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she didnt make it around the world
and im no shure if she actully planned to
just need to knoe the name
and provide a link fo proof

2006-11-27 14:50:42 · 5 answers · asked by Wesley!!! 3 in Education & Reference Trivia

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Amelia Earhart
Short Bio from Wiki:
Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 – missing as of July 2, 1937), daughter of Edwin and Amy Earhart, was an American aviator and noted early female pilot who mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigational flight in 1937.

Link to Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart

2006-11-27 14:52:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=260&period=1960s

1964 Geraldine Mock was the first woman to fly solo around the world.. I don't know how she died (or if she even did)

I do know that Amelia Earhart also made an attempt... the reason for her crash and death is unknown.

Maybe check on both of those

2006-11-27 14:58:53 · answer #2 · answered by mosaic 6 · 0 0

Amelia Earhart

In 1937, as Amelia Earhart neared her 40th birthday, she was ready for a monumental, and final, challenge. She wanted to be the first woman to fly around the world. Despite a botched attempt in March that severely damaged her plane, a determined Earhart had the twin engine Lockheed Electra rebuilt. "I have a feeling that there is just about one more good flight left in my system, and I hope this trip is it," she said. On June 1st, Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan departed from Miami and began the 29,000-mile journey. By June 29, when they landed in Lae, New Guinea, all but 7,000 miles had been completed. Frequently inaccurate maps had made navigation difficult for Noonan, and their next hop--to Howland Island--was by far the most challenging. Located 2,556 miles from Lae in the mid-Pacific, Howland Island is a mile and a half long and a half mile wide. Every unessential item was removed from the plane to make room for additional fuel, which gave Earhart approximately 274 extra miles. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca, their radio contact, was stationed just offshore. Three other U.S. ships, ordered to burn every light on board, were positioned along the flight route as markers. "Howland is such a small spot in the Pacific that every aid to locating it must be available," Earhart said.

At 12:30 p.m. on July 2, the pair took off. Despite favorable weather reports, they flew into overcast skies and intermittent rain showers. This made Noonan's premier method of tracking, celestial navigation, impossible. As dawn neared, Earhart called chief radioman Leo G. Bellarts and asked for Itasca's location. She failed to report at the next scheduled time, and afterward her radio transmissions, irregular through most of the flight, were faint or interrupted with static. At 7:42 A.M. the Itasca picked up the message, "We must be on you, but we cannot see you. Fuel is running low. Been unable to reach you by radio. We are flying at 1,000 feet." The ship tried to reply, but the plane seemed not to hear. At 8:45 Earhart reported, "We are running north and south." Nothing further was heard from Earhart.

A rescue attempt commenced immediately and became the most extensive air and sea search in naval history thus far. On July 19, after spending $4 million and scouring 250,000 square miles of ocean, the United States government reluctantly called off the operation. In 1938, a lighthouse was constructed on Howland Island in her memory. Today, though many theories exist, there is no proof of her fate. There is no doubt, however, that the world will always remember Amelia Earhart for her courage, vision, and groundbreaking achievements, both in aviation and for women. In a letter to her husband, written in case a dangerous flight proved to be her last, this brave spirit was evident. "Please know I am quite aware of the hazards," she said. "I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others."

2006-11-27 14:59:30 · answer #3 · answered by Lachelle 3 · 0 0

Amelia earheart she crashed because of high winds and low fuel though so she didn't actually make it though. she had a co-pilot fredirick something.

The first woman to do it succesfully Was Geraldine Mock.

2006-11-27 14:56:06 · answer #4 · answered by Grev 4 · 0 0

amelia earnhardt and go 2 www.wikipedia.com 2 find it

2006-11-27 14:52:51 · answer #5 · answered by nintendo8888 5 · 0 0

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