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== Highlights of Earhart's flying career ==
== Highlights of Earhart's flying career ==
Source: [[Ric Gillespie]], [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/ResearchPapers/Earhart.html Earhart Biography.]
Source: [[Ric Gillespie]], [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/ResearchPapers/Earhart.html Earhart Biography.]
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*'''1921'''
|-
**First flying lesson, January 3, 1921. "Canuck," Curtiss JN4 "Jenny."
|'''1921'''
**Summer, Kinner "Airster." Two minor crashes.  
|-
**Soloed late in the year.
|First flying lesson, January 3, 1921. "Canuck," Curtiss JN4 "Jenny."
*'''1922'''
|-
**October(?), 1922: altitude record for women of 14,000 feet
|Summer, Kinner "Airster." Two minor crashes.  
*'''1923'''
|-
**May 16: obtained a pilot's license from National Aeronautic Association, #6017
|Soloed late in the year.
*'''1924'''
|-
**Briefly owned another Airster (Lovell, page 47)?
|'''1922'''
*'''1928'''
|-
**First woman to cross the Atlantic by air; passenger of Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon
|October(?), 1922: altitude record for women of 14,000 feet
**Purchased British-built Avro Avian.
|-
**August 31--September 14, 1928 New York to California.  En route, hit ditch, groundlooped, wrecked landing gear, shattered prop.
|'''1923'''
**September 30, forced landing, nose-over, broken propeller.
|-
*'''1929'''
|May 16: obtained a pilot's license from National Aeronautic Association, #6017
**March 29: Department of Commerce Transport Pilot's License
|-
**July 20: new logbook carried forward 559 hours and 46 minutes  
|'''1924'''
**July 30: Purchased Lockheed Vega constructor's number (c/n) 10, registered NC6911 with 225 hp Wright J5A Whirlwind engine
|-
**August: new Vega 1, c/n 36 registered NC31E.
|Briefly owned another Airster (Lovell, page 47)?
**August 18: Women's Air Derby / "Powder Puff Derby"  
|-
|'''1928'''
|-
|First woman to cross the Atlantic by air; passenger of Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon
|-
|Purchased British-built Avro Avian.
|-
|August 31--September 14, 1928 New York to California.  En route, hit ditch, groundlooped, wrecked landing gear, shattered prop.
|-
|September 30, forced landing, nose-over, broken propeller.
|-
|'''1929'''
|-
|March 29: Department of Commerce Transport Pilot's License
|-
|July 20: new logbook carried forward 559 hours and 46 minutes  
|-
|July 30: Purchased Lockheed Vega constructor's number (c/n) 10, registered NC6911 with 225 hp Wright J5A Whirlwind engine
|-
|August: new Vega 1, c/n 36 registered NC31E.
|-
|August 18: Women's Air Derby / "Powder Puff Derby"  
* Yuma, Arizona ran off the end of the runway on landing, upended the Vega, bent the propeller.
* Yuma, Arizona ran off the end of the runway on landing, upended the Vega, bent the propeller.
* Third place: 23+ hours.
* Third place: 23+ hours.
|-
**November 22: Used Vega 5A Executive, NC538M (c/n 107), Pratt & Whitney Wasp, 425 hp, over 3 kilometer course at Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport at a clocked speed of 184.17 mph (set a speed record).
|November 22: Used Vega 5A Executive, NC538M (c/n 107), Pratt & Whitney Wasp, 425 hp, over 3 kilometer course at Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport at a clocked speed of 184.17 mph (set a speed record).
*'''1930'''
|-
**March 17: Bought 425 h.p. P&W-powered Vega 5 NC7952 (c/n 22)
|'''1930'''
**June: borrowed the first metal-fuselage Vega DL-1 NC497H (c/n 135) and set three more speed records for women in various load categories for Lockheed.  
|-
**September 25: wrecked NC7952 in a nose-over landing accident at Norfolk, Virginia which left the airplane flat on its back, fuselage broken  
|March 17: Bought 425 h.p. P&W-powered Vega 5 NC7952 (c/n 22)
**December 19: soloed in 1930 Pitcairn PCA-2 autogiro  
|-
*'''1931'''
|June: borrowed the first metal-fuselage Vega DL-1 NC497H (c/n 135) and set three more speed records for women in various load categories for Lockheed.  
**Lockheed rebuilt NC7952 using fuselage of (c/n 68) and upgraded it to a 5B with Pratt & Whitney Wasp C engine of 450 hp
|-
