Amelia Earhart flies from Hawaii to California in a first solo flight

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January 11, 1935—Amelia Earhart flies from Hawaii to California in a first solo flight

From Wikipedia:

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 landed in Oakland, California to a cheering crowd of thousands. President Roosevelt sent his congratulations..."You have scored again...(and) shown even the "doubting Thomases" that aviation is a science which cannot be limited to men only."

Amelia Earhart, Los Angeles, 1928
X5665 – 1926 "CIT-9 Safety Plane" – California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Aerospace model 9 Merrill-type biplane designed by Albert Adams Merrill

Neta Snook and Amelia Earhart in front of Earhart's Kinner Airster, c. 1921

Lockheed Vega 5B flown by Amelia Earhart as seen on display at the National Air and Space Museum

 From Wikipedia, her records and achievements

• Woman's world altitude record: 14,000 ft (1922)
• First woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean (1928)
• Speed records for 100 km (and with 500 lb (230 kg) cargo) (1931)
• First woman to fly an autogyro (1931)
• Altitude record for autogyros: 18,415 ft (1931)
• First person to cross the USA in an autogyro (1932)
• First woman to fly the Atlantic solo (1932)
• First person to fly the Atlantic twice (1932)
• First woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross (1932)
• First woman to fly nonstop, coast-to-coast across the U.S. (1933)
• Woman's speed transcontinental record (1933)
• First person to fly solo between Honolulu, Hawaii and Oakland, California (1935)
• First person to fly solo from Los Angeles, California to Mexico City, Mexico (1935)
• First person to fly solo nonstop from Mexico City, Mexico to Newark, New Jersey (1935)
• Speed record for east-to-west flight from Oakland, California to Honolulu, Hawaii (1937)
• First person to fly solo from the Red Sea to Karachi (1937)