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#Onthisday in 1932, Amelia Earhart departed from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, in a single-engine Lockheed Vega 5B. After 15 hours and 2,026 miles, she landed near Londonderry, Northern Ireland. She left five years to the date after Charles Lindbergh’s historic flight and became the first woman to successfully fly solo across the Atlantic.
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