CarveHerName · @CarveHerName
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#OnThisDay, 25 Aug 1932, Amelia Earhart successfully lands in Newark, New Jersey, to become the first woman to fly solo across the USA.
Earhart breaks a series of first flights, before disappearing during an attempt to fly around the world in 1937.
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CarveHerName · @CarveHerName
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"The air is the only place free of prejudices."
#OnThisDay, 15 Jun 1921, Bessie Coleman gained her pilot's licence, becoming the first licensed civilian African-American pilot in the world.
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CarveHerName · @CarveHerName
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#OnThisDay, 24 May 1930, Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.
Listen to Amy describing her flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWkAib0U3hg
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CarveHerName · @CarveHerName
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#OnThisDay, 21 May 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman - and only the second person - to fly solo and without stops across the Atlantic.
She lands unexpectedly in a field in Ireland. There’s some wonderful images of her in the nearest village here: https://joecampbellart.com/2015/03/12/amelia-earhart-in-ireland-solo-atlantic-crossing-may-21st-1932/
Watch newsreel of her taking off here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-itPeJOyzI
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CarveHerName · @CarveHerName
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#OnThisDay, 3 Feb 1995, Eileen Collins becomes the first female pilot of the Space Shuttle, on a mission on #Discovery. She would go on to become the first women to command the Shuttle.
#WomenInSpace
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CarveHerName · @CarveHerName
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#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1935, Amelia Earhart lands in California, becoming the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California.
#WomenInHistory #WomenPilots #History #HistoryOfFlight #AmericanHistory #Histodons
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Ceryl · @politicdormouse
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A new #Wikipedia page for Lucyna Wlazło (1928-2007) a Polish glider pilot and gliding instructor who set 6 world records and 11 national records in 1950s & 1960s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucyna_Wlaz%C5%82o-Bajewska_Krzywonos #wikiwomeninred #WomenPilots #GliderPilots #PolishPilots #PolishWomen #Wikipedia #Wikimedian #Polish #WomenInHistoryShouldntBeAMystery
#womeninhistoryshouldntbeamystery #polish #wikimedian #polishwomen #polishpilots #gliderpilots #womenpilots #wikiwomeninred #wikipedia