American aviator Amelia Earhart (1898 - 1937) (centre) is surrounded by a crowd of wellwishers and pressmen on arrival at Hanworth airfield after crossing the Atlantic. She is being congratulated on her flight in a Lockeed Vega by Andrew Mellon, US ambassador to Britain. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
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