First transatlantic flight

         After the solo flight across the Atlantic by Charles Lindbergh, people started wanting a woman to fly across the Atlantic. So the first time Amelia flew was only as a passenger, she got a phone call one day. At first She wasn't going to take the phone call at first because work was so busy and she was thinking it really wasn't that important at all but after being informed by one of her co workers  that it was really important she took it and her life changed. The phone call was  from Captain Riley  asking if she would like to be the first woman to fly the Atlantic, and of course she said yes.

   She had to travel to New York and go through several interviews and meet with project coordinators because that needed to find out if she was going to be good enough to fly. She also meet with George Putnam a publisher and her future husband. He wanted to meet with her because he wanted to publish her book shes going to write about her life and this trip. She got a phone call one day and they said she was selected to be the first woman across the Atlantic. But she could only go as a passenger since its very dangerous to fly solo across the Atlantic.

   They took off from Newfoundland on a plane called friendship on June 27, 1928. The pilot was Wilmer Shultz and the copilot was Louis Gordon and he accompanied Amelia on the transatlantic flight. This trip took exactly 20 hours and 40 minutes . They landed at Bury Point, Wales. Due to weather conditions Wilmer Shultz did all the flying and even though Amelia also agreed with this she said she she " was just baggage, like a sack of potatoes.....maybe someday Ill try it alone" she added.(biography.com)

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