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Amelia Earhart: Founder of the Modern Travel Industry? Plus a Look at Why She Disappeared · The Frommer's Travel Show

• 0:21
  And
• 0:21
  welcome
• 0:21
  to
• 0:21
  the
• 0:22
  Fromer
• 0:22
  Travel
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  Show.
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  I'm
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  your
• 0:23
  host,
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  Pauline
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  Fromer.
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  When
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  you
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  think
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  about
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  the
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  history
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  of
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  the
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  contemporary
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  travel
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  industry,
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  there
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  are
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  few
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  bigger
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  names
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  than
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  Amelia
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  Earhart.
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  Which
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  is
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  why
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  I'm
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  so
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  thrilled
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  to
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  have
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  the
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  author
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  of
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  what
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  I
• 0:40
  would
• 0:40
  consider
• 0:41
  the
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  definitive
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  book
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  on
• 0:43
  that
• 0:43
  extremely
• 0:44
  famous
• 0:45
  aviatrix
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  on
• 0:47
  the
• 0:47
  line.
• 0:47
  She
• 0:47
  is
• 0:48
  Lori
• 0:48
  Gwen
• 0:48
  Shapiro.
• 0:49
  She
• 0:49
  has
• 0:50
  a
• 0:50
  wonderful
• 0:50
  book
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  out.
• 0:51
  It's
• 0:51
  called
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  the
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  Aviator
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  and
• 0:53
  the
• 0:54
  Amelia
• 0:54
  Earhart,
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  George
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  Putnam
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  and
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  the
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  Marriage
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  that
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  Made
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  an
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  American
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  Icon.
• 1:00
  Hey,
• 1:00
  Lori,
• 1:01
  welcome
• 1:01
  to
• 1:01
  the
• 1:01
  Fromer
• 1:02
  Travel
• 1:02
  Show.
• 1:03
  I
• 1:03
  am
• 1:03
  so
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  thrilled.
• 1:04
  I'm
• 1:04
  a
• 1:04
  big
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  fan
• 1:05
  of
• 1:05
  yours
• 1:05
  and
• 1:05
  I'm
• 1:06
  really
• 1:06
  delighted
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  to
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  be
• 1:07
  here
• 1:07
  today.
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  Well,
• 1:08
  it's
• 1:08
  mutual.
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  I'm
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  a
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  huge
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  fan
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  of
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  yours
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  and
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  this
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  book.
• 1:13
  I
• 1:13
  wanted
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  to
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  talk
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  about
• 1:14
  it
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  in
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  the
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  context
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  of
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  the
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  travel
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  industry
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  because
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  I
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  think
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  a
• 1:19
  lot
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  of
• 1:20
  what
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  we
• 1:21
  think
• 1:22
  of
• 1:22
  as
• 1:22
  normal
• 1:23
  in
• 1:24
  terms
• 1:24
  of
• 1:25
  getting
• 1:25
  hopping
• 1:26
  from
• 1:26
  place
• 1:27
  to
• 1:27
  place
• 1:28
  by
• 1:28
  airplane
• 1:29
  was
• 1:29
  built
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  on
• 1:30
  the
• 1:30
  blood,
• 1:31
  sweat
• 1:31
  and
• 1:31
  tears
• 1:32
  and
• 1:32
  blood
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  in
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  bold
• 1:34
  letters
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  of
• 1:35
  the
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  early
• 1:36
  aviators.
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  Yes,
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  I
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  would
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  agree
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  with
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  that
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  totally.
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  But
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  also
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  I
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  would
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  argue,
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  and
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  I
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  am
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  Amelia
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  Earhart's
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  biographer,
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  that
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  the
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  aviation
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  industry
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  as
• 1:47
  we
• 1:47
  know
• 1:47
  it
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  today
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  is
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  in
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  great
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  deal
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  due
• 1:51
  to
• 1:51
  Amelia
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  Earhart's
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  role
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  as
• 1:53
  an
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  ambassador
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  as
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  well
• 1:56
  as
• 1:56
  an
• 1:56
  aviator.
• 1:57
  The
• 1:58
  aviation
• 1:58
  industry
• 1:59
  was
• 1:59
  based
• 2:00
  on
• 2:00
  around
• 2:00
  her
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  time.
• 2:01
  We're
• 2:02
  in
• 2:02
  my
• 2:02
  hometown
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  of
• 2:03
  New
• 2:03
  York
• 2:04
  City,
• 2:04
  where
• 2:05
  you're
• 2:05
  speaking
• 2:05
  to
• 2:05
  me.
• 2:05
  I
• 2:06
  think
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  you
• 2:06
  are
• 2:06
  in
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  New
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  York
• 2:07
  as
• 2:07
  well.
• 2:07
  Yes.
• 2:08
  It's
• 2:09
  no
• 2:09
  longer
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  based
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  in
• 2:10
  midtown
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  Manhattan.
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  It's
• 2:11
  moved,
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  I
• 2:12
  believe
• 2:12
  you
• 2:12
  can
• 2:13
  correct
• 2:13
  me,
• 2:13
  onto
• 2:13
  Miami
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  and
• 2:14
  Texas.
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  But
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  the
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  buildings
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  were
• 2:17
  here,
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  and
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  there
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  were
• 2:18
  lots
• 2:18
  of
• 2:18
  airline
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  companies
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  that
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  had
• 2:20
  their
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  headquarters
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  in
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  Manhattan
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  and
• 2:23
  everything
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  was
• 2:24
  roses
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  until
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  October
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  of
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  1929.
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  And
• 2:28
  Amelia
• 2:29
  Earhart
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  at
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  this
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  point
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  was
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  already
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  a
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  well
• 2:31
  known
• 2:31
  figure
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  because
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  she
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  had
• 2:33
  been
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  the
• 2:33
  first
• 2:33
  passenger
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  across
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  the
• 2:35
  Atlantic,
• 2:36
  and
• 2:36
  she
• 2:36
  was
• 2:37
  being
• 2:37
  promoted
• 2:37
  by
• 2:37
  her
• 2:38
  manager,
• 2:38
  later
• 2:39
  to
• 2:39
  be
• 2:39
  her
• 2:40
  husband,
• 2:40
  George
• 2:40
  Putnam,
• 2:41
  as
• 2:41
  the
• 2:42
  Queen
• 2:42
  of
• 2:43
  aviation.
• 2:44
  And
• 2:44
  what
• 2:45
  her
• 2:45
  role
• 2:45
  was
• 2:46
  after
• 2:46
  the
• 2:46
  stock
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  market
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  crash
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  was
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  to
• 2:48
  convince
• 2:48
  people
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  to
• 2:49
  get
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  up
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  on
• 2:50
  airplanes.
• 2:51
  And
• 2:51
  the
• 2:52
  way
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  she
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  did
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  that
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  is
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  fascinating.
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  How'd
• 2:55
  she
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  do
• 2:55
  it?
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  Well,
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  I
• 2:59
  wanted
• 2:59
  to
• 2:59
  give
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  you
• 3:00
  a
• 3:00
  chance
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  to
• 3:00
  talk.
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  The
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  way
• 3:03
  she
• 3:03
  did
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  it
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  was
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  by
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  going
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  after
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  women
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  and
• 3:08
  saying,
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  would
• 3:08
  you
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  like
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  a
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  ride
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  in
• 3:10
  an
• 3:10
  airplane?
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  That
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  was
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  something
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  that
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  she
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  would
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  do
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  as
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  a
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  vice
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  president
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  for
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  several
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  different
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  airlines.
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  She
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  would
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  always
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  joke
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  that
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  she
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  was
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  always
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  the
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  vice
• 3:18
  president
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  and
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  she
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  wasn't
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  being
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  hired
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  to.
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  To
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  fly
• 3:21
  people.
• 3:21
  She
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  was
• 3:22
  being
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  hired
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  to
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  basically
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  convince
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  people
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  that
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  aviation
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  was
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  the
• 3:27
  future
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  and
• 3:28
  that
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  smart
• 3:29
  women
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  let
• 3:30
  their
• 3:30
  husbands
• 3:31
  and
• 3:32
  their
• 3:32
  kids
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  go
• 3:33
  on
• 3:33
  planes.
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  And
• 3:34
  that
• 3:34
  was
• 3:34
  going
• 3:34
  to
• 3:34
  be
• 3:35
  the
• 3:35
  faster
• 3:35
  way
• 3:35
  to
• 3:36
  get
• 3:36
  there.
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  And
• 3:37
  she
• 3:38
  often
• 3:38
  would
• 3:38
  do
• 3:39
  special
• 3:39
  flights
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  with
• 3:40
  only
• 3:40
  women
• 3:41
  allowed.
• 3:42
  And
• 3:42
  they
• 3:42
  would
• 3:42
  go
• 3:42
  up
• 3:42
  in
• 3:43
  the
• 3:43
  sky,
• 3:43
  and
• 3:44
  this
• 3:44
  worked.
• 3:45
  People
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  would
• 3:46
  line
• 3:46
  up,
• 3:46
  there
• 3:47
  was
• 3:47
  lots
• 3:47
  of
• 3:47
  press,
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  and
• 3:49
  she
• 3:49
  would
• 3:50
  get
• 3:50
  people
• 3:50
  to
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  go
• 3:51
  back
• 3:51
  up
• 3:52
  in
• 3:52
  the
• 3:52
  air
• 3:52
  at
• 3:53
  a
• 3:53
  time
• 3:53
  when
• 3:53
  there
• 3:53
  wasn't
• 3:54
  a
• 3:54
  lot
• 3:54
  of
• 3:55
  money
• 3:55
  for
• 3:56
  aviation.
• 3:57
  And
• 3:57
  she
• 3:57
  got
• 3:57
  the
• 3:57
  ordinary
• 3:59
  person
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  flying.
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  And
• 4:01
  so
• 4:01
  when
• 4:01
  I
• 4:02
  take
• 4:03
  a
• 4:03
  flight,
• 4:03
  and
• 4:03
  I've
• 4:04
  been
• 4:04
  taking
• 4:04
  many
• 4:04
  flights
• 4:05
  since
• 4:05
  my
• 4:05
  book
• 4:05
  release
• 4:06
  on
• 4:06
  July
• 4:07
  15,
• 4:07
  Amelia
• 4:08
  Earhart
• 4:08
  really
• 4:08
  gets
• 4:09
  you
• 4:09
  on
• 4:09
  the
• 4:09
  tent.
• 4:09
  I'm
• 4:10
  on
• 4:10
  a
• 4:10
  30
• 4:10
  city
• 4:10
  book
• 4:11
  tour
• 4:11
  right
• 4:11
  now.
• 4:11
  I've
• 4:12
  been
• 4:12
  all
• 4:12
  over
• 4:12
  the
• 4:13
  United
• 4:13
  States.
• 4:13
  But
• 4:13
  every
• 4:14
  time
• 4:14
  I
• 4:14
  see
• 4:14
  those
• 4:15
  clothes
• 4:16
  from
• 4:16
  the
• 4:16
  passenger
• 4:17
  seat,
• 4:17
  I
• 4:17
  think
• 4:18
  this
• 4:18
  is
• 4:18
  because
• 4:18
  of
• 4:19
  Amelia
• 4:19
  Earhart.
• 4:20
  Yeah,
• 4:20
  well,
• 4:21
  she
• 4:21
  was
• 4:21
  an
• 4:21
  incredible
• 4:22
  ambassador,
• 4:22
  and
• 4:22
  she
• 4:23
  was
• 4:23
  married
• 4:23
  to
• 4:23
  a
• 4:23
  gentleman
• 4:24
  named
• 4:24
  George
• 4:25
  Putnam,
• 4:26
  who
• 4:26
  was
• 4:26
  an
• 4:26
  incredible
• 4:27
  promoter
• 4:28
  and
• 4:28
  so
• 4:29
  helped
• 4:29
  build
• 4:30
  her
• 4:30
  up
• 4:30
  so
• 4:31
  she
• 4:31
  could
• 4:31
  be
• 4:31
  this
• 4:32
  ambassador.
• 4:32
  And
• 4:32
  a
• 4:33
  lot
• 4:33
  of
• 4:33
  the
• 4:33
  book
• 4:33
  is
• 4:33
  about
• 4:33
  that.
• 4:34
  But
• 4:34
  prior
• 4:35
  to
• 4:35
  1929,
• 4:37
  when
• 4:37
  she
• 4:37
  started
• 4:38
  doing
• 4:38
  this,
• 4:38
  there
• 4:39
  were
• 4:40
  other
• 4:40
  airlines,
• 4:41
  like
• 4:41
  Lindbergh,
• 4:43
  another
• 4:43
  famous
• 4:44
  aviator.
• 4:45
  He
• 4:45
  started
• 4:46
  an
• 4:46
  airline
• 4:47
  that
• 4:47
  was
• 4:48
  also
• 4:48
  a
• 4:49
  train
• 4:49
  line.
• 4:50
  Absolutely.
• 4:52
  This
• 4:52
  blew
• 4:52
  my
• 4:53
  mind.
• 4:53
  Can
• 4:54
  you
• 4:54
  talk
• 4:54
  a
• 4:54
  little
• 4:54
  bit
• 4:55
  about
• 4:55
  ATA
• 4:57
  or
• 4:57
  tat?
• 4:58
  Tat.
• 4:59
  Oh,
• 4:59
  damn.
• 5:01
  So
• 5:01
  basically,
• 5:02
  this
• 5:02
  was
• 5:03
  again,
• 5:04
  the
• 5:04
  summer
• 5:04
  of
• 5:05
  1929.
• 5:06
  Amelia
• 5:07
  had
• 5:07
  already
• 5:08
  got
• 5:08
  on
• 5:09
  to
• 5:09
  the
• 5:10
  American
• 5:11
  radar
• 5:12
  because
• 5:12
  she
• 5:12
  had
• 5:13
  been
• 5:13
  the
• 5:13
  first
• 5:13
  woman
• 5:13
  to
• 5:14
  cross
• 5:14
  the
• 5:14
  Atlantic
• 5:15
  again.
