Sunday, July 6, 2025

Amelia Earhart


Amelia Earhart (1897 – disappeared 1937, declared dead 1939)
American pilot, author, and aviation pioneer;
first female pilot to fly solo non-stop across
the Atlantic Ocean (1928) and also set many other record;
she embraced celebrity culture and women's rights;
one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel;
in 1937, she and her male navigator disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while
attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world;
their plane and remains have never been found.

4 comments:

  1. I remember checking out a book about her from the library when I was in elementary school

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  2. Quite the pioneer for women's rights. I hope her plane is found some day.

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  3. I've read recently that they may have discovered remains of her plane in satellite images.

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    1. @ LL Cool Joe -- Yes, hopefully we might know soon if those images amount to anything?

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