Friday, April 30, 2010

What's the Big Deal


These are the important achievements that I have accomplished. I was a nurse's aid in Canada during WWI. I set my first record, flying to a height of 14,000 feet. I was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Then I got married to George Palmer Punam. I set a women's record for the fastest flight across the United States in August 1935. I bacame the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean , from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland, California, in January. I Began to fly around the world in June 1937. I landed in Ireland after over 20 hours in the air. I was the first pereson to fly solo from California to Mexico City. I began the round the world flight with navigator Fred Noonan in June 1936. I disappeared near Howland Island in the pacific on July 2.

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