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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.]
*'''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 a 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 HP 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.


'''1921'''
:January 3: First flying lesson. "Canuck," Curtiss JN4 "Jenny."
:Summer: Kinner "Airster." Two minor crashes.
:Soloed late in the year.
'''1922'''
:October(?): 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: 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 a Vega 5A Executive, NC538M (c/n 107), Pratt & Whitney Wasp, 425 HP, over 3 kilometer course to set a speed record of 184.17 mph.
'''1930'''
:March 17: Bought 425 HP 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) with Wasp C from NC7952. 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) with test pilot.
: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: 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 00:13, 21 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

January 3: First flying lesson. "Canuck," Curtiss JN4 "Jenny."
Summer: Kinner "Airster." Two minor crashes.
Soloed late in the year.

1922

October(?): 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: 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 a Vega 5A Executive, NC538M (c/n 107), Pratt & Whitney Wasp, 425 HP, over 3 kilometer course to set a speed record of 184.17 mph.

1930

March 17: Bought 425 HP 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) with Wasp C from NC7952. 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) with test pilot.
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: Failed to complete flight from Lae to Howland Island.

Links

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