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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.
Geraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock (November 22, 1925 – September 30, 2014) was an American pilot and the first woman to fly solo around the world. [2] She flew a single engine Cessna 180 (registered N1538C) christened the Spirit of Columbus and nicknamed "Charlie."
Cochran was also the first woman to land and take off from an aircraft carrier, the first woman to pilot a bomber across the North Atlantic (in 1941) and later to fly a jet aircraft on a transatlantic flight, the first woman to make a blind (instrument) landing, the only woman ever to be president of the Fédération Aéronautique ...
Earhart was a staunch advocate for women’s rights, and gained notoriety for attempting to become the first woman to fly a plane around the world. ... was Amelia Rose Earhart, the first person to ...
Earhart, who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and consistently graced most admired and best dressed lists in her day, was the first woman to fly nonstop and solo across the Atlantic Ocean and ...
Leah Hing, first Chinese American woman to earn a pilot's license; Mae Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut in space; she carried a picture of Bessie Coleman with her on her first mission; Military history of African Americans; Azellia White, the first African-American woman to earn a pilot's license in Texas
On May 21, 1932, Amelia Earhart set out to become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone after becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger four years prior.
More at Newsreel footage of Amelia Earhart's flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California on January 11, 1935 in her Lockheed. On May 20-21, 1932, Amelia Earhart flew solo across the Atlantic. Three years later she became the first person, man or woman, to fly from Hawaii to the continental USA.