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<text id=93TT0325>
<title>
Oct. 04, 1993: Amelia, Meet Victoria
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Oct. 04, 1993 On The Trail Of Terror
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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PEOPLE, Page 93
Amelia, Meet Victoria
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<p>SOPHFRONIA SCOTT GREGORY
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<p> While airborne, she fought turbulence and nausea, but what counts
is that VICTORIA VAN METER, 11, held on to the controls for
the entire trip. Last week she became the youngest girl ever
to fly cross-country. (The youngest kid? A 9-year-old-ugh-boy.)
In a flight that took her from Augusta, Maine, to San Diego
in four hops--with breaks for sleep--she logged more than
60 hours in the air. The budding Amelia Earhart was accompanied
by a flight instructor, but he says he didn't have to help out
at all. When she touched down in San Diego, a crowd of 100 was
waiting to see her emerge from her tiny Cessna, wearing a flight
suit and a smile full of braces. "It doesn't really matter what
age you are," says Van Meter, in an observation that's usually
made by her elders. "It matters what you think, and how you
feel."
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