**April 8 unofficial altitude record of 18,415 ft in the Pitcairn autogiro
|September 25: wrecked NC7952 in a nose-over landing accident at Norfolk, Virginia which left the airplane flat on its back, fuselage broken  
**May 29--June 6: New Jersey to California in Beech-Nut Pitcairn PCA-2 NC10780
|-
**On return trip to the east coast crashed after a rotor-strike on takeoff at Abilene, Texas; reprimanded for  
|December 19: soloed in 1930 Pitcairn PCA-2 autogiro  
|-
|'''1931'''
|-
|Lockheed rebuilt NC7952 using fuselage of (c/n 68) and upgraded it to a 5B with Pratt & Whitney Wasp C engine of 450 hp
|-
|April 8 unofficial altitude record of 18,415 ft in the Pitcairn autogiro
|-
|May 29--June 6: New Jersey to California in Beech-Nut Pitcairn PCA-2 NC10780
|-
|On return trip to the east coast crashed after a rotor-strike on takeoff at Abilene, Texas; reprimanded for  
negligence.
negligence.
|-
**June 22: returned to New Jersey.  11,000 miles covered in 150 hours of flying.
|June 22: returned to New Jersey.  11,000 miles covered in 150 hours of flying.
**September: Totaled the Pitcairn by dropping it in from 20 feet (stalled?).
|-
*'''1932'''
|September: Totaled the Pitcairn by dropping it in from 20 feet (stalled?).
**May 20-21: Solo transatlantic flight in NC7952 (P&W Wasp C engine of 450 hp).  Landed in Gallagher's field at Culmore near Londonderry in County Donegal. 2,026 miles in 15 hours and 18 minutes.  
|-
**July 10: Attempted first woman's non-stop coast-to-coast flight.  Landed in Columbus, Ohio, because of clogged fuel line.
|'''1932'''
**August 24: First woman's non-stop coast-to-coast flight in 19 hours, 7 minutes and 56  
|-
|May 20-21: Solo transatlantic flight in NC7952 (P&W Wasp C engine of 450 hp).  Landed in Gallagher's field at Culmore near Londonderry in County Donegal. 2,026 miles in 15 hours and 18 minutes.  
|-
|July 10: Attempted first woman's non-stop coast-to-coast flight.  Landed in Columbus, Ohio, because of clogged fuel line.
|-
|August 24: First woman's non-stop coast-to-coast flight in 19 hours, 7 minutes and 56  
seconds.
seconds.
|-
*'''1933'''
|'''1933'''
**National Air Race: finished six hours behind the men (hatch cover problems).
|-
**Return non-stop flight to east coast bettered her previous record by two hours.
|National Air Race: finished six hours behind the men (hatch cover problems).
*'''1934'''
|-
**"Hi-Speed Special 5C" registered as NR965Y (c/n 171) upon which she installed the same Wasp C she had used for the Atlantic and  
|Return non-stop flight to east coast bettered her previous record by two hours.
|-
|'''1934'''
|-
|"Hi-Speed Special 5C" registered as NR965Y (c/n 171) upon which she installed the same Wasp C she had used for the Atlantic and  
cross-country record flights and adding a new Hamilton Standard adjustable-pitch propeller.  
cross-country record flights and adding a new Hamilton Standard adjustable-pitch propeller.  
|-
*'''1935'''
|'''1935'''
**January 11: NR965Y, Hawaii to Oakland (first ever west-to-east flight? and solo). 18 hours and 16 minutes in the air.
|-
**April 19: Missed Burbank to Mexico City non-stop by 60 miles (got lost).
|January 11: NR965Y, Hawaii to Oakland (first ever west-to-east flight? and solo). 18 hours and 16 minutes in the air.
**May 8: nonstop from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey in 14 hours and 18 minutes.
|-
**August: Bendix race with Paul Mantz. They placed fifth and won $500.
|April 19: Missed Burbank to Mexico City non-stop by 60 miles (got lost).
*'''1936'''
|-
**July 21: First flight in X16020 (c/n 1055).
|May 8: nonstop from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey in 14 hours and 18 minutes.
**July 24: Took delivery of NR16020 on her birthday.
|-
**September 4: Bendix Trophy race. Earhart and Helen Richey finished fifth in 16:34:52. They won $500.
|August: Bendix race with Paul Mantz. They placed fifth and won $500.
*'''1937'''
|-
**March 17: Earhart, Mantz, Manning and Noonan. Oakland to Honolulu in 15 hours and 47 minutes (a new record).
|'''1936'''
**March 20: Groundloop at Luke Field.
|-
**May 20: Oakland to Tucson, Arizona.  Beginning of second world flight.
|July 21: First flight in X16020 (c/n 1055).
**July 2, 1937: Failed to complete flight from Lae to Howland Island.
|-
 
