Lilli Dillenz's Junkers D-1230 Seaplane Lands in the Bay of Horta, Azores, 1927

Ruth Elder and co-pilot George Haldeman arrived in the Azores after their unsuccessful transatlantic flight attempt in October of 1927. Lilli Dillenz, a Viennese actress, was also in Azores at the time of Elder and Haldeman's arrival. Dillenz, a passenger of pilot Frederick Loose, was preparing for a westward attempt to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.