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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I read somewhere recently that she was not alone in that airplane. She had a man co-pilot. Is this true or not?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Yes, she was with Fred Noonan, her navigator.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So why was Amelia Earhart famed for being the first woman to fly solo around the world? She was not solo.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Because people have bad memories and aren't good at spotting precise language choices in the first place.

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