Amelia Earhart sitting on top of her plane, which is surround by a sea of people. She is a white woman with cropped hair. A man has climbed up to hand her bouquets of flowers.

#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1935, Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California.

Earhart, an aviation pioneer, set many records before disappearing in the Pacific in 1937.

#WomenPilots #HistoryOfFlight #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️

#OTD in 1909 M. E. Ling of #Hull arrived in Edinburgh to attempt to fly across the Firth. The Ling Monoplane, later known as the Newington Monoplane was designed and built in the city. It was one of the regions first attempts at flight.
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From Propellers to the Moon: How Rare Was Humanity’s 66-Year Technological Leap? In 1903, the Wright brothers achieved the first powered flight. Just 66 years later, Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon.

From Kitty Hawk to the Moon in just 66 years—how rare is that? 🛩️🌕 Dive into the numbers behind humanity’s cosmic leap.
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#Astrobiology #SpaceHistory #FermiParadox #SETI #LinkedInScience #CosmicPerspective
#FutureOfHumanity #SpaceRace #MoonLanding #HistoryOfFlight

On July 2, 1900, the world’s first successful rigid airship flight was launched in Germany. It was the beginning of an exciting era in aviation and the start of the Zeppelin legacy.

#OnThisDay #AviationHistory #Zeppelin #HistoryOfFlight

Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan looking at a chart before setting off. She is a white woman with short hair.

#OnThisDay, 2 July 1937, Amelia Earhart makes her last radio transmission as she and navigator Fred Noonan start a leg of their round the world flight. Contact was lost when they were over the Pacific and they were never found.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #HistoryOfFlight 🗃️
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#OTD #TDIH #April4, 1933: #DOTD: #RIP: #USNavyAirship #USSAkron wrecked off #NewJerseyCoast.
#ZRS4 #Airships #AviationIncidents #BarnegatLight #AviationHistory #HistoryOfFlight #LighterThanAir #UnitedStatesNavy #USN #NewJersey
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60 Years Ago: Gemini III, America’s First Two-Person Flight  On March 23, 1965, the United States launched the Gemini III spacecraft with astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and John Young aboard, America’s first two-person spaceflight. Grissom earned the honor...

60 Years Ago: Gemini III, America’s First Two-Person Flight  #Science #Space #SpaceExploration #GeminiIII #HistoryOfFlight

Bessie Coleman, an Aviatrix That History Forgot
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Amelia Earhart sitting on top of her plane, which is surround by a sea of people. She is a white woman with cropped hair. A man has climbed up to hand her bouquets of flowers.

#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1935, Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California.

Earhart, an aviation pioneer, set many records before disappearing in the Pacific in 1937.

#WomenPilots #HistoryOfFlight #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️

NFTs that come in the form of digital paintings.
Like the picture of this Fokker 50, which was created from one of the models in my collection. @modelcolle66322

#nft #nftaviation #nftcollection #historyOFflight #aviation #aircraft #digital_painting #Fokker_50

Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan looking at a chart before setting off. She is a white woman with short hair.

#OnThisDay, 2 July 1937, Amelia Earhart makes her last radio transmission as she and navigator Fred Noonan start on their round the world flight. Contact was lost when they were over the Pacific and they were never found.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #HistoryOfFlight

Amelia Earhart sitting on top of her plane, which is surround by a sea of people. She is a white woman with cropped hair. A man has climbed up to hand her bouquets of flowers.

#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1935, Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California.

Earhart was an aviation pioneer, and set many records before her plane was lost in the Pacific in 1937.

#WomenInHistory #History #HistoryOfFlight #AmericanHistory 🗃️