Ruth Nichols Before Transatlantic Flight Attempt

Ruth Nichols Before Transatlantic Flight Attempt

Women air pilots -- United States

Ruth Nichols sits high in the cockpit of a white Crosley Radio Plane before her attempt be the first woman to cross the Atlantic. She started on June 22, 1931 at the Floyd Bennet Airport in New York. Unfortunately her flight was short lived. Later that evening Nichols crashed at St. John Airport in Nebraska. While attempting to land for the night, the setting sun shone in Nichols' eyes and caused her to overshoot the runway. She suffered only minor injuries.

IWASM

Ruth Nichols Photograph Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum

22 June 1931

Heidi Fearing

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Photo No. RN3

New York