• 5:16
  She
• 5:16
  was
• 5:16
  part
• 5:16
  of
• 5:16
  a
• 5:17
  reality
• 5:17
  show
• 5:18
  of
• 5:18
  sorts,
• 5:18
  which
• 5:18
  we
• 5:18
  can
• 5:19
  get
• 5:19
  into.
• 5:20
  She
• 5:21
  becomes
• 5:21
  well
• 5:21
  known
• 5:21
  in
• 5:22
  1928.
• 5:23
  She
• 5:23
  will
• 5:23
  become
• 5:24
  incredibly
• 5:25
  well
• 5:25
  known
• 5:26
  by
• 5:26
  1932,
• 5:27
  when
• 5:27
  she's
• 5:27
  the
• 5:27
  first
• 5:28
  woman
• 5:28
  to
• 5:28
  cross
• 5:29
  solo
• 5:30
  as
• 5:30
  a.
• 5:30
  As
• 5:31
  a
• 5:31
  pilot,
• 5:31
  not
• 5:31
  as
• 5:32
  a
• 5:32
  passenger.
• 5:33
  But
• 5:34
  in
• 5:34
  the
• 5:34
  1929,
• 5:35
  in
• 5:36
  the
• 5:36
  summer,
• 5:36
  we
• 5:37
  are
• 5:37
  still
• 5:37
  in
• 5:37
  the
• 5:38
  Jazz
• 5:38
  age.
• 5:39
  I
• 5:39
  mean,
• 5:39
  things
• 5:40
  are
• 5:40
  rosy.
• 5:40
  People
• 5:41
  are
• 5:41
  doing
• 5:41
  crazy
• 5:42
  investments.
• 5:43
  And
• 5:44
  this
• 5:44
  is
• 5:44
  when
• 5:45
  this
• 5:45
  new
• 5:45
  airline
• 5:46
  is
• 5:46
  launched
• 5:47
  with
• 5:47
  Lindbergh
• 5:48
  involved
• 5:48
  and
• 5:48
  Amelia
• 5:49
  Earhart
• 5:49
  brought
• 5:50
  in
• 5:50
  to.
• 5:51
  To
• 5:51
  draw
• 5:52
  the
• 5:52
  women
• 5:52
  in
• 5:53
  as
• 5:53
  passengers
• 5:53
  even
• 5:54
  then.
• 5:54
  And
• 5:55
  basically
• 5:55
  it
• 5:55
  would
• 5:56
  leave
• 5:56
  from
• 5:56
  New
• 5:57
  York
• 5:57
  or
• 5:57
  Los
• 5:57
  Angeles,
• 5:58
  and
• 5:58
  this
• 5:58
  was
• 5:58
  a
• 5:59
  way
• 5:59
  to
• 5:59
  go
• 5:59
  cross
• 6:00
  country.
• 6:00
  But
• 6:01
  it
• 6:01
  took
• 6:01
  about
• 6:02
  two
• 6:02
  days.
• 6:03
  You
• 6:03
  had
• 6:03
  to
• 6:03
  go
• 6:03
  to
• 6:03
  a
• 6:04
  hotel
• 6:04
  stop,
• 6:05
  you
• 6:05
  had
• 6:05
  to
• 6:05
  take
• 6:05
  a
• 6:06
  train.
• 6:06
  It
• 6:06
  was
• 6:07
  like
• 6:07
  a
• 6:07
  plane,
• 6:07
  you
• 6:07
  know,
• 6:07
  it
• 6:08
  really.
• 6:08
  It
• 6:08
  illuminates.
• 6:09
  In
• 6:09
  New
• 6:09
  York,
• 6:09
  we
• 6:10
  have
• 6:10
  the
• 6:10
  take
• 6:10
  the
• 6:11
  train
• 6:11
  to
• 6:11
  the
• 6:11
  plane
• 6:12
  jingle
• 6:12
  that
• 6:12
  goes
• 6:12
  through
• 6:13
  my
• 6:13
  head.
• 6:14
  But
• 6:14
  this
• 6:14
  was
• 6:14
  a
• 6:15
  different
• 6:15
  type
• 6:15
  of
• 6:16
  travel,
• 6:17
  and
• 6:17
  it
• 6:17
  was
• 6:19
  expensive.
• 6:20
  And
• 6:20
  they
• 6:21
  had,
• 6:21
  you
• 6:21
  know,
• 6:21
  all
• 6:22
  stars
• 6:22
  doing
• 6:22
  the
• 6:23
  first
• 6:23
  flight.
• 6:23
  So
• 6:23
  Emilio
• 6:24
  led
• 6:25
  the
• 6:25
  first
• 6:26
  flight,
• 6:26
  not
• 6:27
  as
• 6:27
  a
• 6:27
  pilot,
• 6:27
  as
• 6:28
  a
• 6:28
  passenger
• 6:29
  that
• 6:29
  left
• 6:29
  from
• 6:29
  New
• 6:30
  York's
• 6:30
  Penn
• 6:30
  Station
• 6:32
  as
• 6:32
  the
• 6:32
  first
• 6:32
  train
• 6:33
  ride.
• 6:33
  I
• 6:33
  mean,
• 6:33
  that.
• 6:34
  It's
• 6:34
  crazy.
• 6:34
  And
• 6:35
  Lindbergh
• 6:35
  was
• 6:36
  Coming
• 6:36
  the
• 6:36
  other
• 6:36
  way
• 6:37
  from
• 6:37
  Los
• 6:37
  Angeles
• 6:38
  and
• 6:38
  they
• 6:39
  cross
• 6:39
  in
• 6:39
  the
• 6:40
  middle.
• 6:40
  And
• 6:41
  it
• 6:41
  was
• 6:41
  a
• 6:41
  really
• 6:42
  amazing
• 6:43
  thing,
• 6:43
  except
• 6:44
  that
• 6:44
  aviation
• 6:45
  was
• 6:45
  still
• 6:45
  quite
• 6:46
  dangerous
• 6:46
  at
• 6:47
  this
• 6:47
  point.
• 6:47
  There
• 6:47
  were
• 6:48
  some
• 6:48
  accidents
• 6:49
  that
• 6:49
  people
• 6:49
  didn't
• 6:49
  want
• 6:50
  to
• 6:50
  talk
• 6:50
  much
• 6:51
  about,
• 6:51
  but
• 6:51
  it
• 6:51
  also
• 6:52
  took
• 6:52
  a
• 6:52
  long
• 6:52
  time
• 6:52
  and
• 6:53
  it
• 6:53
  was
• 6:53
  tremendously
• 6:54
  expensive.
• 6:54
  But
• 6:55
  you
• 6:55
  think
• 6:55
  about
• 6:56
  this.
• 6:56
  This
• 6:57
  is
• 6:57
  1929.
• 6:58
  By
• 6:58
  the
• 6:59
  1930s,
• 7:00
  airlines
• 7:01
  like
• 7:01
  Pan
• 7:01
  Am
• 7:02
  were
• 7:02
  doing
• 7:03
  tours
• 7:04
  of
• 7:04
  the
• 7:04
  Pacific
• 7:05
  already.
• 7:06
  I
• 7:06
  mean,
• 7:06
  it
• 7:07
  really
• 7:07
  went
• 7:07
  fast.
• 7:08
  But
• 7:08
  the
• 7:08
  reason
• 7:09
  this
• 7:09
  took
• 7:09
  so
• 7:10
  long,
• 7:10
  this
• 7:10
  original
• 7:11
  airline,
• 7:12
  to
• 7:12
  get
• 7:12
  across
• 7:13
  country,
• 7:13
  you
• 7:13
  had
• 7:13
  to
• 7:13
  take
• 7:14
  trains
• 7:14
  because
• 7:15
  they
• 7:15
  couldn't
• 7:16
  fly
• 7:16
  in
• 7:17
  the
• 7:17
  dark.
• 7:17
  Right.
• 7:18
  And
• 7:18
  they
• 7:19
  only
• 7:19
  went
• 7:19
  about
• 7:20
  100
• 7:20
  miles
• 7:21
  an
• 7:21
  hour
• 7:22
  or
• 7:22
  130
• 7:23
  miles
• 7:23
  an
• 7:23
  hour.
• 7:24
  So
• 7:24
  these
• 7:24
  were
• 7:24
  much
• 7:25
  slower
• 7:25
  planes.
• 7:26
  And
• 7:26
  you
• 7:27
  hear
• 7:27
  about
• 7:27
  the
• 7:27
  derring
• 7:28
  do
• 7:28
  of
• 7:29
  these
• 7:29
  early
• 7:30
  aviators
• 7:30
  who
• 7:31
  made
• 7:31
  the
• 7:31
  first
• 7:31
  solo
• 7:32
  flight
• 7:32
  here
• 7:33
  or
• 7:33
  the
• 7:33
  first
• 7:34
  time
• 7:34
  hopping
• 7:35
  here.
• 7:35
  And
• 7:36
  in
• 7:36
  your
• 7:36
  book,
• 7:37
  what
• 7:37
  you
• 7:37
  brought
• 7:37
  to
• 7:38
  life
• 7:38
  was
• 7:39
  the
• 7:40
  danger
• 7:41
  of
• 7:41
  this.
• 7:42
  Most
• 7:42
  of
• 7:42
  them
• 7:43
  died
• 7:43
  trying
• 7:44
  to
• 7:44
  do
• 7:44
  this.
• 7:45
  We
• 7:45
  only
• 7:46
  know
• 7:46
  about
• 7:46
  the
• 7:46
  successful
• 7:47
  ones.
• 7:47
  But
• 7:48
  dozens
• 7:49
  of
• 7:49
  men
• 7:49
  and
• 7:49
  women
• 7:50
  perished
• 7:51
  trying
• 7:52
  to
• 7:54
  set
• 7:54
  records,
• 7:54
  but
• 7:55
  also
• 7:55
  create
• 7:56
  this
• 7:57
  as
• 7:57
  a
• 7:57
  viable
• 7:58
  form
• 7:58
  of
• 7:58
  transportation,
• 7:59
  Right?
• 8:00
  Absolutely.
• 8:00
  And
• 8:00
  we
• 8:01
  think
• 8:01
  we
• 8:01
  know,
• 8:01
  of
• 8:01
  course,
• 8:02
  the
• 8:02
  ending
• 8:02
  of
• 8:02
  the
• 8:03
  Amelia
• 8:03
  Earhart
• 8:04
  story
• 8:04
  in
• 8:04
  many
• 8:04
  ways.
• 8:05
  You
• 8:05
  know,
• 8:06
  I
• 8:06
  think
• 8:06
  most
• 8:07
  people
• 8:07
  know
• 8:07
  that
• 8:07
  she
• 8:07
  vanishes
• 8:08
  in
• 8:08
  1937
• 8:10
  on
• 8:10
  her
• 8:12
  with.
• 8:13
  A
• 8:13
  lot
• 8:13
  of
• 8:13
  people
• 8:13
  forget
• 8:14
  that
• 8:14
  she
• 8:14
  was
• 8:14
  with
• 8:15
  someone
• 8:15
  else,
• 8:15
  Fred
• 8:16
  Noonan,
• 8:16
  who
• 8:16
  was
• 8:17
  her
• 8:17
  navigator.
• 8:17
  But
• 8:18
  if
• 8:18
  you
• 8:18
  go
• 8:19
  back
• 8:19
  to
• 8:20
  the
• 8:20
  20s,
• 8:21
  aviation
• 8:22
  really
• 8:23
  gets
• 8:23
  onto
• 8:24
  the
• 8:25
  radar
• 8:25
  for
• 8:26
  the.
• 8:26
  The
• 8:26
  public
• 8:27
  with
• 8:28
  a
• 8:28
  movie
• 8:29
  that
• 8:29
  is
• 8:29
  called
• 8:30
  Wings,
• 8:30
  a
• 8:31
  silent
• 8:31
  movie
• 8:31
  in
• 8:32
  1926,
• 8:33
  27,
• 8:34
  and
• 8:34
  it
• 8:35
  was
• 8:36
  a
• 8:36
  movie
• 8:36
  that
• 8:37
  was.
• 8:37
  George
• 8:38
  Putnam,
• 8:39
  who
• 8:39
  would
• 8:39
  become
• 8:39
  Amelia's
• 8:40
  husband,
• 8:40
  was
• 8:41
  involved
• 8:41
  with
• 8:42
  giving
• 8:42
  some
• 8:43
  material.
• 8:43
  He
• 8:44
  actually
• 8:44
  was
• 8:45
  a
• 8:46
  nephew
• 8:46
  of
• 8:47
  the
• 8:47
  head
• 8:47
  of
• 8:48
  Putnam
• 8:48
  Books
• 8:48
  and
• 8:49
  he
• 8:49
  thought
• 8:49
  that
• 8:49
  he
• 8:49
  was
• 8:49
  going
• 8:49
  to
• 8:50
  take
• 8:50
  it
• 8:50
  over.
• 8:50
  This
• 8:51
  film
• 8:51
  becomes
• 8:52
  so
• 8:52
  popular.
• 8:53
  And
• 8:53
  then
• 8:54
  if
• 8:54
  that
• 8:55
  wasn't
• 8:55
  enough,
• 8:55
  in
• 8:56
  1927,
• 8:57
  Charles
• 8:58
  Lindbergh
• 8:59
  takes
• 8:59
  off
• 8:59
  from
• 8:59
  Garden
• 9:00
  City,
• 9:00
  New
• 9:01
  York,
• 9:01
  and
• 9:01
  successfully
• 9:02
  crosses
• 9:03
  the
• 9:03
  Atlantic
• 9:03
  solo.
• 9:04
  He's
• 9:04
  not
• 9:04
  the
• 9:04
  first
• 9:05
  to
• 9:05
  cross
• 9:05
  the
• 9:06
  Atlantic,
• 9:07
  but
• 9:07
  he's
• 9:07
  doing
• 9:07
  it
• 9:07
  solo.
• 9:08
  He
• 9:08
  wins
• 9:08
  a
• 9:08
  prize
• 9:09
  called
• 9:09
  the
• 9:09
  Ortier
• 9:10
  Prize.
