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[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 18 points 8 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 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yes, she was with Fred Noonan, her navigator.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The crabs wanted Noona-him

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 8 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 24 points 8 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 8 points 8 months ago

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