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Amelia Earhart

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Bold signature of the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic,

whose later disappearance over the Pacific has never been solved

Amelia Mary Earhart, 1897–disappeared July 2, 1937.  American aviation pioneer.  Signature, Amelia Earhart, on a 1" x 3" piece of paper.

Earhart remains one of the most fascinating of the early aviators, perhaps more for her unexplained disappearance than for the aviation records that she set.  In an effort to make the longest flight around the world, following a tough equatorial route, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared on July 2, 1937, near Howland Island, in the central Pacific Ocean some 1,700 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii, after failing to make radio contact with the Coast Guard cutter Itasca, which was stationed near the island to provide air navigation and radio links for the flight.  Search and rescue efforts were unsuccessful, and the disappearance remains controversial yet today.  Earhart was three weeks short of 40 years old. 

Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932, five years after Charles A. Lindberghʼs solo flight from New York to Paris.  She flew from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, and landed in a pasture at Culmore, north of Derry, in Northern Ireland in a 14-hour, 56-minute flight in a Lockheed Vega 5B.  She received the Distinguished Flying Cross from Congress, the Cross of Knight of the Legion of Honor from France, and the Gold Medal from the National Geographic Society.

Earhart joined the faculty of Purdue University as a visiting member of the aviation department faculty in 1935.  Purdue helped to finance construction of the specially-modified Lockheed Electra 10E in which Earhart attempted her round-the-world flight.

This signature is perfect for  framing.  Earhart has penned it in jet black.  The signature is on the back of a portion of a letter that appears to ask for Earhartʼs autograph.  It is mounted to a card..  There appears to be a bit of ink transfer at the bottom blank area, well removed from the signature.  It could be matted out if the piece were framed.  Overall the piece is in fine to very fine condition.

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