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    women and pilots all around the world. But something happened to her that has confused people and scientists for years. “July 2,1937, Amelia Earhart and Fredrick Noonan were reported missing in the Lockheed plane around Howland Island which is in the Pacific Ocean.” (1) What started out as a fun challenge for Earhart and her copilot Noonan turned into the biggest mystery we have ever seen. Amelia Earhart had many triumphs during her life. “She was the 16th woman to earn a pilot’s license. She…

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    Many mysteries appear in both American and world history. There are still many holes in history with missing information. It’s nearly impossible to know the answer to every unsolved mystery, but if society doesn’t try to further understand; we couldn’t possibly be successful when trying to fill in the gaps of history. One unsolved mystery that I found eye catching was the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Many are familiar with Amelia Earhart’s accomplishments and what was known as…

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    Rainsford woke up that morning from the best night’s sleep he has ever had. He wakes up like it is a normal morning in New York, he changes into new clothes and makes himself some breakfast. After Rainsford had a wonderful homemade breakfast he decided to do some exploring of the house. Upstairs in General Zaroff’s room he found a huge safe filled with guns and ammo. These guns were illegal to own in the United States and Rainsford was wondering where he could possibly get such rare infantry. He…

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    Amerlia Mary Earheart is best known for being the first female aviator to fly solo across the Alantic Ocean. Amelia was born on July 24, 1897 in a small town in Atchison, kansas. Even as a child she still had a thirst for adventures and a growing love for the outdoors. With much stength, amelia got through her troubling childhood and faced all her challenges with perserverance and with that she beamane one of the most impostsnt female aviators in history. Although amelia had orginally studied…

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    Contextual and Biographical Background In a typical military organization, fighter pilots are considered among the most challenging, stressful, and specialized positions to see combat. These aerial soldiers have uses as varied as any other military branch, often being used for things like soldier/cargo transport, air support, or direct air-to-air combat. Starting in World War I, single-seater fighter planes became more effective, and henceforth a large contributor to air victories. This trend…

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    The Wright Brothers' Flying Sister In 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first-ever airplane flight. The plane was called the Wright Flyer. It flew 12 seconds and 120 feet in the air, setting a world record. Wilbur and Orville then started a company to build more airplanes and asked their sister Katharine to help them. Katharine was just the right person for the job. Katharine had helped Wilbur and Orville build the first engine-powered plane. She was also smart and a good salesperson.…

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    So far this has been the best century, known as the Roaring Twenties, so far. This year has been the best year for my husband’s business, he is the owner of the local theatre, and his business has started to boom in the recent years, people come for entertainment of the movies. We are in the Age of Weimar, this is where satiability, economic security, and living standards continue to improve. I can strongly say I agree with this because every ones lives, no matter if you were poor or rich before…

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    Essay On Amelia Earhart

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    The volume I'm reading was written by Patricia Lauber, published in 1988 and titled "The Story of Amelia Earhart”. The book consists of 106 pages, 14 chapters and its index. In the first part (chapters 1-4), the author begins narrating the life of Amelia Earhart from the age of 7, who grew up next to her younger sister Muriel under the care of her grandfathers Alfred and Otis Muriel. Amelia Mary Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897. She showed, since her early ages, to be a very…

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    Amelia’s Fantastic Flight, written by Rose Bursik is intended for children ages 4-7 was published March 15, 1994. Amelia’s Fantastic Flight is 32-page paperback story that tells of a young girl named Amelia (Earhart) who loved airplanes so much, that she built one. Then, she used the airplane to fly to 15 different countries such as Brazil, Kenya, Egypt, France, Finland, Russia and India all before time for dinner. Bursik paired fun alliterations regarding the countries Amelia visited including…

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    The short story “Bangana” (2014) by CJ Hauser deals with drone pilot, mother of one and wife Alicia Brennan. The inner monologue spans over about a week of Alicia’s life as both a mom, wife and drone pilot in the army. The main theme explored in this short story is gender roles. Our protagonist Alicia indirectly battles the traditional household gender roles, with her working as a drone pilot for the army against the middle east and Daddio, who’s a farmer living as the head of his family in…

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