Question: Take Flight is a musical with book by John Weidman, the musical is inspired by the early history of aviation, interweaving the lives of many, including Amelia Mary Earhart, an American aviation pioneer and author, and the first female aviator, to fly solo across which water location?

Context articles: Phoebe Omlie
Take Flight (musical)
Amelia Earhart
Jerrie Mock
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
Bert Hinkler
Betty Miller (pilot)
Last Flight (book)
USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE-6)
Neta Snook

Phoebe Jane Fairgrave Omlie (November 21, 1902 – July 17, 1975) was an American aviation pioneer, particularly noted for her accomplishments as an early female aviator.
 Omlie was the first woman to receive an airplane mechanic's license, the first licensed female transport pilot, and the first woman to be appointed to a federal position in the aviation field.
Take Flight is a musical with book by John Weidman, music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr..
 The musical is inspired by the early history of aviation, interweaving the lives of the Wright Brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and her publisher George Putnam, along with such sundry luminaries as Otto Lilienthal, the German "Glider King"; Commander Richard Byrd; French flying aces Nungesser and Coli, and various others.
Amelia Mary Earhart ( , born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author.
 Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
 She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment.
 She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
 In 1935, Earhart became a visiting faculty member at Purdue University as an advisor to aeronautical engineering and a career counselor to women students.
 She was also a member of the National Woman's Party and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Geraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock (November 22, 1925 – September 30, 2014) was the first woman to fly solo around the world, which she did in 1964.
 She flew a single engine Cessna 180 (registered N1538C) christened the "Spirit of Columbus" and nicknamed "Charlie."
 The trip began March 19, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, and ended April 17, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, and took 29 days, 21 stopovers and almost 22860 mi .
 An almost forgotten part of this flight is the "race" that developed between Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith who had flown from a field near San Francisco CA on March 17, 1964.
 Joan's departure date and flight path was the same as the aviator Amelia Earhart's last flight and though not in direct competition with each other, media coverage soon began tracking the progress of each pilot fascinated with who would complete the journey first.
 The story of this race is told in a book written by Taylor Phillips entitled, "Racing to Greet the Sun, Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith Duel to Become the First Woman to Solo Around the World".
 Jerrie Mock was subsequently awarded the Louis Blériot medal from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in 1965.
 In 1970 she published the story of her round-the-world flight in the book "Three-Eight Charlie".
 While that book is now out of print, a 50th anniversary edition was later published including maps, weather charts and photos.
 "Three-Eight Charlie" is a reference to the call sign, N1538C, of the Cessna 180 Skywagon Mock used to fly around the world.
 Before her death, Mock, mother of three children, resided in Quincy, Florida; northwest of the state capital, Tallahassee.
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (also known as "Amelia Earhart") is a 1994 television film starring Diane Keaton, Rutger Hauer and Bruce Dern.
 The series is based on Doris L. Rich's "Amelia Earhart: A Biography".
 The film depicts events in the life of Amelia Earhart, focusing on her final flight and disappearance in 1937, with her exploits in aviation and her marriage to publisher G.P. Putnam being revealed in flashbacks.
 This film was not the first television dramatization of Earhart's life, as "Amelia Earhart" appeared in 1976, starring Susan Clark as Earhart and John Forsythe as her husband George Putnam.
Herbert John Louis Hinkler (8 December 1892 – 7 January 1933), better known as Bert Hinkler, was a pioneer Australian aviator (dubbed "Australian Lone Eagle") and inventor.
 He designed and built early aircraft before being the first person to fly solo from England to Australia, and the first person to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean.
 He married in 1932 at the age of 39, and died less than a year later after crashing into remote countryside near Florence, Italy during a solo flight record attempt.
Betty Miller (born April 6, 1926) is the first female pilot to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean, which she did in May 1963.
 Specifically, she flew from Oakland, California, USA to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, to deliver the plane (a twin-engine Piper) to a buyer.
 The flight also made her the first woman to fly solo from Oakland, California to Honolulu, Hawaii which she did in just over 17 hours.
 She started the first leg of the epic flight on April 25th.1963 from Oakland California and took over 17 hours to reach Honolulu.
 On May 5th, she left Honolulu for the second leg of her flight to Canton Island, next Fiji and then New Caledonia.
 She landed in Brisbane, Australia, on May 13 1963, Betty climbed out of the plane wearing a cotton dress and high heels to the cheers of a large crowd.
 The total elapsed flying time for the flight over the Pacific was 51 hours, 38 minutes.
 In recognition of her flight, she received the Federal Aviation Administration’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service from President Kennedy, and later President Johnson presented her with the Harmon International Trophy for Aviatrix of the Year (1963).
Last Flight is a book published in 1937 consisting of diary entries and other notes compiled by aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart during her failed attempt that year at flying solo across the Pacific Ocean.
 Her husband, publisher George Palmer Putnam, edited the collection which was published posthumously as a tribute to his wife.
USNS "Amelia Earhart" (T-AKE-6), a "Lewis and Clark"-class dry cargo ship is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for noted American aviation pioneer and women's rights advocate Amelia Earhart (1897–1937).
 The contract to build the ship was awarded to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) of San Diego, California, on 27 January 2004.
 Her keel was laid down at the end of May 2007 at General Dynamics' NASSCO shipyard.
 In early 2007, Alex Mandel along with members of the Amelia Earhart Society (AES) and Amelia Earhart Research Association (AERA) successfully petitioned the naming of the ship.
Neta Snook Southern (February 14, 1896 – March 23, 1991) was a pioneer aviator who achieved a long list of firsts.
 She was the first woman aviator in Iowa, first woman student accepted at the Curtiss Flying School in Virginia, first woman aviator to run her own aviation business and first woman to run a commercial airfield.
 Yet "Snooky", as her friends called her, was fated to be remembered for her relationship to Amelia Earhart.
 Her autobiography "I Taught Amelia to Fly" aptly captures the essence of her fame, she was forever linked to the Earhart mystique as her first instructor.