Achievements |
"I am aware of the hazards. 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 a challenge to others." Amelia Earhart |
Brazen Cohorts
Amelia was apart of the famous Brazen Cohorts. She took part in the Women's Air Derby. It was a competition where, "The women all wanted to prove as fast and as far as men could"- Ernest B. Furgurson. "The sentimental favorite of the race was Amelia Earhart. She had made headlines the year before as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger, not a pilot and would later attain legendary status when she mysteriously disappeared while attempting a solo flight around the world in 1937. Earhart placed a respectable third among the 14 pilots who finished the Women's Air Derby."- Ernest B. Furgurson. Amelia set a lot of records and made a name for herself. "Earhart set an unofficial women's altitude record of 14,000 feet"- Ernest B. Furgurson
Achievements
Amelia was apart of the famous Brazen Cohorts. She took part in the Women's Air Derby. It was a competition where, "The women all wanted to prove as fast and as far as men could"- Ernest B. Furgurson. "The sentimental favorite of the race was Amelia Earhart. She had made headlines the year before as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger, not a pilot and would later attain legendary status when she mysteriously disappeared while attempting a solo flight around the world in 1937. Earhart placed a respectable third among the 14 pilots who finished the Women's Air Derby."- Ernest B. Furgurson. Amelia set a lot of records and made a name for herself. "Earhart set an unofficial women's altitude record of 14,000 feet"- Ernest B. Furgurson
Achievements
- Fall 1929 - Elected as an official for National Aeronautic Association and encouraged the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) to establish separate world altitude, speed, and endurance records for women.
- June 25, 1930 - Set women's speed record for 100 kilometers with no load and with a load of 500 kilograms
- July 5, 1930 - Set speed record for of 181.18mph over a 3K course
- April 8, 1931 - Set woman's autogiro altitude record with 18,415 feet
- May 20-21, 1932 - First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic; 14 hrs 56 min
- August 24-25, 1932 - First woman to fly solo nonstop coast to coast; set women's nonstop transcontinental speed record, flying 2,447.8 miles in 19hrs 5min
- July 7-8, 1933 - Broke her previous transcontinental speed record by making the same flight in 17hrs 7min
- January 11, 1935 - First person to solo the 2,408-mile distance across the Pacific between Honolulu and Oakland, California; also first flight where a civilian aircraft carried a two-way radio
- April l9 - 20, 1935 - First person to fly solo from Los Angeles to Mexico City; 13hrs 23min
- May 8, 1935 - First person to fly solo nonstop from Mexico City to Newark; 14hrs 19min
- March 17, 1937 - Amelia and her navigator, Fred Noonan, along with Captain Harry Manning and stunt pilot Paul Mantz, fly the first leg of the trip from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, in 15 hours and 47 minutes
- June 1, 1937 - Began flight around the world June 1937; first person to fly from the Red Sea to India