this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2024
380 points (94.0% liked)
Memes
45689 readers
888 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I read somewhere recently that she was not alone in that airplane. She had a man co-pilot. Is this true or not?
Yes, she was with Fred Noonan, her navigator.
So why was Amelia Earhart famed for being the first woman to fly solo around the world? She was not solo.
Because people have bad memories and aren't good at spotting precise language choices in the first place.