In the last years of the 1920s, hundreds of record flights were made. A few were made by women. But no woman had flown across the Atlantic Ocean. A wealthy American woman, Amy Guest, 小题1: (buy) a plane to do this. However, her family were against the idea. 小题2: she looked for another woman to take 小题3: place. Friends suggested Amelia Earhart, who became interested in flying while 小题4: (live) in Toronto. American publisher George Putnam had helped organize the Atlantic Ocean flight 小题5: made Amelia famous. Afterwards, 小题6: continued to support her flying activities. In 1931, George and Amelia were married. He helped provide her小题7: financial support.
小题8: May 20th, 1932, Amelia took off from Newfoundland. She headed east in 小题9: small red and gold plane. Amelia had problems with ice on the wings, and fog from the ocean. At one point, her plane dropped 小题10: (sudden) 900 meters. She regained control. And after 15 hours she landed in Ireland. She had become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone.