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Dang. This brought back memories. I might have to do a reread of those books. I remember being disappointed with the last few books.

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Dudreply
lemmy.world

Best I could figure it's referencing Emilia Earhart.

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lemmy.world

I read somewhere recently that she was not alone in that airplane. She had a man co-pilot. Is this true or not?

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lemmy.world

Yes, she was with Fred Noonan, her navigator.

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lemmy.world

Great, that's what I thought. So why does nobody ever talk about him? Surely coconut crabs feasted on him too.

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lemmy.world

So why was Amelia Earhart famed for being the first woman to fly solo around the world? She was not solo.

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Because she wasn't. She was the first woman to fly Solo across the Atlantic. The fated flight would have seen her become the first woman to Fly around the world, no mention of being Solo.

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