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Her next major achievement was to set the women's nonstop transcontinental speed record. On August 24–25, 1932, she flew from [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], to [[Newark]], [[New Jersey]], in a record 19 hours, 5 minutes, flying a Lockheed Vega, also becoming the first woman to fly solo coast-to-coast. The next July she set a new transcontinental speed record, making the same flight in a record 17 hours, 7 minutes.
Her next major achievement was to set the women's nonstop transcontinental speed record. On August 24–25, 1932, she flew from [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], to [[Newark]], [[New Jersey]], in a record 19 hours, 5 minutes, flying a Lockheed Vega, also becoming the first woman to fly solo coast-to-coast. The next July she set a new transcontinental speed record, making the same flight in a record 17 hours, 7 minutes.
In January 1935, Earhart became the first woman to make a solo long-distance flight over the Pacific Ocean, flying from [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]], to [[San Francisco]], California. This complicated flight in her second Lockheed Vega occurred in adverse weather conditions and demonstrated Earhart's courage as well as her stubbornness. She followed that flight with two more first solo flights—one on April 19–20 from Los Angles, California, to [[Mexico City]], in 13 hours, 23 minutes and the second on May 8, 1935, from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey, in 14 hours, 19 minutes.
In January 1935, Earhart became the first woman to make a solo long-distance flight over the Pacific Ocean, flying from [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]], to [[San Francisco]], California. This complicated flight in her second Lockheed Vega occurred in adverse weather conditions and demonstrated Earhart's courage as well as her stubbornness. She followed that flight with two more first solo flights—one on April 19–20 from Los Angeles, California, to [[Mexico City]], in 13 hours, 23 minutes and the second on May 8, 1935, from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey, in 14 hours, 19 minutes.
==Flight around the world==
==Flight around the world==