Amelia Earhart Monument, Burry Port, Wales.
N 51° 41.125 W 004° 14.939
30U E 413658 N 5726788
A Monument to commemorate Amelia Earhart who on June 18 1928 had become the first woman to fly the Atlantic.
Waymark Code: WMD2KF
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/10/2011
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A small plane landing unexpectedly brought Burry Port to the attention of the world on June 18 1928. Amelia Earhart had become the first woman to fly the Atlantic.
They left Trepassey harbor, Newfoundland, in a Fokker F7 named Friendship on June 17. Flying through dense fog for most of their journey, they landed at Burry Port, and not in Ireland as had been planned, approximately 21 hours later with little fuel remaining.
The landmark flight made headlines worldwide and when the crew returned to the United States they were greeted with a ticker-tape parade in New York and a reception held by President Calvin Coolidge at the White House. Amelia was distressed that Stultz and Gordon were ignored by reporters. It was “the girl” as they insisted on calling her, they had come to see.
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