About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 116. Chapters: Curtis LeMay, Barry Goldwater, Buzz Aldrin, Chuck Yeager, Edward Higgins White, Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, Jimmy Doolittle, Frank Borman, Steve Fossett, C. W. A. Scott, Jeannette Piccard, Jacqueline Cochran, Bernt Balchen, Jim Lovell, Albert Scott Crossfield, Italo Balbo, Alexander P. de Seversky, Wiley Post, Amy Johnson, Wally Schirra, Thomas Patten Stafford, Jean Batten, Clyde Edward Pangborn, Jerrie Cobb, Geoffrey de Havilland, David C. Schilling, Allen E. Paulson, Max Conrad, Joe Engle, Louise Thaden, Mario de Bernardi, Frank Kendall Everest, Jr., Winifred Spooner, William J. Knight, Robert Crippen, Laura Ingalls, Alvin S. White, Fitzhugh L. Fulton, Malcolm Forbes, David Hempleman-Adams, John Cunningham, Paul J. Weitz, Jeana Yeager, Mary Bailey, Bertrand Piccard, Dieudonne Costes, Brian Trubshaw, John Currier, Jacqueline Auriol, Ed Musick, Maryse Bastie, Sheila Scott, Carol Rymer Davis, Andre Turcat, Richard Abruzzo, Jennifer Murray, Brian Jones, Brooke Knapp, Gaby Kennard, Lois McCallin. Excerpt: Amelia Mary Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart joined the faculty of the world-famous Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and help inspire others with her love for aviation. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electr...
