“Amelia” Stirs Interest In Women Learning To Fly
By JetAviator7 on Nov 06, 2009 with Comments 1
A local website in Bakersfield, CA – www.bakersfield.com – carried an interesting article concerning the movie “Amelia” and the interest of women in learning to fly. The local chapter of the 99s, a woman’s aviation organization which Amelia Earhart helped found, decided to set up outside the local movie theater when the movie opened in order to hand out information about learning to fly.
This effort was not aimed strictly at women, but for everyone in the area. The Ninety-Nines organization was formed in 1929 when 99 of the 117 licensed women pilots at that time got together to promote women in aviation. One of the members of the local chapter received her private pilot’s license a year ago, and at the young age of 60 is out with her friends promoting aviation for women.
Aviatrix Amelia
General aviation promotes business in local communities, as well as serving the public in a volunteer role when disaster strikes. Many private pilot participate in the Civil Air Patrol and help with searches for lost and/or downed aircraft, and have recently been known for flying World War II veterans to Washington, DC to visit the new World War Two memorial, all at no cost to the veteran.
More important, aviation has always been the last to suffer in a recession and has led the economy out of recession as well. Most all of the improvements you find in your home are the result of research done to improve aviation safety and to extend mans knowledge of our world and the universe.
For example, television was a direct descendant of early radar systems developed during the Second World War. Also, on another note, Hillary Swank (who played Amelia in the movie) apparently learned to fly for her role in the movie.
Until next time keep your wings straight and level Hersch!
JetAviator7
Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.
— Amelia Earhart, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1935
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