The Beryl Markham
Solo East-to-West Atlantic Flight
(United Kingdom/Kenya, 1936)
In September 1936, British-born aviator Beryl Markham attempted one of aviation’s most difficult challenges – a solo flight across the Atlantic from east to west.
Flying against powerful Atlantic winds,
Markham departed Abingdon, England, aiming for New York in a small Percival Vega Gull aircraft.
After roughly 20 hours in the air, icing blocked her fuel vents, forcing an emergency landing in a peat bog in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Despite the rough landing, the flight made history.
Markham became the first woman to complete a solo east-to-west Atlantic crossing, and the first person to fly solo non-stop from England to North America.
Her journey helped redefine what pilots – and especially women aviators – could achieve during aviation’s early decades.
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ROSALIND FRANKLIN – THE HIDDEN ARCHITECT OF DNA
Her X-ray images revealed the double-helix structure of life itself.
Yet her male colleagues took the credit, and history nearly forgot her. Today, Franklin’s quiet brilliance finally shines where it always belonged – at the foundation of discovery.
Some truths take decades to be seen.
Do you think history ever truly gives credit where it’s due?
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