Lindbergh's solo flight from New York (actually Long Island) to Paris popularized the idea of flight. He also pioneered many routes that were later used by commercial airlines. Earhart took it as an inspiration and tried to equal Lindbergh's achievements.
Yes, they met while they both worked with Maddux Airlines in 1929.
She was smart and Amelia trusted her.
no Amelia Earhart did not have a mentor but she did think about becoming and learning how to fly because she went to a plane show
Yes other pilots did like Charles Lindbergh
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Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart flew across the Atlantic ocean solo.
I believe it was Frank Hawks, or possibly Charles Lindbergh.
I believe it was Frank Hawks, or possibly Charles Lindbergh.
Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington
Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart
Both made solo flights from north America to Europe.
Aviators Bert Hawkes and Charles Lindbergh were some of Amelia's role models. She deliberately made her solo Atlantic flight on the fifth anniversary of Lindbergh's historic flight
Yes, they met while they both worked with Maddux Airlines in 1929.
She got the nickname Lady Lindy because some people thought she looked like Charles Lindbergh.
No, Ms. Earhart was married to book publisher, George Putnam, who in fact published Last Flight from her diary entries transmitted during her last flight.
Amy Phipps Guest and George Putnam, who became her husband , were both great influences on Amelia's flying career.