Vanishing Facts About Amelia Earhart
“Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others” —Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was an author and pioneer in the field of aviation who disappeared during her attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937. During her life she broke new ground and set several records.
Earhart also wrote bestselling books about her experiences flying, and played a key role in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
To this day, she remains a figure of great fascination and her disappearance has been a great mystery for most of the past century. Below are 42 facts about this accomplished aviatrix.
Amelia Earhart Facts
01. Lost
On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator Frederick Noonan were reported missing near Howland Island in the Pacific on the most difficult part of their planned route.
As they approached the island, contact with the US Coast Guard became more sporadic, but they did receive reports of being low on fuel.
What happened next is still largely a mystery, but it’s believed that they may have tried to ditch the plane in the ocean.
02. Want to?
In 1928, George P. Putnam, head of the publishing company G.P. Putnam and Sons was asked by a wealthy socialite Amy Guest to find a woman to fly across the Atlantic in an airplane.
Initially, she planned to be the one to do it, but her family wouldn’t allow it. Instead, he asked Amelia Earhart, and she immediately jumped on the opportunity.
03. Lucky Lindy
Publishing tycoon George P. Putnam gave her the nickname Lucky Lindy because of her likeness to aviator Charles B. Lindbergh. It was a nickname that she apparently despised.
