Miss Joan Merriam lands in California to complete a solo hop around the world in her six-year-old plane. It was a saga that Amelia Earhart attempted and was lost in the Pacific. Oakland, California Joan Merriam-Smith landing in Oakland, California at the Oakland California air port piloting her twin engine Piper Apache named the "City of Long Beach". MS - A nice size crowd gathered to welcome home the daring aviatrix. CUS - Joan Merriam Smith's twin engine Piper Apache, propellers spinning. MCUS - The press with camera's rolling. MCUS - Joan Merriam Smith standing at the door of her Apache waving to a cheering crowd. CUS - Joan surrounded by people entering an aviation building, some of her friends are at her side. MS - Inside the building Joan takes a seat at a long table. MS - She holds up a globe.