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Amelia Earhart and the first freedoms of the air

Amelia Earhart and the first freedoms of the air

The short, happy life of an American icon

Mathew Lyons
Mar 14, 2025
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Amelia Earhart, aged 40, disappeared with her plane and her navigator on 2 July 1937 on the longest leg on what was intended to be the first circumnavigation of the world by a woman in an airplane. H…

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