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Wings Over the Bay: December 2011
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Wings Over the Bay. Sunday, December 11, 2011. Descent: What Have We Learned From this Flight. This is when I must conclude my flight through history. This was a learning experience, hopefully to my audience as much as for myself. This blog challenged my approach to historical research and really made me think about how I should present it to a public audience. Brainstorming for a Possible Aviation Exhibit. The next part of the exhibit would be dedicated to Amelia Earhart. Entitled, "Amelia's Love fo...
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Wings Over the Bay: Brainstorming for a Possible Aviation Exhibit
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Wings Over the Bay. Sunday, December 11, 2011. Brainstorming for a Possible Aviation Exhibit. The path would then weave around to the next section, entitled "Roaring Twenties: Women and the Barnstorming Era" which would depict women aviators and stunt flyers. I would have a bi-plane suspended from the ceiling in a barrel roll position (much like the picture to the right). The San Francisco Chronicle. July 19, 1943. Cover for WASP issue. The same craft that the first female NASA pilot Col. Eileen Coll...
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Wings Over the Bay: Amelia Earhart Had a Love for Oakland
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Wings Over the Bay. Thursday, December 8, 2011. Amelia Earhart Had a Love for Oakland. Newspaper clipping printed 1927. Courtesy of Purdue University. Libraries, Archives and Special. Check out the following archive:. Http:/ www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/aearhart/. Http:/ www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/aearhart/. January 12, 1935. Reports on Amelia Earhart's arrival and that Oakland "is Amelia's home port where she has taken off and landed in several of her memorable flights" ( The Hayward Review. Jan 12, 1935).
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Wings Over the Bay: The Twins of Mercury 13: Primary Source Search Leads to the Women of NASA
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Wings Over the Bay. Saturday, December 10, 2011. The Twins of Mercury 13: Primary Source Search Leads to the Women of NASA. Russia versus the United States and Russia is winning. The "Space Race" dominates the 1950s and 60s, in which the two super powers compete for the final frontier. Russia was first, launching Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. The Russians continued their success:. 1st to orbit a payload (Sputnik, October 4, 1957). 1st Human in Space (Yuri Gagarin, April 12, 1961).
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Wings Over the Bay: Camarillo: "Cities of Color: the New Racial Frontier in California's Minority-Majority Cities"
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Wings Over the Bay. Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Camarillo: "Cities of Color: the New Racial Frontier in California's Minority-Majority Cities". Coleman/EX11.htm). She overcame these challenges and became the first African American woman to obtain her pilot's license on June 15, 1921. To conclude, historians should be aware of the variety of issues that influence the events of history. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Descent: What Have We Learned From this Flight. Amelia Earhart Had a Love for Oakland.
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Wings Over the Bay: Descent: What Have We Learned From this Flight
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Wings Over the Bay. Sunday, December 11, 2011. Descent: What Have We Learned From this Flight. This is when I must conclude my flight through history. This was a learning experience, hopefully to my audience as much as for myself. This blog challenged my approach to historical research and really made me think about how I should present it to a public audience. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Descent: What Have We Learned From this Flight. Brainstorming for a Possible Aviation Exhibit.
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Wings Over the Bay: Bibliography
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Wings Over the Bay. Brown, Patricia. "Harriet Quimby." http:/ www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/quimby.htm. Backus, Jean L. Letters From Amelia, 1901-1937. Boston: Beacon Press, 1982. Corn, Joseph J. "Making Flying 'Thinkable': Women Pilots and the Selling of Aviation, 1927-1940.". Autumn 1979), Vol. 31 No. 4: p. 556-571. Earhart, Amelia. For the Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation. NY: Brewer, Warren, and Putnam, 1932. First Flight Shrine.". Harris, Barbara J. Rupp, Leila J. M...
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