Amelia Earhart

When I was a little girl I was always very interested in the stories of strong females. I guess most little girls were. I would read about Queen Elizabeth I, or Marie Antoinette, or Cleopartra. They just seemed like the type of women I wanted to be when I grew up, well sort of but who is perfect. Maybe that is why I joined the U.S. Air Force but I digress. Amelia Earhart was one of those women. Like most people, I was really intrigued with her accomplishments as well as the mystery behind her disappearance.


Today I read an article on CNN.com that sparked these memories. It was about Amelia Earhart and that they are investigating the location of her plane again due to an image of landing gear of the same exact plane she flew that fateful day. Click here to read the article!

FYI, Amelia Earhart actually flew through Davis-Monthan Air Force Base back in the day. Here is a pic of her signature when she signed in. You can see this in person at Base Operations.

If you get a chance to see the movie about her staring Hillary Swank, it depicts a passionate woman but also one who was flawed.

Some facts from Biography.com.

-OCCUPATION: Pilot

-BIRTH DATE: July 24, 1897

-DEATH DATE: c. January 05, 1939

-EDUCATION: Hyde Park High School, Columbia University

"Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic and the first person to have flown both oceans. Her mysterious disappearance occurred in 1937."