July 2, 2010
FW: Honoring the Courage of Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer. Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. 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.
Earhart was born July 24, 1897 and went missing July 2, 1937; twenty-two days before her 40th birthday. She was declared legally dead January 5, 1939.
On the 73rd anniversary of her disappearance, this post honors Amelia Earhart’s courage!
