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[–] SilverAirplane 0 points 18 points (+18|-0) ago 

In 1927 at age 25, Charles Lindbergh flew a plane of his own design, solo, from New York, across the Atlantic Ocean to Paris

A year later, Amelia Earhart, was flown as a passenger in someone else's plane across the Atlantic ocean. When she returned, she was "greeted with a ticker-tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes in Manhattan, followed by a reception with President Calvin Coolidge at the White House.". For this (non)achievement, she was heralded as a "Hero." But what did she actually do? Earhart was just a passenger on the plane being flown by two men: Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon. As Earhart herself later admitted, “Stultz did all the flying... I was just baggage, like a sack of potatoes.”

In 1932, five years after Lindbergh's historic flight, and after tremendous progress in aviation technology, Earhart flew someone else's plane solo across the Atlantic. She intended to follow Lindbergh's route but she couldn't make it that far, and landed in Ireland, well short of her intended destination in Paris.

In Scott Berg's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Lindberg describes Earheart as a nice person but, not a very good pilot.

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[–] clamhurt_legbeard 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The Spirit of St Louis itself has an account, and speaks to us!

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[–] Empire_of_the_mind 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

Lindbergh is a true fucking legend. Look into him for a real eye-opener.

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[–] BentAxel 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

He was an odd person much like Bill Gates He wasn't the first to cross the Atlantic, he just chose the greatest span. Lindberghs flight came 8 years later.

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[–] DozensOfDindus 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Fucking tragic about his son

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[–] clamhurt_legbeard 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Truth. He said and did much in WWII, in both theaters....

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[–] Thyhorrorcosmic103 0 points 26 points (+26|-0) ago 

Any time you hear “first woman” or “first nigger” means a white man did it first.

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[–] eongoat 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Every time?

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[–] Thyhorrorcosmic103 ago 

“Not all, not all, not all!”

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[–] DavidsHogg 0 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago 

And normally many times and for many years.

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[–] WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

Yeah but Amelia did it with a vagina!

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[–] dassaer 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Well technically she only sat on it ....

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[–] clamhurt_legbeard 0 points 46 points (+46|-0) ago 

It's still absolutely worth celebrating.

Have you seen the average woman drive? I'm thrilled she could even navigate an airplane!

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[–] BentAxel 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I spit my lunch out on that one. Well done.

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[–] clamhurt_legbeard 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I searched for "female pilot landing"

Immediately found this.

She was hailed as a hero because she didn't hit any cars!

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[–] MemeDropAcct 1 point 14 points (+15|-1) ago  (edited ago)

I'm thrilled she could even navigate

Flying due East was too complicated for her to figure out on her own so she first flew across the Atlantic as a passenger in a plane piloted by a man, and then just duplicated the route. When she tried the circumnavigation trip she brought along an actual male navigator, but she still managed to over ride him and take a wrong turn.

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[–] clamhurt_legbeard 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

She tried following Lindbergh's trail to Paris but had to give up in Ireland.

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[–] Empire_of_the_mind 1 point 18 points (+19|-1) ago 

i see you didn't read to the bottom of the wiki page

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[–] clamhurt_legbeard 0 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago 

OH SHIT!!

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[–] bobdole9 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

A broken clock is correct twice a day.

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[–] gimpyoldman 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

And how many guys got to handle then to cough up the money for her stunt?