She then flew to Southampton where Juan de la Cierva assisted in loading her aircraft aboard the SS Leviathan for the voyage to New York,[3] alongside passengers Cdr.

On 12 August 1927, when returning to New York, she attempted to fly under a bridge at Albany, only for her engine to fail, forcing her to ditch in the Hudson River.

[6] In 1927 and 1928, she returned to the United States and attempted to organise a flight back to Germany across the Atlantic Ocean,[7][8][9] but these plans came to nothing owing to a lack of financial sponsors.

[1] She also became the first woman to join the exclusive "Quiet Birdmen" club, and was a charter member of the "Ninety-Nines", a group of 99 female pilots who fought for the advancement of women in aviation.

In 1934, she flew as a passenger aboard the Douglas DC-2 flown by Koene Dirk Parmentier, to report on the MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia.