This Day in History: 1933-04-10

Aviator Maude ‘Lores’ Bonney was determined to become the first female to fly solo from Australia to England. Setting off from Archerfield aerodrome on April 10, 1933, Lores’s journey was fraught with danger and along the way she crashed her beloved My Little Ship twice. Despite the setbacks, Lores landed in Croydon, England, on June 21 1933 after spending 157 hours and 15 minutes airborne.