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Chapter 4: ILLUSTRATIONS
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A first-person memoir recounts the author's preparation for and completion of an Atlantic crossing in a small passenger monoplane, interweaving practical details of training, mechanical and navigational challenges, weather conditions, and crew coordination with on-the-ground episodes at staging points and a public reception on arrival. Chapters survey earlier flying experiences, the move of base, logistical planning, and the aftermath, while essays reflect on technological progress, the role of women in aviation, and personal motivations. Numerous photographs and illustrations document people, aircraft, and places encountered.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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On the “President Roosevelt”Frontispiece
London News Agency Photo.
Amelia Earhart35
Underwood and Underwood.
Wilmer Stultz36
International Newsreel.
Slim Gordon41
Paramount News Photo.
Mrs. Guest Returning to New York is Met by Commander Byrd from Whom She Purchased the “Friendship”42
International Newsreel.
My First Training Ship, 192051
A. E., 192852
Southampton—Mrs. Guest, Gordon, A. E., Stultz, Mrs. Foster Welch57
Keystone Views.
After My First Solo, 192158
My Cabbage Patch Landing, California, 192163
“I was Fond of Automobiles, Horseback Riding, and Almost Anything Else that is Active and Carried on in the Open”64
“Ladies’ Day”73
Sykes in the New York Evening Post.
Brynjulf Strandenaes Paints a Portrait74
Flyers All—Eielson, Wilkins, Byrd, Chamberlin, Balchen, Stultz, Earhart, Gordon83
P. & A. Photos.
Boston, June 984
At Boston with Her Mother and Major Woolley, whose Flying Coat Miss Earhart Wore Across the Atlantic93
Wide World Photos.
“The Yellow Peril” and Her Driver Back in Boston, before Denison House94
International Photos.
Welcomed by the Southampton Crowd103
Wide World Photos.
At Medford, Massachusetts104
Ready to Go113
A Picture of the “Friendship” Over Boston114
Autographed before the flight started.
Percy Crosby’s Skippy Has His Own Ideas about Flying the Atlantic123
The “America” as Photographed through the Open Hatch in the Bottom of the “Friendship’s” Fuselage124
On the Step133
Flying to Boston—Gordon, A. E., Stultz, Mrs. Gordon, Mrs. Stultz, Mrs. Putnam134
Stultz in the Cockpit of the “Friendship” Looking Aft between the Gasoline Tanks143
P. & A. Photos.
Two Musketeers and—What is a Feminine Musketeer?144
“X Marks the Spot”153
Our Home in Trepassey.
Main Street, Trepassey154
Slim on the Job163
International Photos.
The Inevitable Winter Woodpile164
The “Friendship” Off Trepassey173
B-a-a-a! A Front Lawn at Trepassey174
Lady Lindy; Lady Luck183
Rollin Kirby in The New York World.
For Nineteen Hours Only a Sea of Clouds184
Wide World Photos.
The “Friendship” “Bombing” the “America”193
U. S. Shipping Board.
The Last Page in the Log Book194
We Didn’t Doubt that Tying to the Buoy was Against Official Etiquette203
“We Opened the Door of the Fuselage and Looked Out upon what we Could See of the British Isles”204
International Newsreel.
Landing at Burry Port—the Ubiquitous Autograph Seeker213
Wide World Photos.
The First Step in England. Hubert Scott Payne Helps Me Ashore214
International Photos.
In London (Miss Earhart)223
Topical Press Agency.
“A Big Smile, Please!”224
Paramount News Photo.
The Bobby Said: “If My Wife Sees This—!”233
Keystone Views.
Off for Ascot—Mrs. Guest and Her Sons Winston and Raymond234
Between Us Girls243
Weed in New York Evening World.
First Look at Burry Port244
P. & A. Photos.
2500 Feet Up. A. E. and Mrs. Putnam Sign the Guest Book of Jas. H. Rand’s Trimotored Ford the “Rem-Rand”253
A. E., Thea Rasche, Ruth Nichols at the Westchester-Biltmore254
Goodbye263
At Toynbee Hall, London264
Wide World Photos.
Arriving in Boston by Plane, July 9273
P. & A. Photos.
Lady Heath and Her Historic Avro Avian274
Rear Platform Stuff283
Wide World Photos.
With a Model of the “Friendship” Presented by A Boston Schoolboy284
The Camera, too, Handed Us Brickbats293
These are culled from our less (oh, far!) flattering photographic souvenirs.
Yesterday’s Hero, and Today’s294
John T. McCutcheon in The Chicago Tribune.
From Pittsburgh to Altoona297
Before the Flight in Boston—A. E. and G. P. P.298
Two Characteristic Pages from the Trans-Atlantic Log Book305–6–7
The difficulty of writing in the dark is exemplified by the penmanship of the second page.
Boston, 1928308