#OTD #TDIH #August24, 1932: #AmeliaEarhart becomes #1stWoman to fly a #solo #transcontinental #nonstop #flight from #MinesField ( #LAX) #LosAngles to #NewarkMetropolitanAirport ( #NewarkLibertyInternationalAirport) #NewarkNJ earning her a #DFC.
#AviationPioneers #AviationFirsts #JerseyProud

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #August18, 1903: #KarlJatho flies his motored gliding airplane 4 months before the #WrightBros #AviationPioneers #EarlyFlyingMachines #AviationFirsts #FirstPoweredFlight #FirstPoweredAircraft #AviationSky
www.karl-jatho.com/html/first_p...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #August14, 1901 1st #PoweredFlight achieved by #GustaveWhitehead in his #Number21; #JanesAllTheWorldsAircraft affirms this.
#AviationPioneers #EarlyFlyingMachines #AviationFirsts #FirstPoweredFlight
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehe...

#OTD #TDIH #January11, 1935 #AmeliaEarhart becomes #1stPerson to #FlySolo from #Hawaii to #California; listens to #MetropolitanOpera's #TannhauserOpera while landing. #OperaSky #ClassicalSky #MusicSky #AviationSky
#TranspacificFlight #AviationFirsts #AviationHistory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sZr...

#OTD #TDIH #January11, 1935 #AmeliaEarhart becomes #1stPerson to #FlySolo from #Hawaii to #California; listens to #MetropolitanOpera's #TannhauserOpera while landing.
#TranspacificFlight #AviationFirsts #AviationHistory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sZr...