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Amelia Mary Earhart (/ ˈ ɛər h ɑːr t / AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer.On July 2, 1937, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world.
The pioneering female aviator, a household name at the time, disappeared with Noonan, her flight navigator, on what was to be a record-setting trip around the world in 1937.
Had Earhart completed her 1937 journey, according to Purdue, the plane would have been returned to the university for future scientific research. Purdue helped buy the plane Amelia Earhart flew ...
Lost control of aircraft Silvio Barbato: Italy ... 1937 Aviator, pioneer woman pilot ... First licensed female pilot in the U.S. Blériot two seater [97]
Mary Du Caurroy Russell, Duchess of Bedford, DBE, ARRC, DStJ, FLS (née Tribe; 26 September 1865 – ca. 22 March 1937) was a British aviator and ornithologist. [1] She was honoured for her work in founding hospitals and working in them during the First World War. She later financed and took part in record breaking flights to Karachi and Cape Town.
With a passion for pushing the envelope and shattering records, she embarked on what would be her last flight on July 2, 1937. Her goal was ambitious: to become the first female pilot to ...
Maude Bonney (1897–1994), Australian aviator who was the first female to fly from England to Australia in 1933 and to South Africa in 1937. Ana Branger (born early 1920s), early Venezuelan aviator Jill E. Brown (born 1950), first African American female pilot for a major US carrier
Last Flight is a book published in 1937 consisting of diary entries and other notes compiled by aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart during her unsuccessful attempt that year at flying solo across the Pacific Ocean.