She again went to Colombia to be reinstated but eventually had to leave again due to lack of finances. Amelia began to get her desire for flying back as she began to write about flying. Charles Lindbergh’s flight from New York to Paris in May of 1927 made Amelia want to be the first woman to do that. Earhart got a phone call from a Captain Hilton H. Riley asking if she wanted to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She immediately said yes and son was selected to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, but only as a passenger. They eventually touched down in Burry Point, Wales, United