July 24, 2026
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart's birthday: aviation pioneers, daring women, and record-breaking firsts.
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Calaruga Shark Media Piam Mark Ellison and today's theme is
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Amelia Earhart's birthday. Aviation Pioneers, Daring Women and record breaking
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firsts Question one. Born on July twenty fourth, eighteen ninety seven,
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Amelia Earhart later became the first woman to fly solo
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across the Atlantic. During that nineteen thirty two feet from
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Newfoundland to Ireland. What rugged red and Gold monoplane carried
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her through storms and icing? Question two? Which American trailblazer
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became the first US woman to earn a pilot's license
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in nineteen eleven and the next year became the first
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woman to fly across the English Channel. Question three Denied
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entry by American flight schools, Bessie Coleman traveled to Europe
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and in nineteen twenty one earned an International Pilot's Certificate,
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which Glowebal Aviation Body granted her license. Question four in
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nineteen sixty four, who completed the first solo flight around
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the world by a woman, departing from and returning to Columbus,
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Ohio in a single engine Cessna one hundred and eighty,
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nicknamed the Spirit of Columbus. Question five, who became the
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first woman to break the sound barrier, achieving the feat
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in nineteen fifty three with a sleek jet fighter and
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guidance from Chuck Yeager. We'll be right back with these
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answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one. What aircraft
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did Earhart fly on her nineteen thirty two solo Atlantic
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crossing Answer Lockheed Vega five B Earharts bright red. Lockheed
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Vega five B took her from Harbor, grit to near
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Londonderry in about fifteen hours. The airplane now hangs in
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the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Question two. Who
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was the first US woman licensed pilot and first woman
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to cross the English Channel? Answer Harriet Quimby. Quimby earned
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license NUMB thirty seven from the Aero Club of America
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and crossed the Channel on April sixteenth, nineteen twelve. She
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was known for her purple flying suit and for opening
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doors for women in aviation. Question three. Which organization licensed
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Bessie Coleman in nineteen twenty one Answer FAI Federation air
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Nautique Internationale. The FAI, based in Paris, governed international aviation
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records and licensing. Coleman became the first African American and
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native American woman to earn a pilot's license. Question four.
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Who made the first solo female flight around the world
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in nineteen sixty four? Answer Jerry Mock. Geraldine Jerry Mock
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flew nearly twenty three thousand miles in twenty nine days,
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proving that long distance aviation wasn't just the domain of
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life large crews and military pilots. Question five. Who was
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the first woman to break the sound barrier? Answer Jacqueline
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Cochrane On May eighteenth, nineteen fifty three, Cochran flew a
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Canadair F eighty six Saber past mak I over Rogers
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Dry Lake. A racing champion and test pilot, she set
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numerous speed records and led wartime women's flying efforts. That
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concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and
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today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.
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See you tomorrow.
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