NEWARK — In this photo taken on Aug. 25, 1932, Amelia Earhart sits on the back of a vehicle at Newark Airport while her husband, George Putnam, stands beside. Earhart had just completed the first solo transcontinental flight by a woman, traveling from Los Angeles to Newark in 19 hours, five minutes. The flight also set a new standard for...
NEWARK -- In this photo taken on Aug. 25, 1932, Amelia Earhart sits on the back of a vehicle at Newark Airport while her husband, George Putnam, stands beside.
Earhart had just completed the first solo transcontinental flight by a woman, traveling from Los Angeles to Newark in 19 hours, five minutes. The flight also set a new standard for solo distance flown by a woman, 2,447.8 miles, breaking Ruth Nichols' mark by some 500 miles.
The flight to Newark came close to breaking the overall transcontinental record set by Frank Hawks of 17 hours and 40 minutes.
Earhart would end up holding almost all flying marks for women before she disappeared along with navigator Fred Noonan somewhere in the Pacific Ocean on the last leg of an around-the-world flight in 1937.
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