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Beryl Markham poses at RAF Abington with the Percival Vega Gull in which she would cross the Atlantic from east to west on September 4-5, 1936. (Bettmann/Getty Images)
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Beryl Markham poses at RAF Abington with the Percival Vega Gull in which she would cross the Atlantic from east to west on September 4-5, 1936. (Bettmann/Getty Images)
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