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#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1935, Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California.

Earhart was an aviation pioneer, and set many records before her plane was lost in the Pacific in 1937.

#WomenPilots #HistoryOfFlight #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

Amelia Earhart sitting on top of her plane, which is surround by a sea of people. She is a white woman with cropped hair. A man has climbed up to hand her bouquets of flowers.

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 7 days ago

#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1935, Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California.

Earhart was an aviation pioneer, and set many records before her plane was lost in the Pacific in 1937.

#WomenPilots #HistoryOfFlight #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 5 months ago

#OnThisDay, 25 Aug 1932, Amelia Earhart successfully lands in Newark, New Jersey, to become the first woman to fly solo across the USA.

Earhart records a series of first flights by a woman, before disappearing during an attempt to fly around the world in 1937.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #WomenPilots #Histodons

Amelia Earhart in a heavy denim jacket. She is a white woman with cropped hair.

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 5 months ago

#OnThisDay, 25 Aug 1932, Amelia Earhart successfully lands in Newark, New Jersey, to become the first woman to fly solo across the USA.

Earhart records a series of first flights by a woman, before disappearing during an attempt to fly around the world in 1937.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #WomenPilots #Histodons

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 6 months ago

#OnThisDay, 1 Aug 1911, Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman licensed as a pilot in the US. She goes on to be the first woman to fly across the English Channel the following year.

https://carvehername.org.uk/bessie-coleman-and-other-early-american-aviators/

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenPilots #Histodons

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Newspaper headline reading 'woman awarded aerial licence' and confirming Harriet's name and the date

Harriet Quimby about to cross the English channel. She is a white woman in a silk flying suit. Her plane consists of a chair welded to a frame and very little else.

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 6 months ago

#OnThisDay, 1 Aug 1911, Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman licensed as a pilot in the US. She goes on to be the first woman to fly across the English Channel the following year.

https://carvehername.org.uk/bessie-coleman-and-other-early-american-aviators/

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenPilots #Histodons

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