Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhartwas an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart joined the faculty of the Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPilot
Date of Birth24 July 1897
CountryUnited States of America
Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others.
Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.
I want to do it because I want to do it.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
I did for the fun of it
There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.
In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.
There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.
Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it.
Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.
If enough of us keep trying, we'll get someplace.
Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.