TIL Beryl Markham, a British-born Kenyan aviator, adventurer, and author, was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west (1936). Her memoir, West with the Night, was lauded by Hemingway and is celebrated for its lyrical writing, tales of African landscapes and flying escapades

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