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Title
Amelia Earhart
Full Description
Amelia Earhart standing in front of the Lockheed Electra in which
she disappeared in July 1937.
Born in Atchison, Kansas in 1897, Amelia Earhart did not begin
flying until after her move to California in 1920. After taking
lessons from aviation pioneer Neta Snook in a Curtiss Jenny,
Earhart set out to break flying records, breaking the women
altitude records in 1922. Earhart continually promoted women in
aviation and in 1928 was invited to be the first women to fly
across the Atlantic. Accompanying pilots Wilmer Stultz and Louis
Gordon as a passenger on the Fokker Friendship, Earhart became an
international celebrity after the completion of the flight. In
May 1932 Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across in the
Atlantic. In 1935 she completed the first solo flight from
Hawaii to California. In the meantime Earhart continued to
promote aviation and helped found the group, the Ninety-Nines, an
organization dedicated to female aviators. On June 1, 1937,
Earhart and navigator, Fred Noonan, left Miami, Florida on an
around the world flight. Earhart, Noonan and their Lockheed
Electra disappeared after a stop in Lae, New Guinea on June 29,
1937. Earhart had only 7,000 miles of her trip remaining when
she disappeared. While a great deal of mystery surrounds the
disappearance of Amelia Earhart, her contributions to aviation
and womens issues have inspired people over 80 years.
Keywords
Amelia Earhart Lockheed Electra
Subject Category
Women,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
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- Center Number:
SI-A-45874
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000211
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: Smithsonian Institution
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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NASA
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Institution.
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