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Over sixty years after Amelia Earhart vanished mysteriously in the Pacific during her attempt to become the first person to circumnavigate the world along the equator, Linda Finch, a San Antonio businesswoman, accomplished pilot, and aviation historian, recreated and completed her idol’s last flight as a tribute to the aviation pioneer’s spirit and vision.
On March 17, 1997, Ms. Finch and a navigator took off from Oakland International Airport, California, in a restored Lockheed Electra 10E, the same make and model aircraft that Earhart used on her last journey. The mission to fulfill Amelia Earhart’s dream was called “World Flight 1997.” Although Ms. Finch was not the first to attempt Earhart’s around-the-world journey, she was the first to do it in a historic airplane. Linda Finch closely followed the same route that Earhart flew, stopping in 18 countries before finishing the trip two and a half months later when she landed back at the Oakland Airport on May 28.
Linda Finch acquired a vintage Lockheed Electra in 1994 for this adventure. Using original drawings and photographs, the 1935 aircraft was meticulously and accurately restored, right down to its rivets. The classic plane is one of only two in existence capable of flight. The only exception to the original is that Finch’s Electra was equipped with modern navigation and communication equipment whereas Earhart had rudimentary radio communications by today’s standards.
Amelia Earhart is the most celebrated aviatrix in history and was one of the most famous women of her time. As America’s charismatic “Lady of the Air,” she set many aviation records, including becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1928 as a passenger, the first woman (and second person after Lindbergh) to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932, and the first person to fly alone across the Pacific, from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland, California, in 1935. In an era when men dominated aviation, she was truly a pioneer.
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