 In 1991, Finch began to plan to duplicate Amelia Earhart's doomed around-the-world flight, known as World Flight, of 1937.Amelia Earhart was the first female to fly completely over the Atlantic Ocean, the first to fly nonstop across the United States, and the first to fly from Hawaii to the west coast of California.Amelia Earhart attracted the world's attention when she began her global attempt and mourned her when the plane came up missing without a trace.