• 9:10
  He.
• 9:11
  He
• 9:11
  has
• 9:11
  stripped
• 9:12
  down
• 9:12
  to
• 9:13
  a
• 9:13
  tiny
• 9:13
  plane
• 9:14
  the
• 9:14
  Spirit
• 9:14
  of
• 9:15
  St.
• 9:15
  Louis.
• 9:15
  Other
• 9:15
  people
• 9:16
  had
• 9:16
  tried
• 9:16
  with
• 9:17
  even
• 9:18
  like
• 9:18
  living
• 9:18
  room
• 9:19
  furniture
• 9:19
  on
• 9:19
  the
• 9:20
  plane.
• 9:20
  He's,
• 9:21
  no,
• 9:21
  I'm
• 9:21
  just
• 9:21
  gonna
• 9:22
  do
• 9:22
  this
• 9:22
  myself.
• 9:23
  And
• 9:23
  he
• 9:23
  becomes
• 9:24
  overnight
• 9:26
  the
• 9:26
  most
• 9:27
  famous
• 9:27
  man
• 9:28
  in
• 9:28
  the
• 9:28
  world.
• 9:29
  Now,
• 9:29
  George
• 9:29
  Putnam,
• 9:30
  who's
• 9:30
  based
• 9:30
  in
• 9:31
  New
• 9:31
  York,
• 9:31
  is
• 9:32
  a
• 9:32
  very.
• 9:34
  I
• 9:34
  don't
• 9:35
  particularly
• 9:35
  love
• 9:35
  him
• 9:36
  as
• 9:36
  I.
• 9:36
  As
• 9:36
  I
• 9:36
  research
• 9:37
  him,
• 9:37
  but
• 9:37
  he's
• 9:38
  very
• 9:38
  smart.
• 9:39
  And
• 9:39
  he.
• 9:39
  He
• 9:39
  basically
• 9:40
  uses
• 9:40
  his
• 9:41
  New
• 9:41
  York
• 9:41
  connections
• 9:42
  in
• 9:42
  midtown
• 9:43
  Manhattan,
• 9:43
  where
• 9:43
  his
• 9:43
  office
• 9:44
  is.
• 9:44
  He
• 9:44
  races
• 9:45
  over
• 9:45
  to
• 9:47
  the
• 9:47
  Times
• 9:47
  building,
• 9:48
  which
• 9:48
  is
• 9:48
  about
• 9:48
  a
• 9:48
  block
• 9:49
  away.
• 9:49
  And
• 9:49
  he
• 9:50
  figures
• 9:50
  out
• 9:50
  that
• 9:51
  he
• 9:51
  can
• 9:51
  give
• 9:51
  a
• 9:52
  wire
• 9:52
  to
• 9:53
  the
• 9:53
  Times
• 9:54
  editor.
• 9:54
  The
• 9:55
  Times
• 9:55
  are
• 9:56
  the
• 9:56
  sponsors
• 9:56
  of
• 9:57
  Lindbergh's
• 9:57
  flight.
• 9:58
  And
• 9:58
  he
• 9:58
  gets
• 9:59
  a
• 10:00
  book
• 10:00
  deal
• 10:00
  offer
• 10:00
  to
• 10:01
  Lindbergh
• 10:01
  before
• 10:01
  anyone
• 10:02
  else.
• 10:02
  And
• 10:03
  that
• 10:03
  book,
• 10:04
  which
• 10:04
  is
• 10:04
  about
• 10:04
  his
• 10:05
  flight,
• 10:05
  called
• 10:06
  we
• 10:06
  becomes
• 10:07
  one
• 10:07
  of
• 10:07
  the
• 10:07
  great
• 10:07
  sellers
• 10:08
  of
• 10:08
  the
• 10:08
  Jazz
• 10:09
  age.
• 10:09
  And
• 10:09
  he
• 10:09
  also.
• 10:10
  Byrd
• 10:10
  also
• 10:11
  has
• 10:11
  another
• 10:11
  client
• 10:12
  who's
• 10:12
  another
• 10:12
  superhero
• 10:13
  at
• 10:13
  the
• 10:13
  end
• 10:13
  of
• 10:14
  the
• 10:14
  twenties
• 10:14
  named
• 10:15
  Richard
• 10:15
  Byrd,
• 10:15
  who
• 10:16
  leads
• 10:16
  an
• 10:16
  expedition
• 10:17
  to
• 10:17
  Antarctica,
• 10:19
  a
• 10:19
  plane
• 10:20
  flight.
• 10:20
  He's
• 10:20
  not
• 10:20
  the
• 10:20
  pilot,
• 10:21
  he
• 10:21
  is
• 10:22
  the,
• 10:22
  the,
• 10:22
  the
• 10:23
  lead
• 10:23
  on
• 10:23
  the
• 10:23
  expedition.
• 10:24
  These
• 10:24
  are
• 10:25
  the
• 10:25
  rock
• 10:25
  stars.
• 10:26
  I
• 10:26
  mean
• 10:26
  the
• 10:26
  flapper
• 10:27
  era
• 10:27
  is
• 10:27
  really
• 10:28
  coming
• 10:28
  in
• 10:28
  the
• 10:29
  beginning
• 10:29
  of
• 10:29
  the
• 10:29
  20s.
• 10:30
  By
• 10:30
  the
• 10:30
  end
• 10:31
  of
• 10:31
  the
• 10:31
  20s,
• 10:32
  the
• 10:32
  All
• 10:32
  Stars
• 10:33
  are
• 10:33
  the
• 10:34
  aviators.
• 10:35
  And
• 10:35
  one
• 10:35
  thing
• 10:36
  that
• 10:36
  is
• 10:37
  very
• 10:37
  interesting
• 10:37
  is
• 10:37
  that
• 10:38
  Amelia
• 10:38
  Earhart's
• 10:39
  career
• 10:40
  begins
• 10:41
  with
• 10:41
  a
• 10:41
  book
• 10:42
  deal.
• 10:42
  This
• 10:43
  is
• 10:43
  how
• 10:43
  she
• 10:43
  becomes
• 10:44
  someone
• 10:44
  who's
• 10:45
  well
• 10:45
  known.
• 10:45
  Putnam
• 10:46
  is
• 10:47
  not
• 10:47
  going
• 10:47
  to
• 10:48
  make
• 10:48
  a
• 10:49
  bestseller
• 10:50
  out
• 10:50
  of
• 10:50
  the
• 10:50
  second
• 10:51
  person
• 10:51
  who's
• 10:52
  a
• 10:52
  man
• 10:52
  to
• 10:52
  cross
• 10:53
  the
• 10:53
  Atlantic.
• 10:54
  That's
• 10:54
  not
• 10:54
  gonna
• 10:54
  sell
• 10:54
  books.
• 10:55
  Sure.
• 10:55
  What
• 10:56
  is
• 10:56
  gonna
• 10:56
  sell
• 10:56
  books
• 10:57
  is
• 10:57
  a
• 10:58
  woman
• 10:58
  who
• 10:58
  crosses
• 10:59
  the
• 10:59
  Atlantic
• 10:59
  alone.
• 11:00
  And
• 11:00
  he
• 11:00
  gets
• 11:01
  wind
• 11:02
  of
• 11:03
  a
• 11:03
  woman
• 11:04
  named
• 11:04
  Amy
• 11:04
  Phipps
• 11:05
  Guest
• 11:05
  via,
• 11:06
  who's
• 11:06
  tried
• 11:07
  to
• 11:07
  lease
• 11:07
  a
• 11:08
  plane
• 11:08
  from
• 11:08
  Bird,
• 11:09
  his
• 11:09
  client.
• 11:09
  And
• 11:10
  Amy
• 11:10
  Phipps
• 11:10
  Guest
• 11:11
  is
• 11:11
  the
• 11:11
  wealthiest
• 11:11
  woman
• 11:12
  in
• 11:12
  America.
• 11:12
  She's
• 11:13
  a
• 11:13
  steel
• 11:13
  heiress
• 11:14
  and
• 11:14
  she
• 11:14
  wants
• 11:14
  to
• 11:14
  be
• 11:15
  go
• 11:15
  across
• 11:15
  the
• 11:16
  Atlantic.
• 11:16
  Now
• 11:17
  you
• 11:17
  talked
• 11:17
  about
• 11:17
  the
• 11:18
  danger.
• 11:19
  So
• 11:19
  a
• 11:20
  lot
• 11:20
  of
• 11:20
  women
• 11:20
  realized
• 11:21
  that
• 11:21
  there
• 11:21
  was
• 11:21
  a
• 11:22
  place
• 11:22
  for
• 11:22
  them
• 11:22
  if
• 11:23
  they
• 11:23
  were
• 11:23
  the
• 11:23
  first
• 11:23
  to
• 11:24
  go
• 11:24
  across.
• 11:25
  And
• 11:25
  what
• 11:25
  that
• 11:26
  looked
• 11:26
  like
• 11:26
  was
• 11:27
  a
• 11:27
  lot
• 11:27
  of
• 11:27
  wealthy
• 11:28
  women
• 11:29
  trying
• 11:29
  to
• 11:29
  buy
• 11:30
  a
• 11:30
  passenger
• 11:31
  ticket,
• 11:31
  maybe
• 11:32
  funding
• 11:32
  the
• 11:32
  expedition
• 11:33
  so
• 11:33
  their
• 11:33
  lives
• 11:34
  would
• 11:34
  count.
• 11:35
  Many
• 11:35
  of
• 11:35
  them
• 11:35
  had
• 11:36
  been
• 11:36
  born
• 11:36
  right
• 11:36
  before
• 11:37
  the
• 11:38
  suffragette
• 11:39
  movement
• 11:39
  and
• 11:40
  really
• 11:40
  just
• 11:41
  wanted,
• 11:41
  you
• 11:41
  know,
• 11:41
  the
• 11:42
  middle
• 11:42
  aged
• 11:42
  women,
• 11:43
  I
• 11:43
  mean,
• 11:43
  that
• 11:43
  were
• 11:44
  disappearing
• 11:45
  as
• 11:45
  passengers.
• 11:46
  Some
• 11:46
  women
• 11:47
  wanted
• 11:47
  to
• 11:47
  fly
• 11:48
  it.
• 11:48
  But
• 11:49
  when
• 11:49
  Amelia
• 11:49
  Earhart
• 11:50
  is
• 11:50
  discovered
• 11:51
  as
• 11:52
  a
• 11:52
  person
• 11:53
  who
• 11:53
  can
• 11:53
  hit
• 11:54
  a
• 11:54
  replace
• 11:55
  Phipps
• 11:56
  on
• 11:56
  this
• 11:56
  flight,
• 11:57
  her
• 11:57
  kids
• 11:57
  were
• 11:58
  not
• 11:58
  having
• 11:58
  it.
• 11:59
  They
• 11:59
  were
• 11:59
  saying,
• 11:59
  mom,
• 12:00
  you're
• 12:00
  not
• 12:01
  crossing
• 12:01
  the
• 12:01
  Atlantic.
• 12:02
  Why
• 12:02
  don't
• 12:02
  you
• 12:03
  with
• 12:03
  your
• 12:03
  money
• 12:03
  sponsor
• 12:04
  a
• 12:04
  nice
• 12:04
  young
• 12:05
  lady,
• 12:05
  you
• 12:05
  can
• 12:06
  get
• 12:06
  the
• 12:06
  glory
• 12:06
  and
• 12:07
  you
• 12:07
  can
• 12:07
  come
• 12:07
  to
• 12:08
  our
• 12:08
  wedding.
• 12:08
  So
• 12:09
  not
• 12:09
  your,
• 12:09
  not
• 12:09
  Earhart's
• 12:10
  kids.
• 12:11
  These
• 12:11
  were
• 12:11
  the
• 12:11
  kids
• 12:12
  of
• 12:12
  the
• 12:12
  heiress.
• 12:13
  They
• 12:13
  pulled
• 12:14
  the
• 12:14
  plug
• 12:14
  on
• 12:14
  her
• 12:14
  plans.
• 12:15
  Basically,
• 12:15
  Amy
• 12:16
  Fitz
• 12:17
  was
• 12:17
  telling
• 12:17
  Bird
• 12:18
  this,
• 12:19
  Putnam
• 12:20
  was
• 12:20
  Bird's
• 12:21
  publisher
• 12:21
  and
• 12:21
  he
• 12:22
  realized
• 12:22
  he
• 12:22
  had
• 12:23
  an
• 12:23
  in,
• 12:23
  just
• 12:23
  like
• 12:24
  he
• 12:24
  did
• 12:24
  with
• 12:24
  Lindbergh.
• 12:25
  And
• 12:25
  he
• 12:25
  was
• 12:26
  going
• 12:26
  to
• 12:26
  help
• 12:26
  find
• 12:27
  the
• 12:27
  woman
• 12:28
  that
• 12:28
  would
• 12:28
  be
• 12:28
  a
• 12:28
  passenger
• 12:29
  across,
• 12:30
  hopefully
• 12:30
  a
• 12:31
  pilot.
• 12:31
  And
• 12:32
  there
• 12:32
  was
• 12:32
  a
• 12:32
  bit
• 12:32
  of
• 12:32
  a
• 12:33
  search
• 12:33
  and
• 12:34
  she
• 12:35
  was
• 12:35
  discovered
• 12:35
  to
• 12:36
  be
• 12:36
  a
• 12:36
  flying
• 12:37
  Social
• 12:37
  worker
• 12:38
  in
• 12:38
  Boston
• 12:38
  named
• 12:39
  Amelia
• 12:39
  Earhart.
• 12:40
  And
• 12:40
  so
• 12:40
  basically,
• 12:41
  the
• 12:41
  whole
• 12:41
  beginning
• 12:42
  of
• 12:42
  Amelia
• 12:42
  Earhart's
• 12:43
  public
• 12:44
  career
• 12:44
  begins
• 12:45
  with
• 12:45
  a
• 12:45
  book
• 12:45
  deal.
