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* Lost July 2, 1937, in the vicinity of Howland Island.
* Lost July 2, 1937, in the vicinity of Howland Island.
* Declared dead January 5, 1939.
* Declared dead January 5, 1939.
== Highlights of Earhart's flying career ==
Source: [[Ric Gillespie]], [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/ResearchPapers/Earhart.html Earhart Biography.]
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|'''1921'''
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|First flying lesson, January 3, 1921. "Canuck," Curtiss JN4 "Jenny."
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|Summer, Kinner "Airster." Two minor crashes.
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|Soloed late in the year.
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|'''1922'''
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|October(?), 1922: altitude record for women of 14,000 feet
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|'''1923'''
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|May 16: obtained a pilot's license from National Aeronautic Association, #6017
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|'''1924'''
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|Briefly owned another Airster (Lovell, page 47)?
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|'''1928'''
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|First woman to cross the Atlantic by air; passenger of Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon
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|Purchased British-built Avro Avian.
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|August 31--September 14, 1928 New York to California.  En route, hit ditch, groundlooped, wrecked landing gear, shattered prop.
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|September 30, forced landing, nose-over, broken propeller.
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|'''1929'''
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|March 29: Department of Commerce Transport Pilot's License
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|July 20: new logbook carried forward 559 hours and 46 minutes
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|July 30: Purchased Lockheed Vega constructor's number (c/n) 10, registered NC6911 with 225 hp Wright J5A Whirlwind engine
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|August: new Vega 1, c/n 36 registered NC31E.
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|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.
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|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).
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|'''1930'''
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|March 17: Bought 425 h.p. P&W-powered Vega 5 NC7952 (c/n 22)
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|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.
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|September 25: wrecked NC7952 in a nose-over landing accident at Norfolk, Virginia which left the airplane flat on its back, fuselage broken
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|December 19: soloed in 1930 Pitcairn PCA-2 autogiro
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|'''1931'''
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|Lockheed rebuilt NC7952 using fuselage of (c/n 68) and upgraded it to a 5B with Pratt & Whitney Wasp C engine of 450 hp
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|April 8 unofficial altitude record of 18,415 ft in the Pitcairn autogiro
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|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.
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|June 22: returned to New Jersey.  11,000 miles covered in 150 hours of flying.
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|September: Totaled the Pitcairn by dropping it in from 20 feet (stalled?).
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|'''1932'''
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|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.
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|July 10: Attempted first woman's non-stop coast-to-coast flight.  Landed in Columbus, Ohio, because of clogged fuel line.
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|August 24: First woman's non-stop coast-to-coast flight in 19 hours, 7 minutes and 56
seconds.
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|'''1933'''
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|National Air Race: finished six hours behind the men (hatch cover problems).
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|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'''
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|January 11: NR965Y, Hawaii to Oakland (first ever west-to-east flight? and solo). 18 hours and 16 minutes in the air.
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|April 19: Missed Burbank to Mexico City non-stop by 60 miles (got lost).
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|May 8: nonstop from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey in 14 hours and 18 minutes.
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|August: Bendix race with Paul Mantz. They placed fifth and won $500.
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|'''1936'''
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|July 21: First flight in X16020 (c/n 1055).
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|July 24: Took delivery of NR16020 on her birthday.
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|September 4: Bendix Trophy race. Earhart and Helen Richey finished fifth in 16:34:52. They won $500.
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|'''1937'''
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|March 17: Earhart, Mantz, Manning and Noonan. Oakland to Honolulu in 15 hours and 47 minutes (a new record).
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|March 20: Groundloop at Luke Field.
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|May 20: Oakland to Tucson, Arizona.  Beginning of second world flight.
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|July 2, 1937: Failed to complete flight from Lae to Howland Island.
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== 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 20:27, 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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