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[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I read somewhere recently that she was not alone in that airplane. She had a man co-pilot. Is this true or not?

[–] Bayz0r@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yes, she was with Fred Noonan, her navigator.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Great, that's what I thought. So why does nobody ever talk about him? Surely coconut crabs feasted on him too.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The crabs wanted Noona-him

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So why was Amelia Earhart famed for being the first woman to fly solo around the world? She was not solo.

[–] cerulean_blue@lemmy.ml 34 points 10 months ago

Because she wasn't. She was the first woman to fly Solo across the Atlantic. The fated flight would have seen her become the first woman to Fly around the world, no mention of being Solo.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 11 points 10 months ago

Because people have bad memories and aren't good at spotting precise language choices in the first place.