14 TODAY MAY 21 In 1932 American Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic when
... 14 TODAY MAY 21 In 1932 American Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic when she landed in Wales Four years earlier she had been the first woman to cross the Atlantic as a passenger In 1937 she set out to fly round the world ...