She was feted in London and New York and was given a ticker-tape parade down Broadway with her nearly forgotten fellow pilots. Earhart was astounded by the reception she received.
Stultz landed the Fokker on the water at Burry Port, Wales, and Earhart became an immediate sensation. on 17 June, the Friendship encountered miserable weather, and Earhart never touched the controls during the 20-hour, 40-minute flight. Earhart agreed to go as a passenger, though ‘the idea of going as just ‘extra weight’ did not appeal to me at all.’ Following the departure from Trepassy, Newfoundland, at 11:40 a.m. On the morning of 3 July 1928 Earhart departed from Boston Harbor in a trimotor Fokker with pilots Wilmer ‘Bill’ Stultz and Louis ‘Slim’ Gordon. Lindbergh made her an easy choice for the promoters, aviator Richard Byrd, publisher George Putnam, and socialite Amy Phipps Guest, who had originally intended to make the flight. Earhart’s impeccable character and physical resemblance to Charles A. “In April 1928 Earhart received the telephone call that would change her life: an offer to become the first woman to fly the Atlantic. Signed limited first edition, Author’s Autograph edition, copy number 127 of only 150 signed and numbered copies, signed by Earhart and the publisher on the limitation page, containing one of the small silk American flags Earhart carried from Boston to Wales on her flight across the Atlantic. Octavo, original three-quarter maroon cloth, uncut and partially unopened. 20 Hours and 40 Minutes Our Flight in the Friendship. WITH AN AMERICAN FLAG AMELIA EARHART CARRIED WITH HER ON HER TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT: 20 HOURS AND 40 MINUTES, ONE OF ONLY 150 COPIESĮARHART, Amelia.
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