20 Hrs. 40 Min.
By Amelia Earhart · 1928
Earhart’s account of the 1928 transatlantic flight that made her the first woman to cross the Atlantic by aeroplane.
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Earhart’s account of the 1928 transatlantic flight that made her the first woman to cross the Atlantic by aeroplane.
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