A Note From Bob
The flight that never landed
On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan lifted off from Lae, New Guinea, bound for a tiny speck of land in the Pacific called Howland Island. They never arrived. Somewhere over that vast ocean, the most famous aviator in the world simply vanished, and the largest search in naval history to that point turned up nothing. Today's featured quiz traces her whole remarkable life, from the barnstorming pilot who set record after record to the mystery that has never stopped drawing people in.
Trivia Question of the Day
In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to accomplish which aviation feat, flying alone from Newfoundland to Ireland?
The answer is at the bottom of this email.
Today's Featured Quiz
Amelia Earhart
Fifteen questions, just a few minutes. From her record-setting solo flights to the doomed attempt to circle the globe, see how well you know the woman who redefined what was possible in the cockpit, and whose final flight remains one of history's great unsolved mysteries.
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The Answer
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
On May 20 and 21, 1932, exactly five years after Charles Lindbergh's famous crossing, Earhart flew alone from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland to a pasture near Derry, Ireland. The roughly fifteen-hour flight battled ice, mechanical trouble, and exhaustion, and it made her an international celebrity. It was the achievement that cemented her legend, five years before the Pacific flight from which she never returned.
On This Day
July 2, 1937: Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan departed Lae, New Guinea, on one of the final legs of her attempt to fly around the world. Bound for Howland Island, a target barely two miles long in the open Pacific, they lost radio contact and were never found. The disappearance launched an unprecedented search and a mystery that endures to this day.
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Bob
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