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Something About Amelia

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Amelia Earhart's Last Flight. Composer(s): McEnery, Dave. Lyricist: McEnery, Dave. Publishing Info: New York, NY: Stasney Music Corp., 1939.

Today is Amelia Earhart's birthday. She was born July 24, 1897.

The famous aviatrix went missing forty years later in July of 1937.

Still a mystery, maybe some of these offerings from the Libraries may someday help to solve this puzzle of aviation history.

Witness to the execution: the odyssey of Amelia Earhart. T.C. Buddy Brennan.

Lost star: the search for Amelia Earhart. Randall Brink.

East to the dawn: the life of Amelia Earhart. Susan Butler.

Amelia Earhart: what really happened at Howland: report II: based on the unabridged pre-war Coast Guard record now released by George Carson Carrington.

Related links:

Amelia Earhart Day

Women's History Month: Amelia Earhart Women in Aviation and Space History: Amelia EarhartThe Flight Stuff

—Elizabeth Periale

From Above the Clouds

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Thomas Baldwin, Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785,, 1786, A BALLOON PROSPECT from above the CLOUDS.Last year we featured the Montgolfier brothers and the first hot-air balloon flight in June, 1783. This year the view from above the clouds is wonderfully represented by this volume from just a few years later, Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785.

A description from the Libraries catalog:

Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage: hints on the improvement of balloons . . . to which is subjoined mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain; with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation. With a copious index.

—Elizabeth Periale

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Thomas Baldwin, Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785,, 1786, A Balloon Prospect from above the Clouds.

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