A RAIN-CIRCLE OF LUMINOUS COLOURS, ON A FOG-B Major Kingsford-Smith’s great flight from Dublin to Newfoundland, ..

... 17-18, 1928. The machine was piloted by Lieut. Wilmer Stultz, with Mr. Gordon as mechanic, and carried as passenger Miss Amelia Earhart, the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air. Late in the afternoon of the first day, when they were well away from the ...

Published: Saturday 12 July 1930
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 106 | Page: 27 | Tags: none

WOMAN IN THE WEST

... now followed by the remarkable feat of Miss Winifred Brown winning the King's Cup, and again this week we read that Miss Amelia Earhart, ihe lirst woman to fly the Atlantic, has set up new world's speed record for women by flying at an average speed of 181 ...

Published: Saturday 12 July 1930
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1104 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

MEMORIAL TO AIRWOMAN

... AIRWOMAN. A memorial will be unveiled at Bum Port. Carmarthenshire, on Friday to commemorate the successful night of , Miss Amelia Earhart. the first woman to fly the Atlantic. Miss Earhart landed In the seaplane Friendship at Burry Port on June IS. 1928. Sir ...

Published: Tuesday 05 August 1930
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 170 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

SOCIETY AVIATOR'S 196 M.P.H

... piloting a 'plane at an average of 196.16 miles an hour over a measured course, compared with 184.5 miles an hour by Miss Amelia Earhart, says an Exchange message from Los Angeles. Miss Barnes' highest speed attained on any of the four laps was 197.26 m.p ...

Published: Tuesday 05 August 1930
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 82 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

HON EST

... International Horticultural Congress, Greycoatstreet Hall, Westminster. Sir A. Whitten-Brown unveils memorial to Miss Amelia Earhart, Burry Port, 3 p.m. Harrogate Agricultural Show. English National Sheep Dog Trials at Welbeck Racing at Lewes (1.45), ...

Published: Friday 08 August 1930
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 63 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

AMY AND AMELIA

... Atlantic from- west to east, unveiled, at Burry . Port, near Llanelly, yesterday, a memorial commemorating the feat of Miss Amelia Earhart, the U.S.A. girl who, with Wilbur Stultz- and •Louis Gordon, landed there in 1928 after flying from Trevassy, Newfoundland ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1930
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 205 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BURRY PORT MEMORIAL. FIRST WOMAN TO FLY OVER THE ATLANTIC

... column at Burry Port to com• memorate the flight across the Atlantic of the American aeroplane Friendship, conveying Miss Amelia Earhart, Boston, the first woman to make the passage by air. ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1930
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 75 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

BURRY PORT MEMORIAL TO GIRL FLYER; AT CHEPSTOW RACES

... „.. fit 1., .., - i SIR ARTHUR WHITTEN-BROWN, R.8.E., on Friday unveil ed a Memorial at Burry Port to Miss Amelia Earhart, who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic in a 'plane. She landed at Burry Port on June 18, 1928. a' , ..''''''' ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1930
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 328 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

FORCED DOWN ON MOORS FIRST-FLIGHT THRILL FOR MRS. VICTOR BRUCE

... late Sir John Alcock. was the first to fly the Atlantic, unveiled memorial to the first woman to fly the Atlantic. Miss Amelia Earhart. at Burry Port, near Llanelly yesterday Miss Earhart. who flew with Wilbur Stultt and Louis Gordon on June IS. im landed ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1930
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 248 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

THE VOTE WOMEN AT HOME AND ABROAD

... drinking fountain was unveiled by Sir A• Whitten Brown, the airman, at Barry Port, Carivarthenshire, in honour of Miss Amelia Earhart, the first woman to , cross the Atlantic by air. Britain's Youngest Air Pilot. Miss Winifred Jess Drinkwater, a Scotswoman ...

Published: Friday 15 August 1930
Newspaper: Vote
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1505 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WORLD AFFAIRS: PHARAONIC; INTRIGUE

... en at least cannot be called mere Powder Puffers. And the same is true of American women, whose numbers include Miss Amelia Earhart, and Miss Elinor Smith, who established a new altitude record for women when she reached a height of 27,418 ft. this March ...

Published: Saturday 16 August 1930
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1779 | Page: 20 | Tags: Photographs