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Amelia Mary Earhart, an American aviation pioneer and author, was born on July 24, 1897. During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe, Earhart and her navigator disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island on July 2, 1937. She was declared dead January 5, 1939. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set numerous other aviation records, wrote best-selling books about her...
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Amelia Earhart captured the hearts and imaginations of people around the world when she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane. This audiobook, her personal account of the historic flight, sparkles with her high-spirited charm and adventurous determination.
Narrated by a fellow female pilot with a voice reminiscent of Earhart’s Midwest twang, it includes logbook entries from the historic flight as well as an autobiographical...
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Amelia Earhart captured the hearts and imaginations of people around the world when she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane. This audiobook, her personal account of the historic flight, sparkles with her high-spirited charm and adventurous determination. Narrated by a fellow female pilot with a voice reminiscent of Earhart's mid-West twang, it includes logbook entries from the historic flight as well as an autobiographical account...
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Amelia Earhart began her second flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20, 1932, flying out from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. On her first flight, Earhart was only allowed to take notes as a passenger; on the second she flew solo, a feat only accomplished previously by Charles Lindbergh. Landing in a field near Londonderry, Ireland, Earhart completed the flight in 15 hours and 18 minutes, the fastest Atlantic crossing at that time.
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In June 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, embarked on a round-the-world flight, starting in California and mapping a 28,000 mile route along the earth's equator. On July 2, 1937, after completing 22,000 miles, the pair took off from New Guinea and headed toward Howland Island in the Pacific. Earhart and Noonan never reached the island; a faint distress call was the last anyone heard from the pilots. Rescuers launched a 16-day search...