Elly Beinhorn-Rosemeyer (30 May 1907 – 28 November 2007) was a German pilot. In 1931 she embarked on her flight to Australia in her Klemm monoplane. The aircraft however developing mechanical problems near Bushire, Persia.
She found Moye Stephens, another pilot, in Bushire, who helped her fix the problem on her Klemm. Stephens and travel-adventure writer Richard Halliburton were flying around the world in a Stearman C-3B biplane, they called the Flying Carpet. She accompanied them on part of their flight, including the trip to Mount Everest. Then she flew on to Bali, and after that on to Australia. In the process, she became only the second woman to fly solo from Europe to Australia, after Amy Johnson.
Having landed in Darwin, North Australia, she headed down to Sydney, arriving on March 24, 1932. On her return to Germany she was awarded the Hindenburg Cup and 10 000 marks.
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