Its now 90 years ago, that Amelia took off for her solo flight from Newfoundland to Irland, after nearly 15 hours she became the first woman to achieve that.
She died in her ill-fated attempt to circle the globe on the equator missing her last fuel stop at Howard Island.
The first woman to fly solo the Atlantic westward was Beryl Markham, not only an excellent pilot, but also a wonderful writer honoured by Ernest Hemingway.