• 12:46
  She
• 12:46
  had
• 12:46
  been
• 12:46
  flying
• 12:48
  in
• 12:48
  the
• 12:48
  early
• 12:48
  20s,
• 12:49
  a
• 12:49
  little
• 12:49
  bit
• 12:49
  of
• 12:49
  stunt
• 12:49
  flying.
• 12:50
  She
• 12:50
  learned
• 12:50
  how
• 12:50
  to
• 12:50
  fly
• 12:51
  in
• 12:51
  Los
• 12:51
  Angeles
• 12:52
  when
• 12:52
  she
• 12:52
  was
• 12:53
  visiting
• 12:53
  her
• 12:53
  parents.
• 12:54
  They
• 12:54
  were
• 12:54
  Midwesterners
• 12:55
  who
• 12:56
  had
• 12:56
  moved
• 12:56
  there.
• 12:57
  But
• 12:57
  she
• 12:57
  had
• 12:57
  not
• 12:58
  continued
• 12:59
  this
• 12:59
  as
• 13:00
  an
• 13:00
  avocation.
• 13:01
  She
• 13:01
  was
• 13:01
  really
• 13:02
  pushing
• 13:02
  forward
• 13:03
  as
• 13:03
  a
• 13:03
  social
• 13:04
  worker
• 13:04
  who
• 13:05
  was
• 13:05
  a
• 13:05
  hobby
• 13:05
  pilot.
• 13:06
  But
• 13:06
  she
• 13:07
  looked
• 13:08
  pretty
• 13:08
  wholesome.
• 13:09
  She's
• 13:09
  a
• 13:09
  social
• 13:09
  worker.
• 13:10
  She
• 13:10
  checked
• 13:10
  all
• 13:10
  the
• 13:11
  boxes.
• 13:11
  And
• 13:12
  one
• 13:12
  of
• 13:12
  Putnam's
• 13:13
  colleagues,
• 13:14
  hey,
• 13:15
  doesn't
• 13:15
  she
• 13:15
  look
• 13:15
  a
• 13:15
  little
• 13:15
  bit
• 13:16
  like
• 13:16
  Lindbergh?
• 13:17
  And
• 13:17
  they
• 13:17
  created
• 13:18
  this
• 13:18
  whole
• 13:19
  PR
• 13:19
  campaign
• 13:20
  of
• 13:20
  the
• 13:20
  Lady
• 13:20
  Lindbergh.
• 13:21
  And
• 13:21
  she
• 13:21
  was
• 13:21
  revealed
• 13:22
  to
• 13:22
  the
• 13:22
  public
• 13:23
  as
• 13:23
  she
• 13:23
  was
• 13:24
  leaving
• 13:24
  Boston
• 13:25
  harbor,
• 13:25
  headed
• 13:26
  to
• 13:26
  Newfoundland
• 13:27
  and
• 13:27
  going
• 13:27
  to
• 13:28
  be
• 13:28
  the
• 13:28
  first
• 13:29
  passenger.
• 13:29
  And
• 13:30
  then
• 13:30
  another
• 13:30
  woman
• 13:30
  named
• 13:31
  female
• 13:31
  passenger,
• 13:32
  of
• 13:32
  course,
• 13:32
  female
• 13:33
  passenger.
• 13:33
  Another
• 13:34
  woman
• 13:34
  named
• 13:34
  Mabel
• 13:35
  Bol,
• 13:35
  who
• 13:36
  had
• 13:36
  money,
• 13:37
  wanted
• 13:37
  to
• 13:38
  finance
• 13:39
  her
• 13:39
  own
• 13:39
  flight
• 13:40
  and
• 13:40
  beat
• 13:40
  Amelia
• 13:40
  Earhart.
• 13:41
  So
• 13:41
  there
• 13:41
  was
• 13:41
  a
• 13:41
  race
• 13:42
  on
• 13:42
  even
• 13:42
  then,
• 13:43
  and
• 13:43
  they're
• 13:44
  all
• 13:44
  fog
• 13:45
  bound
• 13:45
  in
• 13:45
  Newfoundland.
• 13:46
  And
• 13:46
  everybody
• 13:47
  started
• 13:47
  to
• 13:47
  see
• 13:48
  pictures
• 13:48
  of
• 13:48
  Amelia
• 13:49
  Earhart
• 13:50
  promoted
• 13:50
  as
• 13:51
  Lady
• 13:51
  Lindy.
• 13:52
  And
• 13:52
  she
• 13:52
  had
• 13:53
  on
• 13:53
  a
• 13:53
  helmet,
• 13:54
  she
• 13:54
  had
• 13:55
  on
• 13:55
  flying
• 13:55
  gear.
• 13:56
  They
• 13:56
  cut
• 13:56
  her
• 13:57
  hair
• 13:57
  to
• 13:57
  look
• 13:57
  more
• 13:58
  like
• 13:58
  Lindbergh.
• 13:59
  So
• 13:59
  that
• 13:59
  iconic
• 14:00
  hairstyle
• 14:01
  that
• 14:01
  we
• 14:01
  know
• 14:01
  was
• 14:01
  not
• 14:02
  Amelia
• 14:02
  Earhart's
• 14:03
  hairstyle
• 14:03
  going
• 14:03
  in,
• 14:04
  I
• 14:04
  mean,
• 14:04
  this
• 14:04
  was
• 14:05
  very
• 14:05
  much
• 14:05
  a
• 14:05
  PR
• 14:06
  movement.
• 14:07
  And
• 14:07
  what
• 14:07
  happens
• 14:08
  is
• 14:08
  Amelia
• 14:09
  Earhart
• 14:10
  is
• 14:10
  the
• 14:10
  first
• 14:11
  woman
• 14:12
  across
• 14:12
  the
• 14:12
  Atlantic.
• 14:14
  Seven
• 14:14
  women
• 14:15
  died.
• 14:15
  It
• 14:15
  was
• 14:15
  a
• 14:16
  tremendously
• 14:16
  dangerous
• 14:17
  thing
• 14:17
  to
• 14:17
  even
• 14:18
  try
• 14:18
  that.
• 14:18
  And
• 14:19
  she
• 14:19
  gets
• 14:19
  a
• 14:19
  ticker
• 14:20
  tape
• 14:20
  parade
• 14:20
  when
• 14:21
  she
• 14:21
  gets
• 14:21
  back
• 14:21
  with
• 14:22
  the
• 14:22
  men
• 14:22
  that
• 14:22
  actually
• 14:23
  did
• 14:23
  the
• 14:23
  flying.
• 14:24
  And
• 14:24
  she's
• 14:25
  very
• 14:25
  embarrassed
• 14:26
  by
• 14:26
  this.
• 14:27
  And
• 14:27
  she
• 14:27
  wants.
• 14:27
  There's
• 14:28
  a
• 14:28
  lot
• 14:28
  of
• 14:28
  people
• 14:28
  talking.
• 14:29
  And
• 14:29
  she
• 14:30
  decides
• 14:30
  there
• 14:30
  and
• 14:31
  then
• 14:31
  that
• 14:31
  she
• 14:31
  wants
• 14:32
  to
• 14:32
  actually
• 14:32
  try
• 14:33
  at
• 14:33
  one
• 14:33
  point
• 14:33
  to
• 14:34
  fly
• 14:34
  across
• 14:34
  the
• 14:34
  Atlantic
• 14:35
  by
• 14:35
  herself.
• 14:36
  And
• 14:36
  she
• 14:37
  does,
• 14:37
  eventually.
• 14:37
  And
• 14:38
  she
• 14:38
  sets
• 14:38
  a
• 14:38
  whole
• 14:39
  bunch
• 14:39
  of
• 14:39
  other
• 14:39
  records.
• 14:40
  Even
• 14:40
  though
• 14:41
  her
• 14:41
  skills
• 14:42
  were
• 14:43
  iffy,
• 14:43
  as.
• 14:44
  You
• 14:45
  in
• 14:45
  the
• 14:45
  book,
• 14:46
  one
• 14:46
  of
• 14:46
  the
• 14:46
  things
• 14:46
  is
• 14:47
  that,
• 14:47
  remember,
• 14:47
  she
• 14:47
  was
• 14:48
  a
• 14:48
  hobby
• 14:48
  pilot.
• 14:49
  When
• 14:49
  she
• 14:50
  gets
• 14:50
  involved
• 14:50
  with
• 14:50
  Putnam,
• 14:51
  who
• 14:51
  is
• 14:52
  a
• 14:52
  married
• 14:52
  man.
• 14:53
  This
• 14:53
  is
• 14:53
  not
• 14:54
  in
• 14:54
  your
• 14:54
  Scholastic
• 14:55
  book.
• 14:56
  He
• 14:57
  begins
• 14:57
  an
• 14:57
  affair
• 14:58
  with
• 14:58
  Amelia
• 14:59
  Earhart,
• 15:00
  but
• 15:00
  Putnam's
• 15:01
  wife,
• 15:01
  Dorothy
• 15:02
  Binney
• 15:02
  Putnam,
• 15:03
  is
• 15:03
  having
• 15:04
  her
• 15:04
  own
• 15:04
  affair
• 15:04
  with
• 15:05
  a
• 15:05
  younger
• 15:05
  man.
• 15:05
  This
• 15:06
  is
• 15:06
  the
• 15:06
  Jazz
• 15:06
  Age
• 15:07
  in
• 15:07
  the
• 15:07
  beginning.
• 15:07
  Oh,
• 15:08
  yeah,
• 15:08
  there's
• 15:08
  a
• 15:08
  lot
• 15:08
  of
• 15:09
  tea
• 15:09
  in
• 15:09
  this
• 15:09
  book.
• 15:10
  A
• 15:10
  lot
• 15:10
  of
• 15:10
  tea.
• 15:12
  So
• 15:12
  don't
• 15:12
  get
• 15:12
  too.
• 15:13
  So
• 15:13
  before
• 15:14
  you
• 15:14
  get
• 15:14
  judgmental.
• 15:16
  But
• 15:16
  the
• 15:16
  thing
• 15:17
  that
• 15:17
  was
• 15:18
  fascinating
• 15:19
  is
• 15:19
  that
• 15:19
  she
• 15:20
  was
• 15:20
  immediately
• 15:21
  put
• 15:21
  on
• 15:22
  a
• 15:22
  book
• 15:22
  tour,
• 15:23
  a
• 15:23
  lecture
• 15:23
  tour.
• 15:25
  Amelia
• 15:25
  Earhart
• 15:26
  was
• 15:26
  a
• 15:26
  social
• 15:26
  worker
• 15:27
  who
• 15:27
  is
• 15:27
  now
• 15:27
  wearing
• 15:28
  Mink
• 15:28
  coats.
• 15:29
  She
• 15:29
  had
• 15:29
  sports
• 15:30
  cars.
• 15:30
  This
• 15:30
  is
• 15:30
  still
• 15:31
  before
• 15:31
  the
• 15:31
  crash.
• 15:32
  So
• 15:32
  this
• 15:33
  is
• 15:33
  from
• 15:33
  June
• 15:34
  of
• 15:34
  28
• 15:34
  until
• 15:35
  the
• 15:35
  stock
• 15:35
  market
• 15:36
  crash.
• 15:36
  She's
• 15:37
  living
• 15:37
  a
• 15:37
  great
• 15:38
  life
• 15:38
  and
• 15:39
  she's
• 15:39
  not
• 15:39
  getting
• 15:40
  flight
• 15:40
  time.
• 15:41
  And
• 15:42
  this
• 15:42
  is
• 15:42
  also
• 15:43
  the
• 15:43
  lap
• 15:44
  of
• 15:44
  spin.
• 15:45
  Putnam
• 15:46
  is
• 15:46
  sort
• 15:46
  of
• 15:46
  the
• 15:46
  P.T.
• 15:47
  barnum
• 15:47
  of
• 15:48
  publishing.
• 15:48
  He
• 15:49
  makes
• 15:49
  things
• 15:49
  up.
• 15:50
  Like
• 15:50
  Putnam
• 15:50
  Books
• 15:51
  is
• 15:51
  going
• 15:51
  to
• 15:51
  be
• 15:51
  blown
• 15:51
  up
• 15:52
  by
• 15:52
  fascists
• 15:53
  to
• 15:53
  get
• 15:53
  a
• 15:53
  book
• 15:53
  on
• 15:53
  the
• 15:54
  bestseller
• 15:54
  list.
• 15:55
  This
• 15:55
  guy's
• 15:55
  a
• 15:55
  bit
• 15:55
  Machiavellian.
• 15:57
  And
• 15:57
  he
• 15:57
  basically
• 15:58
  starts
• 15:58
  promoting
• 15:59
  Amelia
• 15:59
  Earhart
• 16:01
  above
• 16:02
  her
• 16:02
  actual
• 16:03
  ability
• 16:03
  to
• 16:03
  fly.
• 16:04
  Right.
• 16:04
  I
• 16:05
  am
• 16:05
  not
• 16:05
  saying
• 16:06
  that
• 16:06
  she
• 16:06
  couldn't
• 16:06
  fly.
• 16:07
  I'm
• 16:07
  saying
• 16:08
  that
• 16:08
  she
• 16:08
  would
• 16:09
  couldn't
• 16:09
  fly
• 16:10
  as
• 16:10
  well
• 16:10
  as
• 16:10
  she
• 16:11
  was
• 16:11
  being
• 16:11
  promoted.
• 16:12
  And
• 16:12
  I
• 16:12
  want
• 16:13
  to
• 16:13
  assure
• 16:13
  anyone
• 16:14
  listening
• 16:14
  at
• 16:15
  this
• 16:15
  point
• 16:15
  to
• 16:15
  the
• 16:15
  podcast
• 16:16
  that
• 16:16
  Amelia
• 16:17
  Earhart
• 16:17
  is
• 16:17
  a
• 16:17
  great
• 16:18
  person.
• 16:18
  She
• 16:18
  has
• 16:19
  a
• 16:19
  lot
• 16:19
  of
• 16:19
  legacy.
