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    Who Is Amelia Earhart

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    Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Kansas. Earhart was an American famous pilot. She was also the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic alone. Earhart had to undergo a lot of challenges such as a transatlantic solo flight, other flights, and the challenge of her last flight. After Charles Lindbergh's solo flight from New York to Paris in 1927, his interest grew for having a woman fly across the Atlantic. Lindbergh had this interest because he was not sure is a woman could do…

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    and they both had affairs with other men. Daisy ran around on Tom and had an affair with Gatsby. Similarly, when the Fitzgerald’s moved to France to find peace and serenity, Zelda caused more confusion when she became entangled with a French naval aviator. (centenary) Mrs. Fitzgerald once said that she hoped her daughter would be a “beautiful little fool”. (zelda) In the novel, Daisy used the exact same line to try and preserve her daughter’s youth and ignorance. Fitzgerald intertwined his real…

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    she set a world altitude record of 18,415 feet, flying a Pitcairn PCA-2 autogyro. All this prepared her for her most recognized achievement in the aviation-world. Her skills got better and better, as she kept on flying to become better a better aviator. In 1932, Amelia embarked on a solo flight, but could not make it to Paris, thus she had to land in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. These endeavors established her as the first ever woman…

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    World War II was a destructive and horrible war. Britain was the main target of the Germans at the beginning of the war. The Germans focused much of their air force at Britain. Air Warfare was an important tool they used to cripple Britain. London got attacked quite often in particular by German aircraft. London and its surrounding cities were targeted often to destroy Britain’s defenses and morale during the blitzkriegs. Blitz was taken from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning lightning war.…

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    represented mostly in Congress and the Midwest. President Roosevelt and the eastern constituents led the interventionists. However, Pearl Harbor closed the gap and ended all debates. It produced a surge of unity throughout the country. Charles Lindbergh, aviator hero, and the isolationist group America First closed its doors shorty after the attack. “Such a show of unity embraced all walks of domestic life, media and theatrical, unions, management, both political parties, all interest groups,…

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    They went out to dinner on March 19th which was an interesting choice because on March 19th in 1945, over 800 people were killed as Japanese kamikaze planes attacked the U.S.A carrier Franklin off Japan. Kamikaze were suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan. I was really hoping that this date was not…

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    Tata Airlines Case Study

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    Tata Sons, a separation of Tata Sons Ltd. (now Tata Group) was created by J. R. D. Tata in 1932. [17][18] The aviator Nevill Vintcent had an believed to run mail flights from Bombay and Colombo that related alongside the Regal Airways flights from the United Kingdom. He discovered a advocate for his strategies from J. R. D. Tata of the Tata Iron and Steel Company. Later three years of arbitrations Vintcent and Tata attained a contract to hold the mail in April 1932 and in July 1932 the Aviation…

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    Throughout history, many inventions have been made, some successful, others not so much. A well-known invention that is used more frequently to this day would be the air-plane. This contraption flies around and can carry just about anything that is not attached to the ground. The creators of the first successful plane flight, as we all know well, are the Wright brothers, Wilber and Orville Wright. Their invention throughout time was revolutionized, even women, during this period, and took part…

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    previously standing records by flying them again in less time. Earhart was also invested in emboldening women to refuse to comply with social traditions and inspire them to seek opportunities. That is why, in 1929, she helped create a group of female aviators that became known as the Ninety-Nines (GREEN). Earhart was voted president of this association in 1932 (BLACK). Amelia continued to make history in 1935 by flying unaccompanied from Hawaii to California in 17 hours and 7 minutes, a course…

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    Discuss 3 major events from WW2, what were they and how were they related? 3 major events from WW2 are the Attack on Pearl Harbour, The Bombing of Darwin and the Battle of Kokoda. Pearl Harbour was an attack on the US Naval base by the Japanese Navy. The Bombing of Darwin, also known as The Battle of Darwin was the largest single attack ever undertook by a foreign power on Australia. The battle of Kokoda was a 4 month battle between the Japanese and Australians. Although all 3 of these events…

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