"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction."
- John F. Kennedy
Today is the born day of Amelia Earhart. Though the disappearance of her airplane remains a mystery, the courage she garnered to take a solo journey as the first female to do so, is admirable and honorable in a multitude of ways!
Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. She was declared dead in absentia, January 5, 1939 at the age of 41.
(Wikipedia)
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