Amelia Earhart will never be forgotten, the pioneer in aviation who changed history and blazed a path for women's equality.
In 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, set off on her around-the-world flight from Oakland, California. After a successful but exhausting series of flights through five continents, they took off from Lae, New Guinea, setting course for the tiny Howland Island, in the middle of a huge stretch of Pacific Ocean. They came extremely close, but somewhere near Howland Island, all radio contact was lost, and after a thorough, several-day-long search, Amelia Earhart, her Lockheed Electra, and her navigator were nowhere to be found.
Almost 80 years after her disappearance, we are still looking for Amelia Earhart. People are still incredibly interested in the famous aviatrix, and still trying to solve the mystery. This is because of the legacy she left behind, that women are equal to men, and that women should pursue what they want to. Her bravery and daring inspired other women, encouraging other women to do what they were capable of, to live their dreams and accomplish their goals. She inspired us to take on challenges and to find what we love and then do it. She was one of the greatest female pilots, with integrity and wit and passion, who was committed to broadening the rights of women.
Almost 80 years after her disappearance, we are still looking for Amelia Earhart. People are still incredibly interested in the famous aviatrix, and still trying to solve the mystery. This is because of the legacy she left behind, that women are equal to men, and that women should pursue what they want to. Her bravery and daring inspired other women, encouraging other women to do what they were capable of, to live their dreams and accomplish their goals. She inspired us to take on challenges and to find what we love and then do it. She was one of the greatest female pilots, with integrity and wit and passion, who was committed to broadening the rights of women.
"Earhart’s extraordinary courage and vision epitomized American purpose at the time and continues to capture the public imagination today." - U.S. Department of State
“The magnificent thing about her is, in the eyes of the world, she simply never died. Her fear never witnessed, her failure never recorded, her shiny twin-engine Electra never recovered. Earhart's legacy of inspiration is amplified because her adventure is perpetual. We don't think of her as dead; we think of her as missing. She is forever flying, somewhere beyond Lae, over that limitless blue horizon.” - Josh Gates
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