• 16:20
  We
• 16:20
  are
• 16:20
  not
• 16:20
  getting
• 16:21
  rid
• 16:21
  of
• 16:21
  Amelia
• 16:21
  Earhart,
• 16:22
  but
• 16:22
  we
• 16:22
  are
• 16:22
  just
• 16:23
  giving
• 16:23
  enough,
• 16:24
  much
• 16:24
  more
• 16:24
  nuanced
• 16:25
  portrait
• 16:25
  of
• 16:26
  a
• 16:26
  real
• 16:26
  person
• 16:27
  who's
• 16:28
  incredibly
• 16:28
  brave
• 16:29
  and
• 16:29
  at
• 16:30
  times
• 16:31
  from
• 16:31
  the
• 16:31
  get
• 16:31
  go,
• 16:32
  very
• 16:33
  reckless
• 16:34
  and
• 16:34
  very
• 16:35
  ambitious.
• 16:35
  And
• 16:36
  that
• 16:36
  is
• 16:36
  possibly
• 16:37
  what
• 16:37
  has
• 16:38
  really
• 16:38
  been
• 16:38
  missing
• 16:39
  from
• 16:39
  the
• 16:39
  Amelia
• 16:40
  Earhart
• 16:40
  story.
• 16:41
  That
• 16:41
  her
• 16:41
  bold
• 16:42
  ambition
• 16:43
  and
• 16:44
  calculating
• 16:45
  nature,
• 16:45
  which
• 16:46
  is
• 16:46
  not
• 16:46
  a
• 16:46
  terrible
• 16:47
  thing.
• 16:47
  Sure.
• 16:48
  When
• 16:48
  a
• 16:48
  person
• 16:49
  has
• 16:49
  been
• 16:50
  airbrushed
• 16:51
  and
• 16:52
  she's
• 16:52
  always
• 16:52
  said
• 16:53
  to
• 16:53
  be
• 16:53
  very
• 16:53
  modest,
• 16:54
  she's
• 16:54
  not
• 16:54
  ambitious.
• 16:55
  Because
• 16:55
  back
• 16:56
  then
• 16:57
  as
• 16:57
  now,
• 16:58
  a
• 16:58
  lot
• 16:59
  of
• 16:59
  people
• 17:00
  do
• 17:00
  not
• 17:00
  find
• 17:01
  blatantly
• 17:02
  ambitious
• 17:02
  women
• 17:03
  palatable.
• 17:04
  I
• 17:04
  gotta
• 17:05
  say
• 17:05
  though,
• 17:05
  yeah,
• 17:06
  I
• 17:06
  mean,
• 17:07
  that's
• 17:07
  a
• 17:08
  great
• 17:08
  thing
• 17:08
  about
• 17:08
  the
• 17:08
  book.
• 17:08
  I
• 17:09
  mean,
• 17:09
  you
• 17:09
  really
• 17:09
  do
• 17:10
  give
• 17:10
  very
• 17:10
  nuanced
• 17:12
  multi
• 17:12
  dimensional
• 17:14
  portrayals
• 17:15
  of
• 17:15
  all
• 17:15
  of
• 17:15
  these
• 17:16
  real
• 17:16
  life
• 17:16
  people.
• 17:18
  And
• 17:18
  we
• 17:19
  learn
• 17:19
  that
• 17:19
  maybe
• 17:20
  one
• 17:20
  of
• 17:20
  the
• 17:20
  reasons
• 17:21
  Amelia
• 17:21
  is
• 17:22
  still
• 17:22
  famous
• 17:23
  today
• 17:23
  was
• 17:24
  George
• 17:24
  Putnam,
• 17:25
  her
• 17:25
  eventual
• 17:26
  husband,
• 17:27
  who
• 17:27
  was
• 17:27
  a
• 17:28
  master,
• 17:29
  master
• 17:29
  promoter.
• 17:30
  But
• 17:30
  on
• 17:30
  the
• 17:31
  other
• 17:31
  hand,
• 17:32
  Amelia
• 17:32
  was
• 17:32
  a
• 17:33
  real
• 17:33
  Renaissance
• 17:34
  woman.
• 17:34
  She
• 17:35
  read
• 17:35
  philosophy,
• 17:36
  she
• 17:37
  invented.
• 17:39
  Maybe
• 17:39
  she
• 17:40
  invented
• 17:40
  the
• 17:40
  suitcases.
• 17:41
  We
• 17:41
  know
• 17:42
  it
• 17:42
  today
• 17:42
  putting
• 17:43
  like.
• 17:46
  Because
• 17:46
  she
• 17:47
  did
• 17:47
  have
• 17:47
  a
• 17:47
  lot
• 17:47
  of
• 17:47
  ghost
• 17:48
  writers
• 17:48
  and
• 17:49
  ghost
• 17:49
  inventors.
• 17:51
  What
• 17:51
  she
• 17:51
  really
• 17:52
  did
• 17:52
  do,
• 17:53
  and
• 17:53
  let's
• 17:53
  stop
• 17:53
  for
• 17:54
  a
• 17:54
  second,
• 17:54
  is
• 17:55
  that
• 17:55
  she
• 17:56
  was
• 17:56
  an
• 17:57
  incredible
• 17:57
  feminist
• 17:58
  and
• 17:58
  she
• 17:59
  really
• 17:59
  wanted
• 17:59
  to
• 18:00
  push
• 18:01
  women
• 18:02
  to
• 18:02
  do
• 18:02
  whatever
• 18:03
  they
• 18:03
  wanted
• 18:04
  to
• 18:04
  do.
• 18:04
  And
• 18:05
  this
• 18:05
  is
• 18:05
  one
• 18:05
  of
• 18:05
  the
• 18:05
  reasons
• 18:06
  why
• 18:06
  she's
• 18:06
  also
• 18:07
  a
• 18:07
  role
• 18:08
  model.
• 18:08
  Yes,
• 18:08
  she
• 18:09
  had
• 18:09
  the
• 18:09
  great
• 18:10
  promotion,
• 18:10
  but
• 18:10
  she
• 18:11
  was
• 18:11
  authentically
• 18:12
  a
• 18:12
  good
• 18:12
  person.
• 18:13
  People
• 18:13
  can
• 18:13
  pick
• 18:13
  up
• 18:14
  on
• 18:14
  that
• 18:14
  now.
• 18:16
  I
• 18:16
  will
• 18:16
  stop
• 18:16
  to
• 18:17
  say
• 18:17
  a
• 18:17
  few
• 18:17
  other
• 18:17
  names
• 18:18
  of
• 18:18
  women
• 18:18
  aviators
• 18:19
  that
• 18:19
  are
• 18:20
  in
• 18:20
  the
• 18:20
  book.
• 18:21
  We
• 18:21
  have
• 18:21
  Eleanor
• 18:22
  Smith,
• 18:22
  who
• 18:23
  was
• 18:23
  the
• 18:23
  first.
• 18:24
  She
• 18:24
  was
• 18:24
  16
• 18:25
  years
• 18:25
  old
• 18:25
  and
• 18:25
  she
• 18:26
  was
• 18:26
  rising
• 18:27
  up.
• 18:27
  She
• 18:27
  was
• 18:27
  a
• 18:28
  New
• 18:28
  Yorker.
• 18:28
  She
• 18:28
  was
• 18:28
  the
• 18:28
  first
• 18:29
  woman
• 18:29
  on
• 18:30
  a
• 18:30
  Wheaties
• 18:30
  box.
• 18:31
  She
• 18:31
  was
• 18:32
  a
• 18:32
  tremendous
• 18:32
  pilot.
• 18:33
  Even
• 18:33
  at
• 18:33
  16,
• 18:34
  we
• 18:35
  had
• 18:35
  Louise
• 18:36
  Theden,
• 18:36
  whose
• 18:37
  name
• 18:37
  a
• 18:37
  lot
• 18:37
  of
• 18:37
  people
• 18:38
  don't
• 18:38
  know,
• 18:38
  but
• 18:38
  she
• 18:39
  was
• 18:39
  the
• 18:39
  one
• 18:39
  who
• 18:39
  was
• 18:40
  won
• 18:40
  the
• 18:41
  Women's
• 18:41
  air
• 18:41
  Derby
• 18:42
  in
• 18:42
  1929.
• 18:43
  We
• 18:43
  have
• 18:43
  Jackie
• 18:44
  Cochran,
• 18:44
  we
• 18:45
  have
• 18:45
  other
• 18:45
  lost
• 18:46
  names.
• 18:47
  They
• 18:47
  did
• 18:47
  not
• 18:48
  have
• 18:48
  a
• 18:48
  George
• 18:49
  Putnam.
• 18:49
  But
• 18:50
  one
• 18:50
  of
• 18:51
  the
• 18:51
  differences
• 18:51
  between
• 18:52
  a
• 18:52
  lot
• 18:52
  of
• 18:52
  these
• 18:52
  women
• 18:53
  who
• 18:53
  were
• 18:53
  better
• 18:54
  pilots
• 18:54
  than
• 18:54
  Amelia
• 18:55
  Earhart,
• 18:55
  I'm
• 18:55
  just
• 18:55
  going
• 18:56
  to
• 18:56
  say
• 18:56
  it,
• 18:56
  they
• 18:57
  did
• 18:58
  not
• 18:58
  have
• 18:58
  this
• 18:58
  sense
• 18:59
  of
• 18:59
  pushing
• 19:00
  women
• 19:00
  forward
• 19:00
  as
• 19:01
  feminists.
• 19:02
  And
• 19:02
  Amelia
• 19:03
  always
• 19:03
  wanted
• 19:04
  to
• 19:04
  be
• 19:04
  able
• 19:04
  to
• 19:05
  take
• 19:05
  the
• 19:05
  same
• 19:06
  risks
• 19:07
  that
• 19:07
  men
• 19:07
  were
• 19:07
  able
• 19:07
  to
• 19:08
  take.
• 19:08
  And
• 19:09
  she
• 19:09
  also
• 19:10
  wanted
• 19:10
  to
• 19:11
  open
• 19:11
  doors.
• 19:12
  And
• 19:12
  she
• 19:13
  was
• 19:13
  the
• 19:13
  first
• 19:13
  president
• 19:14
  of
• 19:14
  an
• 19:14
  organization
• 19:15
  called
• 19:15
  the
• 19:15
  99s
• 19:16
  which
• 19:17
  still
• 19:17
  exists,
• 19:17
  which
• 19:18
  represents
• 19:19
  thousands
• 19:20
  of
• 19:20
  women
• 19:21
  pilots
• 19:22
  across
• 19:22
  the
• 19:23
  world.
• 19:23
  It
• 19:24
  was
• 19:24
  originally
• 19:24
  named
• 19:25
  after
• 19:25
  the
• 19:25
  99
• 19:26
  first
• 19:27
  women
• 19:28
  pilots.
• 19:29
  And
• 19:29
  this
• 19:29
  is
• 19:29
  part
• 19:29
  of
• 19:30
  her
• 19:30
  legacy.
• 19:31
  The
• 19:31
  other
• 19:31
  women
• 19:31
  were
• 19:32
  setting
• 19:32
  records,
• 19:32
  but.
• 19:33
  But
• 19:33
  they
• 19:33
  were
• 19:33
  not
• 19:33
  always
• 19:34
  bringing
• 19:34
  the
• 19:34
  other
• 19:35
  women
• 19:35
  along.
• 19:36
  And
• 19:36
  Amelia
• 19:37
  was
• 19:37
  in
• 19:37
  many
• 19:38
  ways
• 19:38
  the
• 19:38
  very
• 19:39
  first
• 19:39
  influencer,
• 19:41
  partly
• 19:41
  due
• 19:42
  because
• 19:42
  of
• 19:42
  her
• 19:43
  visibility
• 19:44
  from
• 19:44
  her
• 19:45
  manager
• 19:45
  and
• 19:45
  husband,
• 19:46
  George
• 19:46
  Putnam.
• 19:47
  But
• 19:47
  not
• 19:48
  everybody
• 19:48
  uses
• 19:49
  their
• 19:50
  influence
• 19:50
  in
• 19:50
  the
• 19:51
  best
• 19:51
  way.
• 19:51
  And
• 19:52
  she
• 19:52
  would
• 19:52
  use
• 19:53
  every
• 19:53
  chance
• 19:53
  she
• 19:54
  could
• 19:54
  to
• 19:54
  talk
• 19:54
  about
• 19:55
  women's
• 19:56
  rights,
• 19:56
  about
• 19:57
  era,
• 19:58
  about
• 19:58
  how
• 19:58
  women
• 19:59
  should
• 19:59
  go
• 20:00
  up
• 20:00
  on
• 20:00
  airplanes.
• 20:01
  ERA
• 20:02
  being
• 20:02
  the
• 20:03
  Equal
• 20:03
  Rights
• 20:03
  Amendment,
• 20:05
  believe
• 20:05
  it
• 20:05
  or
• 20:05
  not.
• 20:06
  Has
• 20:06
  already
• 20:07
  was.
• 20:07
  Already
• 20:08
  was
• 20:08
  around
• 20:08
  then.
• 20:09
  Yeah.
• 20:09
  An
• 20:09
  agenda
• 20:10
  in
• 20:10
  the
• 20:10
  1920s.
• 20:11
  And
• 20:12
  later
• 20:12
  on,
• 20:12
  again,
• 20:13
  as
• 20:13
  I
• 20:14
  said,
• 20:14
  especially
• 20:15
  after
• 20:15
  the
• 20:15
  stock
• 20:16
  market
• 20:16
  crash,
• 20:17
  she
• 20:18
  single
• 20:18
  handedly
• 20:19
  kind
• 20:19
  of
• 20:19
  props
• 20:20
  up
• 20:20
  the
• 20:20
  aviation
• 20:21
  industry.
• 20:21
  Now
• 20:21
  that
• 20:22
  is
• 20:22
  not
• 20:22
  gender
• 20:23
  based.
• 20:24
  She
• 20:24
  is
• 20:24
  an
• 20:24
  ambassador
• 20:25
  for
• 20:25
  all
• 20:26
  of
• 20:26
  aviation
• 20:27
  and,
• 20:27
  and
• 20:27
  people
• 20:28
  would
• 20:28
  follow
• 20:28
  her.
