Nice one, Sir sk8norcal! Wonder where those grrrls are today? Living better 'lectrically for their transportation needs, we hope... Here, another grrrl (can a grrrl roar like a lion?)...
Gawd, I think I'm in love... Again... Sadly, poor grrl was lost in the Pacific maybe 20 years before I was born... maybe...
Amelia liked to fly eh? In the air, and, it turns out, on the ground too...
Seen here:
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/America's_Sweetheart
America's Sweetheart is an official title that has been held by 2793 different women of various nationalities since 1914. An MSN search yields 168,256 results.
Oddly, seems her family dropped the "D" from her last name... Plus mis-spelt the last part of her last name...Hehe...
Also, she's not on THEIR list (above) yet, either?
So, does ES have a list of "sweet hearts", ebiking grrrls and boys yet? Could Amelia be added as an "honorary member" or something?
Sadly, her "scooter" (and her planes) ran on that stinky gasoline stuff, but today she would know better? Her "scooter" could be battery-electric at least? She perhaps didn't know or care that she could kick that "scooter", or that pedals were a smarter option, to "save (that stinky) gasoline (or a charge in a battery)?
I actually walked by her "connection" (one of them) to Toronto the other day...
Per Wikipedia:
1918 Spanish flu pandemic
When the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic reached Toronto, Earhart was engaged in arduous nursing duties including night shifts at the Spadina Military Hospital. She became a patient herself, suffering from pneumonia and maxillary sinusitis. She was hospitalized in early November 1918 owing to pneumonia and discharged in December 1918, about two months after the illness had started. Her sinus-related symptoms were pain and pressure around one eye and copious mucus drainage via the nostrils and throat. In the hospital, in the pre-antibiotic era, she had painful minor operations to wash out the affected maxillary sinus, but these procedures were not successful and Earhart subsequently suffered from worsening headache attacks. Her convalescence lasted nearly a year, which she spent at her sister's home in Northampton, Massachusetts. She passed the time by reading poetry, learning to play the banjo and studying mechanics. Chronic sinusitis was to significantly affect Earhart's flying and activities in later life, and sometimes even on the airfield she was forced to wear a bandage on her cheek to cover a small drainage tube.
And (also per Wikipedia):
Early flying experiences
At about that time, with a young woman friend, Earhart visited an air fair held in conjunction with the Canadian National Exposition in Toronto. One of the highlights of the day was a flying exhibition put on by a World War I ace. The pilot overhead spotted Earhart and her friend, who were watching from an isolated clearing, and dived at them. "I am sure he said to himself, 'Watch me make them scamper,'" she said. Earhart stood her ground as the aircraft came close. "I did not understand it at the time," she said, "but I believe that little red airplane said something to me as it swished by."
So, watt would an ebiker say today, as they swoosh past her pathetic gasoline-powered "scooter"?
Fly Amelia, fly! (WhEVer you are). I'm sure she continues to kick serious butt no matter watt "heaven" she's flying in (feel free to pick any "heaven" ya like...). You rock grrrl!
Sorry boys and grrrls, but I'm first in line! The rest of you will have to fight for second place in the lineup... Hope the line isn't TOO long!
Hehe...
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