20 hrs., 40 min. : $b our flight in the Friendship : the American girl, first across the Atlantic by air, tells her storyEarhart, Amelia
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20 hrs., 40 min. : $b our flight in the Friendship : the American girl, first across the Atlantic by air, tells her story
Earhart, Amelia
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937; Transatlantic flights; Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography
“Ladies’ Day” 73
Sykes in the _New York Evening Post_.
Brynjulf Strandenaes Paints a Portrait 74
Flyers All—Eielson, Wilkins, Byrd, Chamberlin, Balchen,
Stultz, Earhart, Gordon 83
P. & A. Photos.
Boston, June 9 84
At Boston with Her Mother and Major Woolley, whose Flying
Coat Miss Earhart Wore Across the Atlantic 93
Wide World Photos.
“The Yellow Peril” and Her Driver Back in Boston, before
Denison House 94
International Photos.
Welcomed by the Southampton Crowd 103
Wide World Photos.
At Medford, Massachusetts 104
Ready to Go 113
A Picture of the “Friendship” Over Boston 114
Autographed before the flight started.
Percy Crosby’s Skippy Has His Own Ideas about Flying the
Atlantic 123
The “America” as Photographed through the Open Hatch in the
Bottom of the “Friendship’s” Fuselage 124
On the Step 133
Flying to Boston—Gordon, A. E., Stultz, Mrs. Gordon,
Mrs. Stultz, Mrs. Putnam 134
Stultz in the Cockpit of the “Friendship” Looking Aft
between the Gasoline Tanks 143
P. & A. Photos.
Two Musketeers and—What is a Feminine Musketeer? 144
“X Marks the Spot” 153
Our Home in Trepassey.
Main Street, Trepassey 154
Slim on the Job 163
International Photos.
The Inevitable Winter Woodpile 164
The “Friendship” Off Trepassey 173
B-a-a-a! A Front Lawn at Trepassey 174
Lady Lindy; Lady Luck 183
Rollin Kirby in _The New York World_.
For Nineteen Hours Only a Sea of Clouds 184
Wide World Photos.
The “Friendship” “Bombing” the “America” 193
U. S. Shipping Board.
The Last Page in the Log Book 194
We Didn’t Doubt that Tying to the Buoy was Against
Official Etiquette 203
“We Opened the Door of the Fuselage and Looked Out upon
what we Could See of the British Isles” 204
International Newsreel.
Landing at Burry Port—the Ubiquitous Autograph Seeker 213
Wide World Photos.
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