• 20:29
  And
• 20:29
  she
• 20:29
  was
• 20:29
  a
• 20:29
  role
• 20:30
  model
• 20:31
  for
• 20:31
  many,
• 20:31
  many
• 20:32
  young
• 20:32
  people,
• 20:33
  especially
• 20:34
  young
• 20:34
  girls.
• 20:35
  I
• 20:35
  know
• 20:35
  that
• 20:35
  she
• 20:36
  was
• 20:36
  my
• 20:36
  mother's
• 20:36
  hero.
• 20:37
  My
• 20:37
  mother
• 20:37
  can't
• 20:38
  fly
• 20:38
  a
• 20:38
  plane,
• 20:38
  but
• 20:39
  she
• 20:39
  decided
• 20:39
  she
• 20:40
  should
• 20:40
  be
• 20:40
  able
• 20:40
  to
• 20:40
  do
• 20:40
  anything
• 20:41
  she
• 20:41
  wanted
• 20:41
  to
• 20:42
  do
• 20:42
  because
• 20:42
  look
• 20:42
  at
• 20:42
  what
• 20:43
  Amelia
• 20:43
  Earhart
• 20:44
  was
• 20:44
  able
• 20:44
  to
• 20:44
  do.
• 20:44
  Yeah,
• 20:45
  yeah.
• 20:45
  Actually,
• 20:46
  when
• 20:46
  I
• 20:46
  told
• 20:47
  my
• 20:47
  89
• 20:48
  year
• 20:48
  old
• 20:48
  stepmother
• 20:49
  Roberta
• 20:49
  that
• 20:50
  we'd
• 20:50
  be
• 20:50
  talking,
• 20:50
  she
• 20:51
  would
• 20:51
  say,
• 20:51
  oh
• 20:51
  my
• 20:52
  goodness,
• 20:52
  Amelia
• 20:53
  Earhart
• 20:53
  was
• 20:54
  my
• 20:54
  hero
• 20:55
  growing
• 20:55
  up,
• 20:56
  you
• 20:56
  know,
• 20:56
  so.
• 20:57
  And
• 20:57
  you
• 20:58
  think
• 20:58
  about
• 20:58
  the
• 20:59
  people
• 20:59
  who
• 20:59
  were
• 21:00
  inventors
• 21:01
  or
• 21:01
  explorers
• 21:02
  or
• 21:02
  who
• 21:03
  did
• 21:03
  dangerous
• 21:04
  things
• 21:05
  back
• 21:05
  in
• 21:05
  the
• 21:05
  20s
• 21:06
  before
• 21:06
  then.
• 21:07
  She's
• 21:07
  one
• 21:07
  of
• 21:07
  the
• 21:08
  few
• 21:08
  names
• 21:08
  we
• 21:09
  really
• 21:09
  still
• 21:10
  remember
• 21:10
  today.
• 21:11
  I
• 21:11
  mean,
• 21:11
  she
• 21:11
  still
• 21:12
  has
• 21:12
  a
• 21:12
  potent.
• 21:12
  Absolutely.
• 21:13
  And
• 21:14
  I
• 21:14
  want
• 21:14
  to
• 21:14
  say
• 21:15
  that
• 21:15
  again
• 21:16
  that,
• 21:16
  you
• 21:16
  know,
• 21:17
  I'm
• 21:17
  saying
• 21:17
  that
• 21:17
  she's
• 21:18
  not
• 21:18
  as
• 21:18
  good
• 21:18
  a
• 21:18
  flyer
• 21:19
  as
• 21:19
  some
• 21:19
  of
• 21:19
  the
• 21:19
  other
• 21:19
  women,
• 21:20
  but
• 21:21
  there's
• 21:22
  undeniable
• 21:23
  evidence.
• 21:24
  I
• 21:24
  mean,
• 21:24
  the
• 21:25
  fact
• 21:25
  what
• 21:25
  she
• 21:25
  was
• 21:26
  doing,
• 21:26
  she
• 21:27
  was
• 21:27
  brave,
• 21:28
  I
• 21:28
  mean,
• 21:28
  that
• 21:28
  you
• 21:29
  can't,
• 21:29
  you
• 21:29
  know,
• 21:30
  she
• 21:30
  was.
• 21:31
  In
• 21:31
  1932,
• 21:32
  she
• 21:33
  becomes
• 21:34
  really
• 21:34
  a
• 21:34
  household
• 21:35
  name.
• 21:35
  She's
• 21:35
  Pretty
• 21:36
  well
• 21:36
  known
• 21:36
  in
• 21:36
  1928.
• 21:37
  But
• 21:37
  in
• 21:37
  1932,
• 21:38
  she
• 21:39
  earns
• 21:39
  her
• 21:39
  own
• 21:40
  solo
• 21:40
  ticker
• 21:40
  tape
• 21:41
  parade
• 21:41
  as
• 21:42
  the
• 21:42
  first
• 21:43
  woman
• 21:43
  to
• 21:44
  cross
• 21:44
  the
• 21:44
  Atlantic
• 21:45
  alone.
• 21:45
  But
• 21:46
  at
• 21:46
  this
• 21:47
  point,
• 21:47
  she
• 21:47
  is
• 21:48
  the
• 21:48
  second
• 21:48
  person,
• 21:49
  man
• 21:50
  or
• 21:50
  woman,
• 21:50
  to
• 21:50
  cross
• 21:51
  the
• 21:51
  Atlantic
• 21:51
  alone.
• 21:52
  Now,
• 21:53
  let's
• 21:53
  look
• 21:53
  at
• 21:53
  this
• 21:54
  a
• 21:54
  little
• 21:54
  closer,
• 21:54
  because
• 21:55
  she's
• 21:55
  supposed
• 21:55
  to
• 21:55
  go
• 21:56
  to
• 21:56
  Paris,
• 21:57
  like
• 21:57
  Hamburg.
• 21:58
  She
• 21:58
  lands
• 21:58
  in
• 21:58
  a
• 21:58
  cow
• 21:59
  field
• 21:59
  in
• 22:00
  Ireland.
• 22:00
  Her
• 22:00
  navigation
• 22:01
  skills
• 22:01
  are
• 22:02
  not
• 22:02
  great.
• 22:02
  And
• 22:03
  she's
• 22:03
  so
• 22:03
  famous
• 22:04
  that
• 22:04
  when
• 22:04
  she
• 22:04
  comes
• 22:05
  back
• 22:05
  to
• 22:05
  America.
• 22:06
  And
• 22:06
  at
• 22:07
  this
• 22:07
  point,
• 22:07
  Putnam
• 22:08
  has
• 22:08
  been
• 22:08
  kicked
• 22:09
  out
• 22:09
  of
• 22:09
  his
• 22:09
  own
• 22:10
  family
• 22:10
  firm
• 22:11
  because
• 22:11
  of
• 22:11
  his
• 22:12
  crazy
• 22:12
  antics.
• 22:13
  He
• 22:14
  is
• 22:14
  now
• 22:14
  working
• 22:15
  a
• 22:15
  little
• 22:15
  bit
• 22:15
  with
• 22:15
  Paramount
• 22:17
  as
• 22:17
  a
• 22:17
  story
• 22:17
  editor.
• 22:18
  And
• 22:18
  Amelia,
• 22:19
  as
• 22:19
  a
• 22:19
  favor,
• 22:20
  flies
• 22:21
  him.
• 22:21
  She's
• 22:22
  her
• 22:22
  flight.
• 22:22
  Her
• 22:22
  flight
• 22:23
  skills
• 22:23
  have
• 22:23
  gotten
• 22:25
  pretty
• 22:25
  good
• 22:25
  at
• 22:25
  this
• 22:26
  point.
• 22:27
  She
• 22:27
  flies
• 22:27
  her
• 22:28
  husband
• 22:28
  to
• 22:29
  back
• 22:29
  to
• 22:30
  work.
• 22:30
  They're
• 22:31
  the
• 22:31
  first.
• 22:31
  They're.
• 22:32
  Amelia
• 22:33
  Earhart
• 22:33
  and
• 22:33
  George
• 22:34
  Putnam
• 22:34
  had
• 22:35
  homes
• 22:35
  on
• 22:35
  both
• 22:35
  coasts.
• 22:36
  Say
• 22:36
  they
• 22:36
  are
• 22:36
  the
• 22:36
  first
• 22:37
  bi.
• 22:37
  Coastal
• 22:38
  family.
• 22:39
  No
• 22:39
  doubt
• 22:39
  about
• 22:39
  that.
• 22:40
  And
• 22:40
  she
• 22:41
  goes
• 22:41
  to
• 22:41
  Paramount
• 22:42
  and
• 22:42
  she
• 22:42
  goes
• 22:43
  to
• 22:44
  the
• 22:44
  cafeteria,
• 22:45
  and
• 22:45
  all
• 22:46
  the
• 22:46
  Marx
• 22:46
  Brothers
• 22:47
  are
• 22:47
  there,
• 22:47
  and
• 22:48
  Gary
• 22:48
  Cooper,
• 22:49
  Gary
• 22:49
  Cary
• 22:50
  Crant.
• 22:51
  And
• 22:51
  they
• 22:51
  are
• 22:52
  just
• 22:52
  like.
• 22:53
  Like
• 22:53
  fan
• 22:54
  kids,
• 22:54
  you
• 22:54
  know,
• 22:55
  like
• 22:55
  fan
• 22:55
  girls
• 22:55
  and
• 22:55
  fanboys.
• 22:56
  Starstruck,
• 22:57
  right?
• 22:58
  Like,
• 22:58
  I
• 22:58
  mean,
• 22:59
  these
• 22:59
  are
• 22:59
  the
• 22:59
  movie
• 22:59
  stars.
• 23:00
  Seeing
• 23:00
  Amelia
• 23:01
  Earhart,
• 23:01
  who's
• 23:01
  just
• 23:02
  crossed
• 23:02
  the
• 23:02
  Atlantic,
• 23:03
  a
• 23:03
  walk
• 23:03
  into
• 23:03
  the
• 23:04
  cafeteria.
• 23:05
  So
• 23:05
  this
• 23:05
  is
• 23:05
  how
• 23:06
  famous
• 23:06
  she
• 23:06
  was.
• 23:07
  She
• 23:07
  could
• 23:07
  make
• 23:08
  movie
• 23:08
  stars
• 23:09
  just
• 23:09
  melt.
• 23:11
  And
• 23:11
  she
• 23:11
  was
• 23:12
  dominating
• 23:12
  the
• 23:12
  press.
• 23:13
  But
• 23:13
  the
• 23:13
  thing
• 23:13
  that
• 23:14
  you
• 23:14
  need
• 23:14
  to
• 23:14
  realize
• 23:15
  is
• 23:15
  that
• 23:16
  even
• 23:16
  that
• 23:16
  is
• 23:17
  old
• 23:17
  news
• 23:18
  after
• 23:18
  a
• 23:18
  while.
• 23:19
  And
• 23:19
  the
• 23:19
  Depression
• 23:20
  is
• 23:20
  carrying
• 23:21
  on.
• 23:21
  And
• 23:22
  the
• 23:22
  model
• 23:22
  that
• 23:23
  Amelia
• 23:23
  Earhart
• 23:24
  and
• 23:24
  George
• 23:24
  Putnam
• 23:25
  created,
• 23:26
  they
• 23:26
  are
• 23:26
  now
• 23:26
  married.
• 23:27
  They
• 23:27
  got
• 23:27
  married
• 23:28
  in
• 23:28
  1931.
• 23:29
  Dorothy
• 23:30
  Benny
• 23:30
  Putnam,
• 23:31
  George's
• 23:31
  first
• 23:32
  wife,
• 23:32
  had
• 23:32
  a
• 23:32
  Reno
• 23:33
  divorce.
• 23:34
  She
• 23:34
  had
• 23:34
  a
• 23:34
  lot
• 23:34
  of
• 23:35
  the
• 23:35
  money
• 23:36
  in
• 23:36
  the
• 23:36
  family.
• 23:36
  She
• 23:36
  was
• 23:36
  the
• 23:37
  Crayola
• 23:37
  crayon
• 23:38
  heiress.
• 23:38
  If
• 23:39
  you've
• 23:39
  ever
• 23:39
  heard
• 23:39
  of
• 23:39
  Gideon
• 23:40
  Smith,
• 23:40
  George
• 23:41
  Putnam's
• 23:41
  been
• 23:41
  kicked
• 23:42
  out
• 23:42
  of
• 23:42
  his
• 23:42
  family
• 23:43
  firm.
• 23:43
  And
• 23:44
  Amelia,
• 23:44
  who
• 23:45
  had
• 23:45
  been
• 23:45
  a
• 23:45
  millionaire
• 23:47
  in
• 23:47
  28,
• 23:48
  was
• 23:48
  scammed
• 23:48
  in
• 23:49
  a
• 23:49
  sort
• 23:49
  of
• 23:49
  Bernie
• 23:49
  Madoff
• 23:51
  situation.
• 23:52
  And
• 23:52
  her
• 23:52
  father
• 23:53
  dies,
• 23:53
  leaves
• 23:53
  her
• 23:53
  no
• 23:54
  money.
• 23:54
  And
• 23:55
  this
• 23:55
  relationship,
• 23:56
  which
• 23:56
  began
• 23:57
  with
• 23:57
  a
• 23:57
  sexual
• 23:58
  relationship,
• 23:59
  is
• 23:59
  now
• 23:59
  a
• 24:00
  real
• 24:00
  marriage,
• 24:01
  but
• 24:01
  also
• 24:01
  a
• 24:02
  partnership.
• 24:03
  And
• 24:03
  if
• 24:03
  you
• 24:03
  think
• 24:03
  about
• 24:04
  any
• 24:04
  listeners,
• 24:05
  how
• 24:05
  you
• 24:05
  survived
• 24:06
  the
• 24:06
  pandemic
• 24:07
  or.
