EPISODE · Jan 11, 2026 · 16 MIN
The Flight That Should Have Made Her Famous - January 11, 1935
from The Daily History Chronicle · host Richard G Backus
On January 11, 1935, Amelia Earhart attempted what ten pilots had died trying: a solo flight across 2,400 miles of open Pacific from Hawaii to California. She succeeded, but the controversy surrounding the flight and the mystery of her later disappearance would overshadow what remains her greatest technical achievement.
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