Amelia Fashion, Sexy Then and Now
Ideas & Insights About a Legendary Lady
Amelia Fashion, Sexy Then and Now
Compare feminine Amelia-inspired flight gear of 1936 with 2012. Sexy is in the eyes of the beholder.
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Naming Amelia
Ideas & Insights About a Legendary Lady
Naming Amelia
The origin of the name Amelia is Latin and means work or industrious. Oddly, each year the name has had a meteoric rise in popularity in the U.S. In 2006 Amelia actually rose to the Read more [...]
Amelia Earhart and the 99’s
Some folks know little about the Ninety-Nines. The group may not be as famous as the number sixty-nine, or be likened to the football team the 49er’s, but they have a rich history in the world of aviation. Amelia Earhart became the first Read more [...]
Amelia Earhart Inspires Everyone
Most folks have heard of the Amelia Earhart Luggage line that was sold through the Macy’s department store chain back in the 1930’s. There were a lot of promotions that Amelia’s husband, George Palmer Putnam Sr., developed back then to Read more [...]
Steve Jobs on Amelia Earhart
Some time ago Steve Jobs of Apple Computers had started an advertising campaign called “Think Different.” He mentioned many people who knew how to think outside of the box. His long, long list included Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Martin Read more [...]
TIGHAR’S SEARCH FOR EARHART- RIGHT REASONS, WRONG CONCLUSIONS
It appears Ric Gillespie of TIGHAR (The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery) is becoming a master at sleight of hand. I admire his ability to pull reasons to go back to Nikumaroro Island out of his….hat. The search for the “any Read more [...]
Amelia, Fred and the Lady Be Good
The last and final flight of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan ended with them dying on Gardner Island between the 7th and 9th of July, 1937 (according to the conclusion reached by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, TIGHAR, Read more [...]
Earhart’s Stepson-Crayola Connection
Did you know George Putnam Jr. (step-son of Amelia Earhart) was the heir to the Crayola Crayon (Binney) dynasty? Putnam talks about this in his video-taped interview entitled "Putnam Shares his Personal Memories" that Read more [...]
Earhart’s Disappearance- Is It Really a Mystery?
Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight ended in her controversial disappearance July 2, 1937. One must remember that she was attempting something that no one had ever tried before. Just like Pan Am instituting air service to the Philippines Read more [...]
The Mystery of Earhart’s Radio Calls – Why So Short?
Before Amelia Earhart disappeared on her last flight she let it be known to all concerned that she would be transmitting at a quarter past the hour. She also said she would listen on the hour and half hour. In 1937 aircraft radios were quite Read more [...]