Editing Amelia Earhart (section)

=== First woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1928 ===
[[File:Amelia Earhart 1928.jpg|thumb|upright|Amelia Earhart prior to her transatlantic crossing of June 17, 1928]]

In 1928, Earhart became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. The project coordinators included publisher and publicist [[George P. Putnam]], who later became her husband. She was a passenger, with the plane flown by [[Wilmer Stultz]] and copilot/mechanic Louis Gordon. On June 17, 1928, the team departed from [[Trepassey, Newfoundland and Labrador|Trepassey Harbor]], [[Newfoundland]], in a [[Fokker F.VII]]b/3m named ''Friendship'' and landed at [[Pwll]] near [[Burry Port]], South Wales, exactly 20 hours and 40 minutes later.{{sfn|Bryan|1979|p=132}} The flight duration became the title to her book about the expedition ''[[20 Hrs. 40 Min.]]''

Earhart had no training on this type of aircraft and did not pilot the plane. When interviewed after landing, she said: "Stultz did all the flying—had to. I was just baggage, like a sack of potatoes&nbsp;... maybe someday I'll try it alone."{{sfn|Goldstein|Dillon|1997|p=54}} Despite her feeling, she gained international attention from the press and was greeted like a heroine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/medal-amelia-earhart-first-woman-to-cross-the-atlantic-by-airplane/nasm_A19640152000|title=Medal, Amelia Earhart, First Woman to Cross the Atlantic by Airplane &#124; National Air and Space Museum|website=airandspace.si.edu}}</ref>

On June 19, 1928, Earhart flew to [[Woolston, Southampton]], England, where she received a rousing welcome.<ref>''Southampton: A pictorial peep into the past''. Southern Newspapers Ltd, 1980.</ref>{{page needed|date=January 2024}} She had changed aircraft and flew an [[Avro Avian]] 594 Avian III, SN: R3/AV/101 that was owned by Irish aviator [[Mary, Lady Heath|Lady Mary Heath]], the first woman to hold a commercial flying licence in Britain. Earhart later acquired the aircraft and had it shipped to the United States.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.goldenwingsmuseum.com/collection/AC-Pages/Avro%20Avian.html |title=1927 Avro Avian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102220027/http://www.goldenwingsmuseum.com/collection/AC-Pages/Avro%20Avian.html |archive-date=November 2, 2017 |website=goldenwingsmuseum.com |access-date= July 1, 2013}}</ref>

When Stultz, Gordon, and Earhart returned to the United States on July 6, they were greeted with a [[ticker-tape parade]] along the [[Canyon of Heroes]] in Manhattan, followed by a reception with President [[Calvin Coolidge]] at the [[White House]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/427656|title=Parade in New York City for Amelia Earhart and the "Friendship" Crew, July 6, 1928 - The Henry Ford|website=www.thehenryford.org}}</ref>