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,   (buy) a plane to do this. However, her family were against the idea.  she looked for another woman to take   place. Friends suggested Amelia Earhart, who became interested in flying while    (live) in Toronto. American publisher George Putnam had helped organize the Atlantic Ocean flight   made Amelia famous. Afterwards,    continued to support her flying activities. In 1931, George and Amelia were married. He helped provide her financial support.
  May 20th, 1932, Amelia took off from Newfoundland. She headed east in    small red and gold plane. Amelia had problems with ice on the wings, and fog from the ocean. At one point, her plane dropped     (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.