American - Aviator | July 24, 1898 - July 2, 1937
The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.
Amelia Earhart
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Mostly, my flying has been solo, but the preparation for it wasn't. Without my husband's help and encouragement, I could not have attempted what I have. Ours has been a contented and reasonable partnership, he with his solo jobs and I with mine. But always with work and play together, conducted under a satisfactory system of dual control.
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I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty.
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Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.
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Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it.
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There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.
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Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationship of women and the creations of science. Although women have not taken full advantage of its use and benefits, air travel is as available to them as to men.
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In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.
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I have often been asked what I think about at the moment of take-off. Of course, no pilot sits and feels his pulse as he flies. He has to be part of the machine. If he thinks of anything but the task in hand, then trouble is probably just around the corner.
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