Amelia Earhart and Edward Rickenbacker

Amelia Earhart, July 24, 1897 - c. July 2, 1937
Edward Rickenbacker, October 8, 1890 - July 27, 1973
American Aviators

Earhart and Rickenbacker were two of the world’s most celebrated aviators, she for discovery, he for military prowess.

Earhart was the first woman to fly the Atlantic as a passenger in 1928, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic solo in 1932, the first person to fly from Hawaii to the mainland, the first person to fly solo over the Pacific, and the first person to fly solo over both the Atlantic and Pacific. Her accomplishments were not limited to flight, however; she also developed a successful clothing line. Her dream of circumambulating the globe airborne was left unfinished when her plane disappeared over the Pacific on July 2, 1937.

Rickenbacker was an American flying ace in both World War I and World War II who received seven Distinguished Service Cross citations and the Medal of Honor. He was later a race car driver and head of Eastern Air Lines.

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