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Amelia Earhart

1897 – Disappeared 1937

Earhart’s most definitive historic achievement was her 1932 solo transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland, a grueling 15-hour journey that earned her the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross. She also published best-selling books detailing her adventures, most notably The Fun of It (1932), and was instrumental in founding The Ninety-Nines, an international organization created to advance, support, and advocate for female pilots

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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity

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I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.

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There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

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I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty. That the reasons flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the aesthetic appeal of flying.

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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.

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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

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When a great adventure is offered, you don’t refuse it.

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Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

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The most effective way to do it, is to just do it.

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Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

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The most difficult thing is the decision to act!

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Aviation records don’t fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.

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Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

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To worry is to add another hazard.

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Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.

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Being alone is scary, but not as scary as feeling alone in a relationship.

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You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.

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The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

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No borders, just horizons – only freedom.

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Trouble in the air is very rare. It is hitting the ground that causes it.

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Everyone has ocean’s to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?

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About Amelia Earhart

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Amelia Earhart was a legendary American aviation pioneer who shattered gender barriers and became a massive global cultural icon. Famed for her courage and determination, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. Tragically, during a daring attempt to circumnavigate the globe in her Lockheed Electra plane, she and her navigator Fred Noonan vanished over the Pacific Ocean, sparking an enduring historical mystery.

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