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Amelia Earhart Story Forney Museum of Transportation  After a series of moves, Amelia's parents separated and Amelia, her sister, Muriel, ... to begin studies to enter the teaching field, Amelia enrolled in Orgontz School, ... She asked her father to inquire about a flight and the cost of flying lessons ... She hired Anita Snook, also known as 'Neta' or 'Snooky,' for $500 for the first 12...
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Neta Snook - Wikipedia  Neta Snook Southern (February 14, 1896  March 23, 1991) was a pioneer aviator who achieved a long list of firsts. She was the first woman aviator in Iowa, first woman student accepted at the ... Her autobiography I Taught Amelia to Fly aptly captures the essence of her fame, she was forever linked to the Earhart mystique...
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Anita Neta Snook | HistoryNet  I liked the way she stated her objective. 'I want to fly. Will you teach me?' The Amelia of the title was, of course, Amelia Earhart. When Snook was in her 70s,...
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Famous Iowans - Neta Snook | DesMoinesRegister.com  Anita "Neta" Snook was a fearless young woman who took to the skies when ladies ... She loved the fast rides she took with her father in the family automobile. ... In 1915, after completing high school, Snook, her parents and baby sister Vivian ... she helped build the trainer plane - an important aspect of flying because pilots...
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Amelia earhart - SlideShare  Aug 12, 2015 ... ... with the acquisition of a new house and even the hiring of two servants, it soon ... After that 10-minute flight (that cost her father $10), she immediately became ... Her teacher was Anita "Neta" Snook, a pioneer female aviator who used a ... Earhart arrived with her father and a singular request, "I want to fly.
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jeopardy/2380_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  10-LETTER WORDS | A bumpy plane ride is usually caused by this irregular motion of air, sometimes "clear air" | Turbulence. right: Katie. Wrong: Value: $200.
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The Ninety-Nines, Inc., International Organization of Women Pilots  Fly Now  Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Judges ... Professional Pilots Leadership TrainingInterested in a Career in Aviation? ... advancement of aviation through education, scholarships, and mutual support while honoring our unique ... Established in 1929 by 99 women pilots, the members of The Ninety-Nines, Inc.,...
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Free Flashcards about FIRSTS - StudyStack  IN 1930 ELLEN CHURCH WAS FLYING HIGH AS THE FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE THE AIRLINES IN THIS CAPACITY, STEWARDESS. MICKEY MOUSE...
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Amelia Earhart | Frontiers of Flight Museum  In 1937, she set out in her Lockheed Electra with navigator Fred Noonan. ... On the last leg of their journey, radio contact was lost as they were flying to Howland Island ... Amelia Earhart's Electra 10E was a twin-engine, all-metal monoplane airliner ... Earhart was called Lady Lindy because her slim build and facial features...
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August 1, 1911: Harriet Quimby Gets Her License | Almost Chosen ...  Aug 1, 2016 ... The officials of the Aero Club of America, the licensing agency for ... So Harriet Quimby became the 37th licensed pilot in the United ... and the second female licensed pilot in the world, on August 1, 1911. ... On April 16, 1912 she became the first female to fly across the English Channel. ... About these ads...
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Lindbergh Does It! To Paris in 33 1/2 Hours; Flies 1,000 Miles ...  Levine Abandons Bellanca Flight: Venture Given Up as Designer Splits With Him ... At 10:24 the Spirit of St. Louis landed and lines of soldiers, ranks of ... Herrick was among the first to welcome and congratulate the hero. .... Suppose the news flashed from the Empress of France that the American flier was seen off the coast...
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Ellen Church (Marshall) The World's First Stewardess  Ellen Church. (Marshall) ... the airlines needed to convince the public that flying was, indeed ... In 1930, Boeing Air Transport. (BAT), the ... Ellen Church became the world's first stewardess, working the ... In addition to being registered nurses, the women had to be ... she served as the Director of Nursing at the. Sherman...
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Ellen Church, circa 1930. In 1930, Church became the first airline ...  In 1930, Ellen Church became the first airline stewardess after convincing ... (not Emmanuel Lewis) has to say: stewardess noun a woman flight attendant. .... As the men left to fight during World War 1 their previous jobs were left vacant. .... Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers,...
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JEOPARDY! Game - June 1, 2004  (7) In Act I of this operetta, we find out that Frederic was supposed to be apprenticed to a "pilot", but his nurse misheard. DAILY DOUBLE WAGER $1400.
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Amelia Earhart - Wikipedia  Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. ... Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day. ...... In 1997, on the 60th anniversary of Earhart's world flight, San Antonio businesswoman Linda Finch...
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United States Women in Aviation through World War I - Smithsonian ...  Mrs. Ralph Van Deman, a good friend of the. Wright brothers' sister Katherine and the first woman to fly as an airplane passenger in America. (SI photo 77-717).
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Articles about Linda Finch - tribunedigital-sunsentinel - Collections  By KEN KAYE Staff Writer, May 18, 1997 ... symbolically completing the around-the-world flight begun 60 years earlier by aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. ... Linda Finch, the woman re-creating Amelia Earhart's around-the-world-flight, will have ... Finch, an accomplished pilot in her own right, next month plans to re-create...
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Jacqueline Cochran | General Chuck Yeager  Something inside Jacqueline Cochran always told her she would make her mark ... The woman who would earn the title First Lady of Flight did so and then some. ... With her first paycheck, eight-year-old Jackie bought the first pair of shoes she ... business, Floyd remarked casually that she would need wings to do all that.
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Charles Lindbergh The Lone Eagle - Home of Heroes  Little Falls High School in his home state and enrolled as an engineering student in the ... In February 1922 Lindbergh left college to pursue his three passions in life: ... the sky over Lincoln, Nebraska, he was just another unknown, young, .... Raymond Orteig offered a prize of $25,000 to the first pilot to fly nonstop between...
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Amelia Earhart - 456th F.I.S.  Pioneering Woman Aviator, Lost on Flight over the Pacific ... After her flight with barnstormer Frank Hawks, she said "As soon as we left the ground, I knew I myself ... She became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic on June 18-19, 1928.
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She Flies Like a Girl | Jacquie Warda is a daredevil in the cockpit. By ...  One thing Warda is passionate about is hanging out after her performances to talk ... "Because there are so few women doing what we do, we inspire other women to be great," says Warda. ... It's pretty high risk, so we don't do anything that's unknown. ... Those things, no matter what I call them, they're all going to be unique...