Amelia Earhart pioneered the solo flight route from Hawaii to California on this day in 1935. She had become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. Earhart’s final journey was made on July 2, 1937, while attempting to fly around the world. On her last major stretch—across the Pacific Ocean toward California from Lae, New Guinea—Earhart made contact with ground control one last time, then was lost.