... her fellow pioneers of the air. her career was a brief one. She died a crash near her home in Boston three months later. Amelia Earhart’s exploits, prior to her fatal venture in 1937. placed her the front rank of pilots, men or women. She was the first woman ...

... specially noted for their exploits are the Ninety-Nines, a nationally recognised group of women fliers organised by the late Amelia Earhart (well remembered In Derry, where she landed), before her tragic disappearance eighteen years ago. There are branches in ...

... Derry. It will be recalled | represented. that it was on the Gallagher farm | A considerable number of at Springfield that Amelia Earhart | breeders of both cattle and sheep chose to land after her famous solo | in Co. Donegal continue to be trans-Atlantic ...

... the plane landed. In these days of trans-; atlantic jets it is interesting to recall the hazards which early fliers like Amelia Earhart over-l came. Four hours out over the! Atlantic from Harbour Grace, | Newfoundland, the starting point of her epic flight ...

... Corporation on a 50- 50 basis in the provision of a memorial plaque at the spot at Culmore where the lone woman aviator, Amelia Earhart landed following her historic trans-Atlantic flight. The arrangement is subject 10 the Rural Council being responsible ...

... Dolphin Label. The Smokey Mountain Ramblers, who star a great fiddle player in George Kaye, have just issued “The Ballad of Amelia Earhart,” the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo —in 1928. On July 2, 1937, the world was stunned with the news that the courageous ...

... mum another rung on the ladder to Currach. This was to mark the stardom. success of their record, “Baidin The fact that Amelia Earhart 5 ocgnliml” which was made for Gael-Linn and is the first flew to Ireland—Dorry, in fact Irish % song ever to —on her ...

... Extra Men For The Smokeys ? THE Smokey Mountain Ramblers made their disc debut with “The Ballad of Amelia Earhart” which brought their brand of music to a wider audience and resulted in lots of work for Ireland’s only authentic country and western outfit ...

... O°D. Promotions six-hour non-stop jamboree at BSrandywell Road Grounds to-morrow. The group's latest hit, “The Ballad of Amelia Earhart,” which is climbing the charts fast, will be performed live in the oity for the first time and Derry's close association ...

... Rural Council with a proposal that a plaque should be erected on the main road near Culmore indicating the spot where Miss Amelia Earhart completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic by a woman in May, 1932. DEATH (Late for Classification) EATON—At ...

... made on Sunday, 25th July, 1909, by the Frenchman, M. Bleriot. Almost 23 years later, on Saturday, 2llst May, 1932, Miss Amelia Earhart arrived at Culmore, near Derry, after making her memorable flight across the Atlantic. Five years earlier, on Saturday ...

... occasions in the city down to the reception to General Balbo on the arrival of the Mtalian air squadron in the Lough and of Amelia Earhart’s landing near Culmore from the first solo flight by a woman across the Atlantic. And there are gl;xmesolpohfiml(msim All ...