The History of Amelia Earhart

“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.” – Amelia Earhart

The First Female Pilot, a US History maker, to Fly Solo across the Atlantic Ocean successfully and cause a global sensation, landed in a field in Derry~Londonderry Northern Ireland.

Who was Amelia Earhart?

A pioneering aviator and inspirational figure, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and set many other records throughout her career. Her disappearance in 1937 during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe devastated admirers across the United States and around the world. Her public career lasted less than a decade (from 1928 to 1937), but she used her fame to promote two causes dear to her: the advancement of commercial aviation and the advancement of women.

10 Unknown facts about Amelia

• NURSE: Amelia enlisting as a nurse’s aide at Spadina Military Hospital in Toronto, Canada, tending to wounded soldiers during World War I. The following year, Amelia enrolled as a premedical student at Columbia University in New York.
• LADY LINDY: Earhart was called “Lady Lindy” because her slim build and facial features resembled that of Charles Lindbergh, who was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.
• ROOSEVELT: She developed a friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt, who wanted to learn how to fly. Earhart had planned to teach her, for which the First Lady even got her student permit.
• IRELAND: Her first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic was suuposed to end up in Paris’ Le Bourget airfield but when her Vega’s reserve fuel tank sprang a leak abd flames began engulfed the exhaust mainifold, Earhart wound up naviagting to Northern Irelands green pastures (Derry).
• FAMOUS NAME: Earhart had such an impression on public that people often wrote and told her about naming babies, lakes and even homing pigeons “Amelia.”
• FASHION: Amelia developed flying clothes for the Ninety-Nines. Her first creation was a flying suit with loose trousers, a zipper top and big pockets. Vogueadvertised it with a two-page photo spread. Then, she began designing her own line of clothes “for the woman who lives actively.” She dressed according to the occasion whether it was flying or an elegant affair. She was most conscious of the image she projected. Several New York garment manufacturers made an exclusive Amelia Earhart line of clothes which were marketed in 30 cities, with one exclusive store in each city, such as Macy’s in New York and Marshall Field’s in Chicago.
• AUTHOR: Earhart was not only an aviatrix, but she was also a famous author. She was a successful and heavily promoted writer who served as aviation editor for Cosmopolitan magazine from 1928 to 1930. In addition, she wrote magazine articles, newspaper columns, and also published books based on her experiences as a flyer during her lifetime.
• MARRIAGE: Amelia married George, but continued her aviation career under her maiden name. Amelia and George formed a successful partnership. George organized Amelia’s flights and public appearances, and arranged for her to endorse a line of flight luggage and sports clothes. George also published two of her books, The Fun of It, and Last Flight.
• FINAL FLIGHT: In June 1937, Amelia embarked upon the first around-the-world flight at the equator. On July 2, after completing nearly two-thirds of her historic flight — over 22,000 miles — Amelia vanished along with her navigator Frederick Noonan.
• SEARCH: 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. Earhart was declared legally dead (dead in absentia) on January 5, 1939