Amelia Earhart

0:03 Calaruga Shark Media Piam Mark Ellison and today's theme is Amelia Earhart's birthday. Aviation Pioneers, Daring Women and record breaking firsts Question one. Born on July twenty fourth, eighteen ninety seven, Amelia Earhart later became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. During that nineteen thirty two feet from Newfoundland to Ireland. What rugged red and Gold monoplane carried her through storms and icing? Question two? Which American trailblazer became the first US woman to earn a pilot's license in nineteen eleven and the next year became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. Question three Denied entry by American flight schools, Bessie Coleman traveled to Europe and in nineteen twenty one earned an International Pilot's Certificate, which Glowebal Aviation Body granted her license. Question four in nineteen sixty four, who completed the first solo flight around the world by a woman, departing from and returning to Columbus, Ohio in a single engine Cessna one hundred and eighty, nicknamed the Spirit of Columbus. Question five, who became the first woman to break the sound barrier, achieving the feat in nineteen fifty three with a sleek jet fighter and

1:34 guidance from Chuck Yeager. We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one. What aircraft did Earhart fly on her nineteen thirty two solo Atlantic crossing Answer Lockheed Vega five B Earharts bright red. Lockheed Vega five B took her from Harbor, grit to near Londonderry in about fifteen hours. The airplane now hangs in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Question two. Who was the first US woman licensed pilot and first woman to cross the English Channel? Answer Harriet Quimby. Quimby earned license NUMB thirty seven from the Aero Club of America and crossed the Channel on April sixteenth, nineteen twelve. She was known for her purple flying suit and for opening doors for women in aviation. Question three. Which organization licensed Bessie Coleman in nineteen twenty one Answer FAI Federation air Nautique Internationale. The FAI, based in Paris, governed international aviation records and licensing. Coleman became the first African American and native American woman to earn a pilot's license. Question four.

2:44 Who made the first solo female flight around the world in nineteen sixty four? Answer Jerry Mock. Geraldine Jerry Mock flew nearly twenty three thousand miles in twenty nine days, proving that long distance aviation wasn't just the domain of life large crews and military pilots. Question five. Who was the first woman to break the sound barrier? Answer Jacqueline Cochrane On May eighteenth, nineteen fifty three, Cochran flew a Canadair F eighty six Saber past mak I over Rogers Dry Lake. A racing champion and test pilot, she set numerous speed records and led wartime women's flying efforts. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.

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