• 24:07
  Or
• 24:07
  recessions
• 24:08
  with
• 24:08
  your
• 24:08
  partner,
• 24:08
  you
• 24:09
  really
• 24:09
  have
• 24:09
  to
• 24:09
  sit
• 24:10
  down
• 24:10
  and
• 24:10
  say,
• 24:11
  how
• 24:11
  are
• 24:11
  we
• 24:11
  gonna
• 24:12
  get
• 24:12
  through
• 24:12
  this?
• 24:13
  And
• 24:13
  Amelia
• 24:14
  and
• 24:14
  George
• 24:15
  both
• 24:15
  decided
• 24:16
  that
• 24:16
  the
• 24:16
  Amelia
• 24:17
  Earhart
• 24:17
  name
• 24:17
  was
• 24:18
  gonna
• 24:18
  be
• 24:18
  their
• 24:18
  meal
• 24:19
  ticket.
• 24:20
  And
• 24:20
  she
• 24:20
  does
• 24:21
  an
• 24:21
  amazing
• 24:23
  amount
• 24:24
  of
• 24:24
  lectures.
• 24:24
  This
• 24:25
  is
• 24:25
  something
• 24:25
  that
• 24:25
  will
• 24:25
  bring
• 24:26
  in
• 24:26
  money.
• 24:26
  And
• 24:27
  the
• 24:27
  model
• 24:27
  they
• 24:28
  come
• 24:28
  up
• 24:28
  with
• 24:28
  is
• 24:28
  she
• 24:28
  will
• 24:29
  do
• 24:29
  a
• 24:29
  stunt
• 24:29
  flight
• 24:30
  and
• 24:30
  then
• 24:30
  lecture
• 24:31
  on
• 24:31
  it.
• 24:32
  And
• 24:32
  often
• 24:32
  she
• 24:33
  is
• 24:34
  doing
• 24:34
  incredible
• 24:35
  flights,
• 24:36
  but
• 24:36
  she's
• 24:36
  taking
• 24:37
  risks
• 24:38
  that
• 24:38
  are.
• 24:39
  Are.
• 24:39
  Are
• 24:40
  really
• 24:40
  wild.
• 24:41
  And
• 24:42
  I
• 24:42
  think
• 24:42
  she
• 24:42
  starts
• 24:43
  to
• 24:43
  believe
• 24:43
  her
• 24:43
  own
• 24:44
  press,
• 24:45
  that
• 24:45
  she
• 24:45
  can
• 24:46
  get
• 24:46
  away
• 24:46
  with
• 24:46
  anything.
• 24:47
  Sort
• 24:47
  of
• 24:47
  that
• 24:47
  Evel
• 24:48
  Knievel
• 24:48
  mentality.
• 24:49
  And
• 24:50
  this
• 24:50
  is
• 24:50
  what
• 24:51
  I
• 24:51
  try
• 24:51
  to
• 24:51
  show
• 24:51
  in
• 24:52
  the
• 24:52
  book,
• 24:52
  that
• 24:53
  George
• 24:53
  Putnam
• 24:54
  and
• 24:54
  Amelia
• 24:54
  Earhart
• 24:55
  are
• 24:56
  very
• 24:56
  reckless
• 24:57
  together
• 24:58
  as
• 24:58
  a
• 24:58
  couple.
• 24:59
  Right,
• 24:59
  right.
• 25:00
  Amelia
• 25:00
  is
• 25:00
  very
• 25:00
  reckless.
• 25:01
  Even
• 25:01
  that
• 25:01
  1928
• 25:02
  flight
• 25:03
  where
• 25:03
  she's
• 25:03
  a
• 25:04
  passenger,
• 25:04
  both
• 25:05
  Amelia
• 25:05
  and
• 25:05
  George
• 25:06
  know
• 25:06
  that
• 25:06
  the
• 25:06
  pilot
• 25:07
  is
• 25:07
  an
• 25:07
  alcoholic.
• 25:08
  She's
• 25:08
  literally
• 25:09
  throwing
• 25:09
  bottles
• 25:10
  of
• 25:10
  alcohol
• 25:11
  out
• 25:11
  the
• 25:11
  window
• 25:11
  as
• 25:11
  she
• 25:12
  takes
• 25:12
  off.
• 25:12
  She
• 25:12
  could
• 25:12
  have
• 25:13
  completely
• 25:14
  died
• 25:14
  in
• 25:14
  that
• 25:15
  1928
• 25:16
  passenger
• 25:16
  ride,
• 25:17
  and
• 25:17
  she
• 25:17
  did
• 25:17
  it
• 25:18
  anyhow.
• 25:18
  And
• 25:19
  that's
• 25:19
  a
• 25:19
  mentality
• 25:20
  that
• 25:20
  we
• 25:21
  have
• 25:21
  to
• 25:21
  kind
• 25:21
  of
• 25:21
  wrap
• 25:22
  our
• 25:22
  brains
• 25:23
  around.
• 25:23
  Like,
• 25:24
  Amelia
• 25:24
  took
• 25:25
  some
• 25:25
  really
• 25:25
  stupid
• 25:26
  risks.
• 25:26
  Well,
• 25:27
  well,
• 25:27
  let's.
• 25:27
  I
• 25:27
  mean,
• 25:27
  let's.
• 25:28
  Let's
• 25:29
  talk
• 25:29
  about
• 25:29
  her
• 25:30
  final
• 25:30
  risk,
• 25:30
  which
• 25:31
  didn't
• 25:31
  pay
• 25:32
  off.
• 25:32
  And
• 25:32
  interestingly,
• 25:33
  the
• 25:34
  White
• 25:34
  House
• 25:34
  just
• 25:35
  released
• 25:35
  the
• 25:36
  Amelia
• 25:37
  Earhart
• 25:37
  files.
• 25:39
  They
• 25:39
  say
• 25:39
  they're
• 25:40
  going
• 25:40
  to
• 25:40
  release,
• 25:40
  or
• 25:41
  they
• 25:41
  say
• 25:41
  they're
• 25:41
  going
• 25:41
  to
• 25:42
  release
• 25:42
  them
• 25:43
  redacted
• 25:44
  files.
• 25:44
  I
• 25:44
  will
• 25:45
  tell
• 25:45
  you,
• 25:45
  there's
• 25:45
  no
• 25:46
  there,
• 25:46
  there,
• 25:47
  Amelia
• 25:48
  Earhart.
• 25:49
  I'm
• 25:49
  giving
• 25:49
  away
• 25:50
  the
• 25:50
  ending
• 25:50
  because
• 25:51
  my
• 25:51
  book
• 25:51
  is
• 25:51
  not
• 25:52
  how
• 25:52
  she
• 25:52
  died.
• 25:52
  The
• 25:53
  mystery
• 25:53
  to
• 25:53
  me
• 25:53
  is
• 25:54
  not
• 25:54
  how
• 25:54
  she
• 25:55
  died.
• 25:55
  The
• 25:55
  mystery
• 25:55
  when
• 25:56
  I
• 25:56
  began
• 25:56
  was,
• 25:57
  who
• 25:57
  was
• 25:57
  she?
• 25:57
  How
• 25:58
  did
• 25:58
  she
• 25:58
  live?
• 25:58
  That's
• 25:59
  what
• 25:59
  I
• 25:59
  wanted
• 26:00
  to
• 26:00
  know.
• 26:00
  Most
• 26:01
  people
• 26:01
  that
• 26:01
  are
• 26:01
  very
• 26:02
  connected
• 26:02
  to
• 26:02
  the
• 26:03
  Earhart
• 26:03
  world
• 26:04
  know
• 26:04
  very
• 26:04
  well,
• 26:05
  including
• 26:05
  everyone
• 26:06
  in
• 26:07
  the
• 26:07
  Earhart
• 26:07
  family
• 26:08
  and
• 26:08
  the
• 26:08
  Putnam
• 26:09
  family,
• 26:10
  that
• 26:10
  she
• 26:11
  ran
• 26:11
  out
• 26:11
  of
• 26:11
  fuel,
• 26:12
  that
• 26:12
  the.
• 26:12
  The.
• 26:13
  The
• 26:13
  last
• 26:14
  trip,
• 26:14
  which
• 26:14
  was
• 26:15
  a
• 26:15
  not
• 26:16
  one
• 26:16
  single
• 26:17
  flight,
• 26:17
  but
• 26:17
  a.
• 26:17
  A
• 26:17
  series
• 26:18
  of
• 26:18
  connected
• 26:18
  flights
• 26:19
  to
• 26:20
  hug
• 26:20
  the
• 26:20
  equator
• 26:21
  was
• 26:22
  a
• 26:22
  stunt
• 26:22
  flight.
• 26:23
  It
• 26:23
  was
• 26:23
  not
• 26:23
  meant
• 26:24
  to
• 26:24
  push
• 26:24
  women
• 26:25
  forward,
• 26:25
  like
• 26:26
  her
• 26:26
  1932
• 26:27
  flight.
• 26:27
  They
• 26:27
  were
• 26:28
  really
• 26:28
  broke.
• 26:29
  And
• 26:30
  so
• 26:30
  this
• 26:30
  was
• 26:31
  a
• 26:31
  flight
• 26:31
  around
• 26:32
  the
• 26:32
  equator
• 26:33
  of
• 26:33
  going
• 26:34
  to
• 26:34
  many
• 26:34
  different
• 26:34
  countries
• 26:35
  that
• 26:35
  was
• 26:36
  to
• 26:36
  land
• 26:36
  back
• 26:37
  in
• 26:37
  California,
• 26:38
  and
• 26:38
  it
• 26:39
  was
• 26:39
  to
• 26:39
  make
• 26:39
  money.
• 26:40
  There
• 26:40
  was
• 26:40
  lots
• 26:41
  of
• 26:41
  deals
• 26:41
  lined
• 26:42
  up.
• 26:42
  There
• 26:42
  was
• 26:42
  NBC.
• 26:43
  There
• 26:43
  was
• 26:43
  a
• 26:44
  movie
• 26:44
  deal
• 26:44
  with
• 26:44
  Bernard
• 26:45
  Baruch,
• 26:45
  who
• 26:46
  was
• 26:46
  one
• 26:46
  of
• 26:46
  the
• 26:46
  wealthy
• 26:46
  men
• 26:47
  in
• 26:47
  America.
• 26:47
  There
• 26:48
  was
• 26:48
  Queen
• 26:48
  Quaker
• 26:48
  Oats
• 26:49
  had
• 26:49
  a
• 26:49
  deal.
• 26:50
  She
• 26:50
  had
• 26:50
  a
• 26:50
  book
• 26:51
  deal.
• 26:51
  And
• 26:51
  if
• 26:51
  she
• 26:52
  made
• 26:52
  it,
• 26:52
  and
• 26:53
  she
• 26:53
  came
• 26:53
  very
• 26:53
  close
• 26:54
  to
• 26:54
  making
• 26:54
  it,
• 26:55
  George
• 26:55
  and
• 26:55
  Amelia
• 26:56
  would
• 26:56
  have
• 26:56
  had
• 26:56
  millions
• 26:57
  of
• 26:57
  dollars,
• 26:57
  and
• 26:58
  she
• 26:58
  was
• 26:58
  going
• 26:58
  to
• 26:59
  retire
• 26:59
  from
• 26:59
  stunt
• 27:00
  flying.
• 27:01
  And
• 27:01
  a
• 27:01
  lot
• 27:01
  of
• 27:02
  her
• 27:02
  friends,
• 27:02
  including
• 27:03
  people
• 27:03
  like
• 27:04
  Louise
• 27:04
  Theden,
• 27:05
  who
• 27:05
  I
• 27:05
  mentioned
• 27:05
  before,
• 27:06
  and
• 27:06
  Jackie
• 27:07
  Cochran,
• 27:07
  were
• 27:07
  terrified
• 27:08
  for
• 27:08
  her,
• 27:09
  because
• 27:09
  one
• 27:09
  of
• 27:10
  the
• 27:10
  things
• 27:10
  you
• 27:10
  had
• 27:10
  to
• 27:10
  do
• 27:11
  was
• 27:11
  fly
• 27:12
  over
• 27:12
  a
• 27:12
  great
• 27:13
  expanse
• 27:14
  from
• 27:14
  New
• 27:15
  guinea
• 27:15
  to
• 27:15
  Hawaii
• 27:16
  over
• 27:16
  the
• 27:17
  Pacific,
• 27:17
  and
• 27:18
  she
• 27:18
  was
• 27:18
  going
• 27:18
  to
• 27:19
  stop
• 27:19
  on
• 27:19
  an
• 27:19
  island
• 27:20
  called
• 27:20
  Howland
• 27:21
  island,
• 27:21
  which
• 27:22
  was
• 27:22
  basically
• 27:22
  the
• 27:23
  size
• 27:23
  of
• 27:23
  Central
• 27:24
  park
• 27:24
  and
• 27:25
  missed
• 27:25
  it.
• 27:25
  It
• 27:26
  was
• 27:26
  terribly
• 27:27
  dangerous.
• 27:27
  And
• 27:28
  her
• 27:28
  friends
• 27:28
  called
• 27:29
  it
• 27:29
  a
• 27:29
  suicide
• 27:30
  mission
• 27:30
  and
• 27:30
  said.
• 27:30
  Begged
• 27:31
  her
• 27:31
  not
• 27:31
  to
• 27:31
  do
• 27:31
  this.
• 27:32
  And
• 27:32
  she
• 27:33
  knew
• 27:33
  how
• 27:33
  dangerous
• 27:34
  it
• 27:34
  was.
• 27:34
  And
• 27:34
  she
• 27:35
  did
• 27:35
  not
• 27:35
  know
• 27:35
  Morse
• 27:36
  code.
• 27:36
  She
• 27:37
  was
• 27:37
  flying
• 27:37
  with
• 27:37
  a
• 27:38
  man
• 27:38
  who
• 27:38
  was
• 27:38
  a
• 27:38
  known
• 27:39
  alcoholic
• 27:39
  who
• 27:40
  starts
• 27:40
  drinking
• 27:40
  during
• 27:41
  the
• 27:41
  trip.
• 27:42
  Yikes.
• 27:43
  And
• 27:44
  this
• 27:44
  is
• 27:44
  a
• 27:45
  trip
• 27:45
  that
• 27:45
  she
• 27:45
  did
• 27:45
  not
• 27:46
  have
• 27:46
  to
• 27:46
  take.
