from New York to Ireland in 1938, claiming he read his compass wrong.

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The Hangar Apr 15, 2026

Amelia Earhart - separating the myth from the real pilot

Amelia Earhart was a skilled, courageous pilot whose real legacy is her flying, not her disappearance.

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