Amelia Earhart anniversary, Fly, Inspire, Wings, Airplanes, Etsy

May 20-21, 1932: Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo across the

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Atlantic. She flew from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland to Londonderry, Ireland in her single engine Lockheed Vega. 

May 20-21 was exactly five years after Charles Lindbergh made his solo flight across the Atlantic.

She set the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing (13 hours and 30-40 minutes) and the longest distance flown by a woman. 

What can we do to be inspired and celebrate this occasion? Fly a kite? Take flying lessons yourself? Hot air balloon ride? Look into more women's achievements throughout history, maybe.

Amelia Earhart

On this historic anniversary We can think of wings; airplanes, propellers, birds', insects' and butterflies' wings both literal and abstract. How can we use these decorate our homes and ourselves? How can they inspire us?

Hepburn went flying with Howard Hughes
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Different actresses have played the part of Earhart in films. Recently Hilary Swank and Diane Keaton have played her.  

Keaton in Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight, 2013 and Hilary Swank in Amelia, 2009.

In the 1930s the inspirational Katharine Hepburn talked with Howard Hughes about making a film called The Amelia Earhart Story. 

Hepburn said, "motion pictures could be one of our greatest mediums of education today." --  Katharine Hepburn: A Remarkable Woman, by Anne Edwards

There are different photos of her as a pilot including a poster print of Hepburn inside a vintage airplane.


The Wall Decal above right comes in a number of sizes and shapes. Brilliant high-resolution printing on self-adhesive fabric paper. 

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Designing an office, reception area, a game room or someone's special room? If it's got a science, space or aviation theme, consider and airplane or planet and Stars Pendant Light.

So why not figure out a way to celebrate Amelia's achievement? Let out your inner butterfly. :-)

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
--- Helen Keller 

Prepare Amelia Earhart's Favorite Fried Chicken & Biscuits
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Her mother says it's her favorite.

Links to related pages, books of interest:

Astronaut Suits, Space Travel Firsts, You can be an Astronaut

Crystal Tattoos, Wings

Black and White Costume Wings, Dragon Wings, DIY

Katharine Hepburn: A Remarkable Woman by Anne Edwards

Amelia Earhart t-shirt  
"I want to do it because I want to do it"