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Ruth Elder... Transatlantic flight...
Ruth Elder... Transatlantic flight...
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October 11, 1927
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, October 11, 1927
* Ruth Elder - Woman aviator & actress
* 1st Transatlantic flight try (Woman) (day of)
The front page has a nice banner headline: "RUTH ELDER MAY START OCEAN FLIGHT TODAY" with subheads and 2 related photos. (see) Nice for display.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 12 pages, minor margin wear, generally nice.
wikipedia notes: In 1927 she took off from New York in the airplane American Girl, with her co-pilot, George Haldeman, in an attempt to become the first woman to duplicate Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic crossing to Paris. Mechanical problems caused them to ditch the plane 360 miles from land, but they established a new over-water endurance flight record of 2,623 miles. It was also at the time the longest flight ever made by a woman. She and George were honored with a ticker-tape parade upon their return.
Category: The 20th Century