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Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart is famous for being the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. During this flight she broke two other records by becoming the first person to make two crossings of the Atlantic, the first time as a passenger and the second as the pilot, and by completing the trip in the shortest time. The solo flight was to start in Grace Harbour, NF. On the way, she made a stopover in Saint John on May 19, 1932.

Did You Know? When Amelia Earhart first became an aviatrix she bought a leather jacket of the sort that aviators wear. It looked too new and made her look inexperienced, so to break it in, she slept in it every night.

At Breakfast on May 20, 1932, a reporter from the Saint John Telegraph Journal handed Amelia Earhart a copy of that day's paper containing an article he had written. She promised to read it and took it on the plane with her. Whether or not she actually read it is unknown, but it became the first North American newspaper to arrive in Europe the day it was published.

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