|July 24: Took delivery of NR16020 on her birthday.
|-
|September 4: Bendix Trophy race. Earhart and Helen Richey finished fifth in 16:34:52. They won $500.
|-
|'''1937'''
|-
|March 17: Earhart, Mantz, Manning and Noonan. Oakland to Honolulu in 15 hours and 47 minutes (a new record).
|-
|March 20: Groundloop at Luke Field.
|-
|May 20: Oakland to Tucson, Arizona.  Beginning of second world flight.
|-
|July 2, 1937: Failed to complete flight from Lae to Howland Island.
|}


== Links ==
== Links ==
* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/ResearchPapers/Earhart.html Ric Gillespie: physical characteristics, education, accomplishments in aviation.]
* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/ResearchPapers/Earhart.html Ric Gillespie: physical characteristics, education, accomplishments in aviation.]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_earhart Wikipedia.]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_earhart Wikipedia.]

Revision as of 23:56, 20 February 2009

  • Amelia Mary Earhart was born July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas.
  • Lost July 2, 1937, in the vicinity of Howland Island.
  • Declared dead January 5, 1939.

Highlights of Earhart's flying career

Source: Ric Gillespie, Earhart Biography.

  • 1921
    • First flying lesson, January 3, 1921. "Canuck," Curtiss JN4 "Jenny."
    • Summer, Kinner "Airster." Two minor crashes.
    • Soloed late in the year.
  • 1922
    • October(?), 1922: altitude record for women of 14,000 feet
  • 1923
    • May 16: obtained a pilot's license from National Aeronautic Association, #6017
  • 1924
    • Briefly owned another Airster (Lovell, page 47)?
  • 1928
    • First woman to cross the Atlantic by air; passenger of Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon
    • Purchased British-built Avro Avian.
    • August 31--September 14, 1928 New York to California. En route, hit ditch, groundlooped, wrecked landing gear, shattered prop.
    • September 30, forced landing, nose-over, broken propeller.
  • 1929
    • March 29: Department of Commerce Transport Pilot's License
    • July 20: new logbook carried forward 559 hours and 46 minutes
    • July 30: Purchased Lockheed Vega constructor's number (c/n) 10, registered NC6911 with 225 hp Wright J5A Whirlwind engine
    • August: new Vega 1, c/n 36 registered NC31E.
    • August 18: Women's Air Derby / "Powder Puff Derby"
  • Yuma, Arizona ran off the end of the runway on landing, upended the Vega, bent the propeller.
  • Third place: 23+ hours.
    • November 22: Used Vega 5A Executive, NC538M (c/n 107), Pratt & Whitney Wasp, 425 hp, over 3 kilometer course at Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport at a clocked speed of 184.17 mph (set a speed record).
  • 1930
    • March 17: Bought 425 h.p. P&W-powered Vega 5 NC7952 (c/n 22)
    • June: borrowed the first metal-fuselage Vega DL-1 NC497H (c/n 135) and set three more speed records for women in various load categories for Lockheed.
    • September 25: wrecked NC7952 in a nose-over landing accident at Norfolk, Virginia which left the airplane flat on its back, fuselage broken
    • December 19: soloed in 1930 Pitcairn PCA-2 autogiro
  • 1931
    • Lockheed rebuilt NC7952 using fuselage of (c/n 68) and upgraded it to a 5B with Pratt & Whitney Wasp C engine of 450 hp
    • April 8 unofficial altitude record of 18,415 ft in the Pitcairn autogiro
    • May 29--June 6: New Jersey to California in Beech-Nut Pitcairn PCA-2 NC10780
    • On return trip to the east coast crashed after a rotor-strike on takeoff at Abilene, Texas; reprimanded for

negligence.

    • June 22: returned to New Jersey. 11,000 miles covered in 150 hours of flying.
    • September: Totaled the Pitcairn by dropping it in from 20 feet (stalled?).
  • 1932
    • May 20-21: Solo transatlantic flight in NC7952 (P&W Wasp C engine of 450 hp). Landed in Gallagher's field at Culmore near Londonderry in County Donegal. 2,026 miles in 15 hours and 18 minutes.
    • July 10: Attempted first woman's non-stop coast-to-coast flight. Landed in Columbus, Ohio, because of clogged fuel line.
    • August 24: First woman's non-stop coast-to-coast flight in 19 hours, 7 minutes and 56

seconds.

  • 1933
    • National Air Race: finished six hours behind the men (hatch cover problems).
    • Return non-stop flight to east coast bettered her previous record by two hours.
  • 1934
    • "Hi-Speed Special 5C" registered as NR965Y (c/n 171) upon which she installed the same Wasp C she had used for the Atlantic and

cross-country record flights and adding a new Hamilton Standard adjustable-pitch propeller.

  • 1935
    • January 11: NR965Y, Hawaii to Oakland (first ever west-to-east flight? and solo). 18 hours and 16 minutes in the air.
    • April 19: Missed Burbank to Mexico City non-stop by 60 miles (got lost).
    • May 8: nonstop from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey in 14 hours and 18 minutes.
    • August: Bendix race with Paul Mantz. They placed fifth and won $500.
  • 1936
    • July 21: First flight in X16020 (c/n 1055).
    • July 24: Took delivery of NR16020 on her birthday.
    • September 4: Bendix Trophy race. Earhart and Helen Richey finished fifth in 16:34:52. They won $500.
  • 1937
    • March 17: Earhart, Mantz, Manning and Noonan. Oakland to Honolulu in 15 hours and 47 minutes (a new record).
    • March 20: Groundloop at Luke Field.
    • May 20: Oakland to Tucson, Arizona. Beginning of second world flight.
    • July 2, 1937: Failed to complete flight from Lae to Howland Island.


Links

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