Amelia Earhart: Soaring

A tribute to aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. (1897-1937)

Amelia Earhart took an active role in efforts to open the field of aviation to women and end male dominance in this exciting new field. She served as an officer of the Luddington line, which provided one of the first regular passenger services between New York and Washington, D.C. In January 1935, she outdid her Atlantic solo by making a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a much longer distance than the Canada-England flight. She became the first pilot to successfully fly that route. Her numerous accomplishments earned her the Distinguished Flying Cross, the first women so designated by the United States Congress.

Amelia Earhart set out in June 1937 to circumnavigate the world. Accompanied by Fred Noonan, her navigator, Amelia Earhart flew her twin engine Lockheed Electra into one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the 20th century. On the most difficult leg of the trip, Earhart and Noonan vanished near Howland Island in the Pacific. Intense searching by both the American and Japanese forces found no trace of Amelia Earhart, Fred Noonan, or their plane and fueled speculation as to the reason for such a dangerous flight. Many argued that the flight was a reconnaissance flight to gather data on Japan prior to the United States entry into World War II. Many others, especially in the aviation community, held fast that Amelia Earhart was driven by her passion for flying.

Music by Love & Rockets: *Saudade*

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• Lockheed Electra
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• Love & Rockets

[DLUVRL2]

truly wonderful feeling to be a woman, thankyou Amelia. one of many female heros.God Bless Us All Father.

[starrynight003]

DLUVRL2....I'm glad that you enjoyed this video. Thank you. :)

[megchristianfan]

Just as much courage...Sometimes more.

I see we have both been busy this year.

[starrynight003]

Yes, I agree, *sometimes more*.... Amelia's statement was quite bold for the times.....and meant to inspire other women to not limit themselves (a very admirable message).  Smile, indeed we have both been busy this year. :)

[chuanist]

More over-done music soundtrack. Too bad. It overrides the excellent content. This aspect of editing and editing software is the least understood and most mis-used of all software.

[starrynight003]

Hello chuanist, I suppose the music is a matter of taste. I rather like this musical piece even  though it was not my first choice. YT removed my first selection. Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the content. sn

[BananaBanshee]

After having watched this excellent video over and over again I have to add:

Amelia Earheart did something very rebellious for a woman in the 1930s,but she did it with disarming gentleness and irresistible charm.

[SuperSquash83]

wow..Amelia Earhart was gorgeous..

[hailz220189]

Hi!

I really enjoyed this video, especially the range of archive material you included, a lot of which I haven't seen before. I'm currently making a documentary about Amelia Earhart at the moment so I'd really appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction of where you managed to find the archive footage! Thanks :D

[grromm]

Hi there, great compilation!

Can you tell me the name of the music you chose to go with it?

Thanks ;-)

[dory423]

awesome video, great job! Earhart is my hero and idol, she inspired my interest in aviation! (just like her, i get sick every stinkin time i go up too lol!) Thank you for this video, I feel that it did her memory justice. I've been searching youtube for a while trying to find video clips to make my own, you already beat me to it! =] haha

again, thanks for the upload!! =]

[hankyhoyo]

What a great video! I really like the music also. It just seems to fit so well with all the fantastic clips and pictures! This must have been a lot of work, but it was certainly worth it! Wonderful!

[ptaah]

Great choice ! Love & Rockets !

[wendyXpeggyXpancho]

Noo Amelia D:>

[stylusfantasticus]

Congratulations Starrynight for this excelse video and the aproppiate music. She was undoubtedly the kind of woman every man would fall in love - like you and me-

All best!

[altooname]

SN003, thank you for creating what I think is the best YT Earhart vid I have seen. I've a large AE image file but you have some new to me. It's interesting to visit her Vega at the Smithsonian and visualize her standing there or entering the cockpit etc. as some of your (and other) images do. What has kept her memory alive for nearly 73 years, of course, is the mysterious fate of her and Fred Noonan. Had she vanished on a "simple" domestic flight, there'd be a memorial somewhere, period.