Amelia Earhart

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Interesting bio.

http://www.nndb.com/people/943/000026865/

Amelia Earhart was a world famous American aviatrix whose courageous exploits and plucky personality made her an international hero and an American cultural icon in the early half of the 20th Century. Earhart was the first woman to cross the Atlantic ocean by airplane (1928), the second person and first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic (1932), the first person to fly solo across the Pacific between California and Hawaii (1935), and the first woman to compete in the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio (1935). She also set a number of speed and altitude records and was awarded numerous high level honors and awards from American and Foreign dignitaries.
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The first women aviators are true pioneers and heroes for me. The Likes of Amelia, Pancho Barnes, Achsa Donnels, Bobbi Trout, Beryl Markham, Rosella Bjornson, Frances Wilson Grayson, Evelyn Johnson, Katherine Stinson, Betty Skelton, Patty Wagstaff and so many more are a real inspiration to all aviators. I encourage everyone to read the bios and the books written about some of these women. A great book is Spitfire Women of WWII by Giles Whittell and my well worn copy of West With The Night by Beryl Markham and and also The Happy Bottom Riding Club, the Life and Times of Pancho Barnes. Ladies Love Taildraggers is a great site and they also have some wonderful videos on UTube. http://www.ladieslovetaildraggers.com/

Amelia has always had a special place in my heart. She had the vision, determination and courage to make her dreams a reality.

"After midnight the moon set and I was alone with the stars. I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, and I need no other flight to convince me that the reason flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the esthetic appeal of flying.The stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have I seen so many. I always believed the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, but I was sure of it that night. " AE

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward." AE

"My ambition is to have this wonderful gift produce practical results for the future of commercial flying and for the women who may want to fly tomorrow's planes." AE

"Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace, The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things." AE


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A Life Aloft said:
After reading her blog, ("When the weather changes and you have to divert to another airport, you don’t sit around and cry, wishing that the weather would change its mind.") I think I'll stick with the first Amelia.
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If only you had seen the dramatic local news coverage of her flight from Cali to Florida. She was seemingly the first woman since amelia v1.0 to accomplish such a treacherous voyage, with just her daring and nerves of steel to see her through. Well also what the news called her "copilot", but what she probably referred to as her "instructor".
 
A Life Aloft said:
After reading her blog, ("When the weather changes and you have to divert to another airport, you don’t sit around and cry, wishing that the weather would change its mind.") I think I'll stick with the first Amelia.
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No kidding.

I think I would support this more if she was a direct line blood relation to the original Amelia Earhart.
 
gne in prog said:
the news station she works for always refers to her as "a distant relative", they've never explained beyond that.
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She would have to be. Amelia never had children and her only sibling was her younger sister. That rules out any maternal relationship. Any relation would at best be from her father's side of the family.
 
gne in prog said:
the news station she works for always refers to her as "a distant relative", they've never explained beyond that.
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That is too funny. Considering that Amelia never had any children of her own nor did she and George ever adopt any. Distant must be something like " in a galaxy far far away"! lmao

Edit...beat me to it above lol
 
A Life Aloft said:
That is too funny. Considering that Amelia never had any children of her own nor did she and George ever adopt any, distant must be something like " in a galaxy far far away"! lol
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Even if they did have children, they would have had the surname Putnam not Earhart. :)
 
gne in prog said:
If only you had seen the dramatic local news coverage of her flight from Cali to Florida. She was seemingly the first woman since amelia v1.0 to accomplish such a treacherous voyage, with just her daring and nerves of steel to see her through. Well also what the news called her "copilot", but what she probably referred to as her "instructor".
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Just as well I didn't, I would have been throwing stuff at the tv. I guess flying a Citation across country with an instructor is much more noteworthy than having been a WASP in WWII and flying, training and testing B-29's, B-26's, B-34's, At-10's and 6's, B-17's and B-24's, C-47's and 53's and more aircraft, at bases all over the country.
 
A Life Aloft said:
Oh Lordy. Seriously? Just as well I didn't, I would have been throwing stuff at the tv. Cripes, I guess flying a Citation across country with an instructor is much more noteworthy than having been a WASP in WWII and flying and testing B-29's, B-26's, B-34's, At-10's and 6's, B-17's and B-24's, C-47's and 53's and more aircraft at bases all over the country.
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Not to split hairs, but a cirrus not a citation.
 
The interview before her last leg to Florida was funny. She was talking about her first ocean crossing being the following day. Then she explained how the would stay within 15-20 miles of the coast in case they had issues with the engine. Quite the crossing.
 
ctab5060X said:
That she did. You have to admit, George was very persistent.
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And had the patience of Job apparently. I have always said that no matter how much I love my wife, adore her and am devoted to her...flying has always been my mistress and always will be. Amelia was much the same, I suspect. Flying was always the other man in her life.
 
gne in prog said:
The interview before her last leg to Florida was funny. She was talking about her first ocean crossing being the following day. Then she explained how the would stay within 15-20 miles of the coast in case they had issues with the engine. Quite the crossing.
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Feet wet with the coast in sight. Okey dokey. And to think Amelia crossed the Atlantic alone and did it twice no less and ZOMG no Gps and no glass!!!

Hell, even Beryl Markham made it in 1936 alone from England to Nova Scotia in a Vega Gull and would have gone further if she hadn't had serious icing/fuel starvation issues. Well, that and the little crash landing on one of the islands there because of the aforemention issues.
 
A Life Aloft said:
And had the patience of Job apparently. I have always said that no matter how much I love my wife, adore her and am devoted to her...flying has always been my mistress and always will be. Amelia was much the same, I suspect. Flying was always the other man in her life.
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Unless you subscribe to the theory that she had an affair with Vidal. :)
 
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