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Pacific Islands Monthly, 23 April 1937Vol. VII, No. 9

Mrs. Putnam To Try Again

p. 76 · Read in the full issue

In May

AFRESH start at the end of May on her round-the-world flight is being planned by Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, who abandoned her first attempt at Hawaii because of a crash when taking off.

Mrs. Putnam’s Lockheed Electra was badly damaged as she was leaving the aerodrome at Honolulu on March 17, on the second hop of her 27,000 miles journey. The projected flight included stops in Hawaii, Howland Is., Lae (N.G.), East Indies, India, Africa, and South and Central America.