Record #:

23436

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937) beat the records for speed, altitude, and distance in aviation. She came to visit Greenville alone in her car on January 15, 1936. Earhart spoke in front of an audience of more 1,500 at the East Carolina Teachers College, telling humorous stories of all of the celebrities she had been mistaken for and also told detailed stories of her adventures in aviation. She stressed to the audience that air travel was the safest of all forms of travel.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , May 11-24 2005, p6

Subject(s):

Aviation; Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937