... lack of means to use the air. But the air service to Paris, instituted in 1919, was still an adventure when she was born Amelia Earhart, first woman to achieve an air crossing of the Atlantic after three others had lost their lives in the attempt, did so ...

... brother of the publisher Putnam who, in turn, is perhaps best known now as being the husband of the late American aviatrix, Amelia Earhart, lost somewhere on a last globe-encircling flight. This Congo- Putnam knows more about pygmies than any man living more ...

... gunning of Spaniards, Poles, Finns and North Sea trawler and lightship men, and salute air folk of another breed. Miss Amelia Earhart was a lovable skyways girl first woman to fly the Atlantic, solo pilot from Mexico City to New York, Honolulu to New York ...