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Photo: Amelia Earhart, Bill Stultz,
and Slim Gordon flew this plane, named Friendship, from Trespassey
Bay, Newfoundland to Burry Port, Wales in June, 1928. Amelia is
standing in the doorway. On June 17, they left Trespassey Bay. The
flight lasted 20 hours and 40 minutes. They landed on June 18, in
the harbor of Burry Port, Wales. Amelia became the first woman to
cross the Atlantic Ocean by air. Photo Credit: Seaver Center for
Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County.
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