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| Feb, 14 | Nichols, Ruth
| New world altitude record (19,928 ft) for diesel powered aircraft, in a Lockheed Vega 7 'Miss Teanek' (NR7426).
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| May, 21 | Earhart, Amelia
| First woman to fly solo across the atlantic. Flew Lockheed Vega 5B (c/n 22 NC7952) taking 15 hours 18 minutes.
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| May, 21 | Earhart, Amelia
| Record for longest non-stop flight by a woman (2,026 miles).
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| Aug, 25 | Earhart, Amelia
| First woman to fly non-stop across USA.
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| Aug, 25 | Earhart, Amelia
| Record distance for a woman (2,478 miles).
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| Aug, 25 | Earhart, Amelia
| Flew coast to coast (Los Angeles to Newark) in 19 hours 5 minutes in a Lockheed Vega 5B (c/n 22, NC7952), breaking previous speed record.
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| Sep, 03 | Doolittle, James Harold
| Wins Thompson Trophy race in Cleveland, Ohio, and sets world speed record for landplanes. He flew a Granville Gee Bee R-1 and averaged 294mph over the 3km (1.86mi) course.
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