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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Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to fly solo around the world
On April 17, 1964, Jerrie Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world in a Cessna 180 named Spirit of Columbus.
TaildraggerHarriet Quimby's Channel Crossing on April sixteenth, nineteen twelve
On April 16, 1912, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel—a landmark flight overshadowed by the Titanic disaster.
TaildraggerAmelia 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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