Amelia Earhart Visits NACA, 1928
Cropped image of Amelia Earhart at the Langley Research Building. During her tour of Langley, in November 1928, she had part of her raccoon fur coat sucked into the 11 Inch High Speed Tunnel. Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 - disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer. In 1932 she became the first woman to fly solo across in the Atlantic. In 1935 she completed the first solo flight from Hawaii to California. In the meantime Earhart continued to promote aviation and helped found the group, the Ninety-Nines, an organization dedicated to female aviators. She was a member of the National Woman's Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. On June 1, 1937, Earhart and navigator, Fred Noonan, left Miami, Florida on an around the world flight. Earhart, Noonan and their Lockheed Electra disappeared after a stop in Lae, New Guinea on June 29, 1937. Earhart had only 7, 000 miles of her trip remaining when she disappeared. No photographer credited, 1928
