Amelia Earhart

On this day, back in 1932, Amelia Earhart completed her first Atlantic flight – at the time, the longest non-stop solo flight by a woman!

Here are some great quotes by this amazing woman:

“The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.”

“The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.”

Below are some interesting facts that I copied from the official website of Amelia Earhart.

Birth Name: Amelia Mary Earhart
Born: July 24, 1897
Birthplace: Atchison, Kansas
Died: July 2, 1937, en route from Lae, New Guinea to Howland Island
Married: February 7, 1931, to George Putnam

• Despite having to attend six different high schools, she was able to graduate on time.
• Earhart was called “Lady Lindy” because her slim build and facial features resembled that of Charles Lindbergh.
• Earhart refused to don typical flying gear -she wore a suit or dress instead of the “high-bread aviation togs,” a close-fitting hat instead of a helmet, didn’t put on her goggles until she taxied to the end of the field and removed them immediately upon landing.
• She developed a friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt, who wanted to learn how to fly. Amelia Earhart had planned to teach her, for which the First Lady even got her student permit.
• Amelia met Orville Wright at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1937, the same year she disappeared.
• Earhart had such an impression on the public that people often wrote and told her about naming babies, lakes, and even homing pigeons “Amelia.”
• The United States government spent $4 million looking for Earhart, which made it the most costly and intensive air and sea search in history at that time.
• She was the 16th woman to receive a pilot’s license from the FAI (License No. 6017).

What an amazing lady Amelia Earhart was!  I wish I could have met her – heard about her amazing travels.