Ruth Nichols climbs into her Lockheed Vega 5A plane, The New Cincinnati, at Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., Nov. 24, 1930. Nichols will fly to the west coast in an attempt to establish a new transcontinental flight record for women, which is at 25 hours, 44 minutes. Nichols made four stops en route and set the woman's transcontinental record of 16 hours, 59 minutes when she landed at Burbank, California. (AP Photo)

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