01/11 – Amelia Earhart

Earhart on one of her aircraft. (Earcraft? Eh...never mind.) (Pinterest) On this day in 1935, American pilot Amelia Earhart completed the first solo flight from Hawaii to California. The same route had claimed the lives of several pilots during the 1927 Dole Air Race, but for Amelia, the long lonely ride presented little challenge. She…