RECORD FLIGHTS1928,June 17: The first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger; with Wilmer Stultz pilot and Lou Gordon mechanic; in the pontoon-equipped Fokker trimotor airplane; from Trepassey, Newfoundland, to Burryport, Wales; time: 20 hours and 40 minutes.1929,August 24: Third place in the first Women’s Air Derby Race; from Santa Monica, California, to Cleveland, Ohio.1930,July 6: Women’s speed record; three-kilometer course; at 181.18 mph.1931,April 8: World’s altitude record for autogiros; at 18,451 feet; in Pitcairn autogiro.1932,May 20–21: First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic; from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to Londonderry, Ireland; time: 14 hours and 56 minutes.1932,August 24–25: Women’s non-stop transcontinental speed record; from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, New Jersey; 2,447.8 miles; time: 19 hours and 5 minutes.1933,July 7–8: Broke her own transcontinental speed record of the year before; in her Lockheed Vega; from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, New Jersey; time: 17 hours, 7 minutes, and 30 seconds.1935,January 11–12: First to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland, California; in her Lockheed Vega; 2,408 miles; time: 18 hours and 16 minutes.1935,April 19–20: First to fly solo from Los Angeles, California, to Mexico City, Mexico; in her Lockheed Vega; time: 13 hours and 23 minutes.1935,May 8: Solo flight from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey; time: 14 hours and 19 minutes.1937,March 17–18: Flight from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii; in Lockheed Electra.1937,July 3: Record flight around the world at the equator; with navigator Fred J. Noonan; in Lockheed Electra; covered a distance of 22,000 miles, until strange disappearance over the Pacific somewhere between Lae, New Guinea, and Howland Island.
RECORD FLIGHTS
1928,June 17: The first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger; with Wilmer Stultz pilot and Lou Gordon mechanic; in the pontoon-equipped Fokker trimotor airplane; from Trepassey, Newfoundland, to Burryport, Wales; time: 20 hours and 40 minutes.1929,August 24: Third place in the first Women’s Air Derby Race; from Santa Monica, California, to Cleveland, Ohio.1930,July 6: Women’s speed record; three-kilometer course; at 181.18 mph.1931,April 8: World’s altitude record for autogiros; at 18,451 feet; in Pitcairn autogiro.1932,May 20–21: First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic; from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to Londonderry, Ireland; time: 14 hours and 56 minutes.1932,August 24–25: Women’s non-stop transcontinental speed record; from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, New Jersey; 2,447.8 miles; time: 19 hours and 5 minutes.1933,July 7–8: Broke her own transcontinental speed record of the year before; in her Lockheed Vega; from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, New Jersey; time: 17 hours, 7 minutes, and 30 seconds.1935,January 11–12: First to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland, California; in her Lockheed Vega; 2,408 miles; time: 18 hours and 16 minutes.1935,April 19–20: First to fly solo from Los Angeles, California, to Mexico City, Mexico; in her Lockheed Vega; time: 13 hours and 23 minutes.1935,May 8: Solo flight from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey; time: 14 hours and 19 minutes.1937,March 17–18: Flight from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii; in Lockheed Electra.1937,July 3: Record flight around the world at the equator; with navigator Fred J. Noonan; in Lockheed Electra; covered a distance of 22,000 miles, until strange disappearance over the Pacific somewhere between Lae, New Guinea, and Howland Island.
1928,June 17: The first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger; with Wilmer Stultz pilot and Lou Gordon mechanic; in the pontoon-equipped Fokker trimotor airplane; from Trepassey, Newfoundland, to Burryport, Wales; time: 20 hours and 40 minutes.
1929,August 24: Third place in the first Women’s Air Derby Race; from Santa Monica, California, to Cleveland, Ohio.
1930,July 6: Women’s speed record; three-kilometer course; at 181.18 mph.
1931,April 8: World’s altitude record for autogiros; at 18,451 feet; in Pitcairn autogiro.
1932,May 20–21: First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic; from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to Londonderry, Ireland; time: 14 hours and 56 minutes.
1932,August 24–25: Women’s non-stop transcontinental speed record; from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, New Jersey; 2,447.8 miles; time: 19 hours and 5 minutes.
1933,July 7–8: Broke her own transcontinental speed record of the year before; in her Lockheed Vega; from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, New Jersey; time: 17 hours, 7 minutes, and 30 seconds.
1935,January 11–12: First to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland, California; in her Lockheed Vega; 2,408 miles; time: 18 hours and 16 minutes.
1935,April 19–20: First to fly solo from Los Angeles, California, to Mexico City, Mexico; in her Lockheed Vega; time: 13 hours and 23 minutes.
1935,May 8: Solo flight from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey; time: 14 hours and 19 minutes.
1937,March 17–18: Flight from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii; in Lockheed Electra.
1937,July 3: Record flight around the world at the equator; with navigator Fred J. Noonan; in Lockheed Electra; covered a distance of 22,000 miles, until strange disappearance over the Pacific somewhere between Lae, New Guinea, and Howland Island.