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26-Oct-1902 to 3-Aug-1986
Mrs. Beryl Markham was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1936 in her Vega Gull, The Messenger. She was forced to make an early landing at Baleine, Cape Breton, due to bad weather. Her destination was New York, which she made after staying in Louisbourg for a weekend.