Who is Amelia Earhart - The First Woman Aviator
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Amelia Earhart
First woman American pilot who conquer the air Amelia Earhart receive recognition as the first woman to be awarded the Distinguish Flying Cross at the same coveted award as the first aviatrix to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932 and the Pacific Ocean in 1935. She also was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in a multi-person plane, making the crossing in 1928 with pilot Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon. She authored the books 20 Hours, 40 Minutes (1928, about her first trans-Atlantic flight) and The Fun of It (1932).
Amelia Earhart at a Glance
During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day. (read more from Wikipedia)
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Reader's Review
Unsolved mysteries are a surefire way to get published and possibly turn a fast dollar or two. All it takes is a theory about what happened, bolstered by assertions presented as facts and some talent for writing the story. That's why the market is saturated with books that promise the reader "the True Story".
Amelia Earhart's disappearance on one of the last legs of her 1937 round-the-world flight is no exception. Theories, books and True Stories abound. What is exceptional and noteworthy is the approach Ric Gillespie and the organization he heads, TIGHAR, takes to solving this mystery. The TIGHAR approach is refreshingly, relentlessly fact-driven. Over the course of more than a decade, Ric and TIGHAR's members have laborously chased down primary sources of information about the flight, and and have carefully constructed a theory based on these facts that unravels -- minute by minute -- what happened. The TIGHAR theory is that Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, couldn't locate their destination (a tiny speck of land in the Central Pacific, Howland Island) and used their emergency fuel reserve for a flight to an alternative landing site, fetching up on an uninhabited tropical hellhole named Gardner Island. This theory is detailed on TIGHAR's Web site, and in the book "Amelia Earhart's Shoes" by Thomas F. King (also highly recommended as a companion volume to "Finding Amelia").
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Finding Amelia: The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance [With DVD]
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20 Hours, 40 Min: Our Flight in the Friendship
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Commemorating the 75th anniversary of her first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 20 Hrs., 40 Min. reintroduces Amelia Earhart, one of the most fascinating figures of the 20th century to a new generation of readers.
Who Was Amelia Earhart?
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Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1935, she also became the first woman to fly across the Pacific. From her early years to her mysterious 1937 disappearance while attempting a flight around the world, readers will find Amelia Earhart's life a fascinating story.
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DoItYourselfer
Aug 21, 2010 @ 6:32 pm | delete
- I think Amelia Earhart was a bit naive in her attempt to fly around the world, but she sure did capture the imagination of the public. Thank heavens there weren't a lot of aviation lawyers back in those days!
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pink fairy
Jan 13, 2010 @ 2:27 pm | delete
- well she's cool and she's awsome
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Jan 17, 2009 @ 3:09 am | delete
- I really enjoyed seeing all your info about Amelia Earhart.
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- Amelia Earhart at a Glance
- The Ninety-Nines, Inc. - International Organization for Women Pilots
- Amelia Earhart Stuff on Amazon
- Amelia Earhart Stuff on eBay
- Amelia Earhart's Books on the Spotlight!
- Amelia Earhart Framed Photos
- More Books about Amelia Earhart
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- Amelia Earhart on Flickr
- The Latest News Posts from Google
- Amelia Earhart Resource Links
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