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Elly Beinhorn-Rosemeyer (30 May 1907 - 28 November 2007) was a German pilot. 
Long distance flying was her real passion and in 1931 she seized the opportunity to fly to Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) West Africa on a scientific expedition. 
She became only the second woman to fly solo from Europe to Australia, after Amy Johnson. 
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