CROSSING THE ATLANTIC.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20024, 14 August 1928, Page 5

CROSSING THE ATLANTIC.

SUCCESSFUL WOMAN FLIER.

Miss Earhart, the Boston airwoman, who is the first of her sex to fly the Atlantic, is a social worker in Boston, but she has had a thorough training at the controls of an aeroplane, and she is the owner of a machine. She is known familiarly as ''Lady Lindy," for those who have seen her are startled by ber resemblance to Colonel Lindbergh. She has his quick smile, with unruly, bobbed fair hair, states an exchange. Mr. George Palmer Putnam, of New York, who was interested in the flight, and who chose Miss Earhart, says of her : She is charming, well educated, and possessed of infinite poise. She fears fame. No money in the world could induce her to go upon the stage, or into a film; she would shrink from any sort of exploitation. She is an extraordinary girl, who has captivated all who met her. When the time came for her departure from Boston she merely asked for leave of absence, and not even her mother knew of her intention until told by telephone as the seaplane rose from Boston Harbour on its way to Newfoundland. In a farewell note to her sister Muriel Miss Earhart wrote: I have tried to play for a large stake and if I succeed all will be well. If I don't, I shall be happy to pop off in the midst of such an adventure. P.S.—I have made my will Itnd left my house in order.