• 27:47
  And
• 27:47
  we
• 27:48
  have
• 27:48
  to,
• 27:48
  you
• 27:49
  know,
• 27:49
  make
• 27:49
  peace
• 27:49
  with
• 27:50
  these
• 27:50
  facts.
• 27:51
  She
• 27:51
  did.
• 27:51
  She
• 27:52
  did
• 27:52
  not
• 27:52
  do
• 27:52
  the
• 27:52
  training.
• 27:53
  She
• 27:53
  was
• 27:53
  on
• 27:53
  a
• 27:54
  lecture
• 27:54
  circuit
• 27:54
  at
• 27:55
  all
• 27:55
  times.
• 27:55
  And
• 27:56
  she
• 27:56
  was
• 27:56
  not
• 27:56
  getting
• 27:56
  enough
• 27:57
  time
• 27:57
  on
• 27:58
  this
• 27:58
  plane
• 27:59
  because
• 28:00
  each
• 28:00
  time
• 28:00
  they.
• 28:01
  Had
• 28:01
  to
• 28:01
  learn
• 28:01
  new
• 28:01
  planes
• 28:02
  as
• 28:02
  the
• 28:03
  technology
• 28:03
  evolved.
• 28:04
  And
• 28:04
  so
• 28:04
  she
• 28:05
  needed
• 28:06
  hours,
• 28:06
  Right.
• 28:07
  She's
• 28:07
  on
• 28:07
  an
• 28:07
  Electra
• 28:08
  10e,
• 28:10
  which
• 28:10
  is
• 28:10
  a
• 28:10
  very
• 28:10
  different
• 28:11
  plane
• 28:11
  than
• 28:12
  her
• 28:12
  famous
• 28:12
  little
• 28:13
  Red
• 28:13
  bus,
• 28:14
  which
• 28:14
  when
• 28:15
  the
• 28:15
  government
• 28:15
  reopens,
• 28:16
  you
• 28:17
  could
• 28:17
  see
• 28:17
  at
• 28:17
  the
• 28:17
  Smithsonian.
• 28:19
  The
• 28:19
  Vega
• 28:20
  is
• 28:20
  a
• 28:20
  really
• 28:21
  cute
• 28:21
  little
• 28:21
  red
• 28:22
  plane
• 28:22
  that
• 28:22
  she
• 28:23
  did.
• 28:23
  She
• 28:24
  bravely
• 28:24
  flew
• 28:25
  across
• 28:25
  in
• 28:25
  1932.
• 28:26
  It's
• 28:26
  hanging
• 28:27
  now
• 28:28
  next
• 28:29
  to
• 28:29
  the
• 28:29
  Spirit
• 28:29
  of
• 28:29
  St.
• 28:30
  Louis
• 28:30
  in
• 28:31
  a
• 28:31
  newly
• 28:31
  reopened
• 28:33
  wing
• 28:33
  of
• 28:34
  early
• 28:34
  flight
• 28:34
  pioneers
• 28:35
  that
• 28:35
  anyone
• 28:36
  can
• 28:36
  see
• 28:36
  for
• 28:36
  free
• 28:37
  at
• 28:37
  the
• 28:37
  Air
• 28:37
  and
• 28:37
  Space
• 28:38
  Museum
• 28:39
  in
• 28:39
  Washington.
• 28:40
  But
• 28:41
  the
• 28:41
  plane
• 28:42
  that
• 28:42
  she
• 28:42
  disappears
• 28:43
  on
• 28:44
  was
• 28:44
  a
• 28:45
  very
• 28:46
  different
• 28:46
  plane,
• 28:47
  a
• 28:47
  much
• 28:47
  more
• 28:47
  sophisticated
• 28:48
  plane
• 28:48
  that
• 28:48
  she
• 28:48
  did
• 28:49
  not
• 28:49
  get
• 28:50
  enough
• 28:50
  flight
• 28:51
  time
• 28:51
  from
• 28:52
  her
• 28:53
  coach.
• 28:53
  Paul
• 28:54
  Mance
• 28:54
  thought
• 28:54
  that
• 28:54
  she
• 28:55
  wasn't
• 28:55
  ready.
• 28:56
  But
• 28:56
  George
• 28:56
  Putnam
• 28:57
  was
• 28:57
  looking
• 28:57
  at
• 28:57
  those
• 28:58
  book
• 28:58
  deadlines
• 28:58
  and
• 28:59
  those
• 28:59
  film
• 28:59
  deadlines
• 29:00
  and
• 29:00
  really
• 29:00
  pushed
• 29:01
  her
• 29:01
  to
• 29:01
  take
• 29:02
  off.
• 29:02
  And
• 29:03
  they
• 29:03
  left
• 29:04
  key
• 29:05
  equipment
• 29:05
  in
• 29:06
  Miami
• 29:06
  behind,
• 29:07
  including
• 29:07
  a
• 29:08
  trailing
• 29:08
  antenna.
• 29:09
  They
• 29:09
  had
• 29:10
  cheap
• 29:10
  radio
• 29:11
  equipment.
• 29:11
  There
• 29:11
  were
• 29:11
  a
• 29:11
  lot
• 29:12
  of
• 29:12
  cut
• 29:12
  costs
• 29:13
  cut,
• 29:14
  including
• 29:15
  Putnam
• 29:15
  hiring
• 29:16
  Fred
• 29:16
  Noonan,
• 29:17
  who
• 29:17
  was
• 29:17
  an
• 29:17
  incredible
• 29:18
  navigator.
• 29:19
  He
• 29:19
  was
• 29:19
  one
• 29:19
  of
• 29:19
  the
• 29:20
  men
• 29:20
  who
• 29:21
  had
• 29:21
  opened
• 29:22
  up
• 29:22
  Pan
• 29:22
  Am
• 29:23
  routes.
• 29:24
  He
• 29:24
  was
• 29:24
  Pan
• 29:25
  Am's
• 29:25
  best
• 29:25
  navigator,
• 29:26
  but
• 29:27
  he
• 29:27
  was
• 29:27
  fired
• 29:28
  from
• 29:28
  Pan
• 29:28
  Am
• 29:29
  for
• 29:29
  his
• 29:29
  drinking.
• 29:30
  And
• 29:30
  that's
• 29:30
  why
• 29:31
  he
• 29:31
  came
• 29:31
  very
• 29:31
  cheaply.
• 29:32
  And
• 29:32
  that
• 29:32
  would
• 29:32
  come
• 29:32
  into
• 29:33
  play.
• 29:33
  Audio
• 29:34
  exists
• 29:35
  of
• 29:35
  people
• 29:36
  who.
• 29:36
  I
• 29:37
  mean,
• 29:37
  not
• 29:37
  one
• 29:37
  person
• 29:38
  making
• 29:38
  up
• 29:38
  a
• 29:38
  tall
• 29:39
  tale,
• 29:39
  but
• 29:40
  multiple
• 29:40
  people
• 29:40
  talking
• 29:41
  about
• 29:41
  how
• 29:42
  Putnam
• 29:43
  and
• 29:43
  Putnam.
• 29:44
  Putnam,
• 29:44
  sorry.
• 29:45
  How.
• 29:45
  How
• 29:45
  Noonan
• 29:46
  and
• 29:47
  Amelia
• 29:47
  were
• 29:47
  not
• 29:48
  getting
• 29:48
  along
• 29:49
  at
• 29:49
  the
• 29:49
  end
• 29:49
  of
• 29:49
  the
• 29:50
  flight.
• 29:50
  They
• 29:50
  were
• 29:50
  fine
• 29:50
  when
• 29:51
  they
• 29:51
  took
• 29:51
  off.
• 29:52
  How
• 29:52
  drunk
• 29:53
  Noonan
• 29:54
  was
• 29:54
  that
• 29:54
  he
• 29:54
  left
• 29:54
  smoke
• 29:56
  bombs
• 29:56
  under
• 29:57
  his
• 29:57
  bed
• 29:57
  when
• 29:58
  he
• 29:58
  left
• 29:58
  that
• 29:59
  they're
• 29:59
  yelling
• 29:59
  at
• 29:59
  each
• 30:00
  other.
• 30:00
  And
• 30:00
  so
• 30:00
  the
• 30:01
  fact
• 30:01
  that
• 30:01
  they
• 30:01
  don't
• 30:02
  know
• 30:02
  radio
• 30:03
  code
• 30:03
  becomes
• 30:04
  important
• 30:04
  because
• 30:04
  Amelia
• 30:05
  is
• 30:05
  trying
• 30:05
  to
• 30:06
  get
• 30:06
  the
• 30:07
  Morse
• 30:07
  code
• 30:08
  man.
• 30:08
  At
• 30:09
  the
• 30:09
  airstrip
• 30:10
  in
• 30:10
  Le
• 30:11
  New
• 30:11
  guinea,
• 30:12
  there's
• 30:12
  an
• 30:12
  Australian
• 30:13
  strip.
• 30:14
  They're
• 30:14
  doing.
• 30:14
  They're
• 30:15
  doing
• 30:15
  flights
• 30:15
  to
• 30:16
  remove
• 30:16
  gold.
• 30:17
  Papua
• 30:17
  New
• 30:17
  guinea
• 30:18
  at
• 30:18
  that
• 30:18
  point
• 30:18
  was
• 30:19
  part.
• 30:19
  Was
• 30:19
  an
• 30:19
  Australian
• 30:21
  mandate.
• 30:21
  And
• 30:21
  so
• 30:22
  Australians
• 30:23
  are
• 30:23
  on
• 30:23
  record
• 30:24
  and
• 30:24
  they.
• 30:25
  They
• 30:25
  saw
• 30:25
  it.
• 30:26
  And
• 30:26
  Pan
• 30:26
  Am
• 30:27
  co
• 30:27
  workers
• 30:28
  of
• 30:28
  Noonan
• 30:29
  are
• 30:29
  on
• 30:29
  the
• 30:30
  tapes.
• 30:31
  The
• 30:31
  great
• 30:32
  women
• 30:32
  aviators
• 30:33
  like
• 30:34
  Louise
• 30:34
  Thetan
• 30:35
  and
• 30:35
  Jackie
• 30:35
  Cochran
• 30:36
  are
• 30:36
  on
• 30:36
  tape.
• 30:37
  So
• 30:37
  I
• 30:37
  am
• 30:38
  not
• 30:38
  just
• 30:38
  guessing
• 30:39
  what
• 30:39
  they
• 30:39
  think.
• 30:40
  Yeah,
• 30:40
  I'm
• 30:41
  actually
• 30:41
  working
• 30:42
  off
• 30:42
  of
• 30:43
  transcriptions.
• 30:44
  And
• 30:44
  if
• 30:45
  anyone
• 30:45
  doubts
• 30:46
  what
• 30:46
  I'm
• 30:46
  saying,
• 30:46
  I'm
• 30:47
  here
• 30:47
  to
• 30:47
  say
• 30:47
  you
• 30:48
  can
• 30:48
  listen
• 30:49
  to
• 30:49
  it
• 30:49
  from
• 30:49
  your
• 30:49
  own
• 30:50
  living
• 30:50
  rooms.
• 30:52
  Your
• 30:52
  heart
• 30:52
  project
• 30:53
  at
• 30:53
  the.
• 30:53
  And
• 30:53
  it's
• 30:53
  Smithsonian,
• 30:55
  so
• 30:55
  it's.
• 30:55
  It's
• 30:55
  free
• 30:56
  to
• 30:56
  listen
• 30:56
  to.
• 30:57
  Yeah,
• 30:57
  absolutely.
• 30:58
  Well,
• 30:58
  I
• 30:58
  think
• 30:59
  you
• 30:59
  could
• 30:59
  just
• 30:59
  read
• 30:59
  the
• 31:00
  damn
• 31:00
  book
• 31:01
  because
• 31:01
  it's.
• 31:02
  It's
• 31:02
  a
• 31:02
  great
• 31:02
  book,
• 31:03
  but
• 31:03
  if
• 31:03
  you're.
• 31:03
  If
• 31:04
  you're
• 31:04
  really
• 31:04
  obsessed,
• 31:05
  go
• 31:05
  listen
• 31:06
  to
• 31:06
  the
• 31:06
  tapes,
• 31:06
  too.
• 31:07
  Once
• 31:07
  again,
• 31:07
  we've
• 31:08
  been
• 31:08
  speaking
• 31:08
  with
• 31:08
  Lori
• 31:09
  Gwen
• 31:09
  Shapiro.
• 31:10
  She
• 31:10
  is
• 31:10
  the
• 31:10
  author
• 31:11
  of
• 31:11
  the
• 31:11
  Aviator
• 31:12
  and
• 31:12
  the
• 31:12
  Showman.
• 31:13
  Thank
• 31:13
  you
• 31:13
  so
• 31:14
  much,
• 31:14
  Lori.
• 31:15
  It's
• 31:15
  been
• 31:15
  such
• 31:15
  a
• 31:16
  delight
• 31:16
  speaking
• 31:16
  with
• 31:17
  you.
• 31:17
  Thank
• 31:18
  you
• 31:18
  for
• 31:18
  having
• 31:18
  me
• 31:18
  on.
• 31:19
  What
• 31:19
  a
• 31:19
  treat.
• 31:19
  And
• 31:20
  that
• 31:20
  is
• 31:20
  it
• 31:20
  for
• 31:21
  this
• 31:21
  week's
• 31:21
  show.
• 31:21
  I
• 31:22
  thank
• 31:22
  you
• 31:22
  so
• 31:23
  much
• 31:23
  for
• 31:23
  listening
• 31:24
  to
• 31:24
  those
• 31:24
  who
• 31:24
  are
• 31:25
  traveling.
• 31:25
  May
• 31:26
  I
• 31:26
  wish
• 31:26
  you
• 31:26
  a
• 31:26
  hearty
• 31:27
  bon
• 31:27
  voyage?
• 31:28
  I'll
• 31:28
  see
• 31:28
  you
• 31:29
  next
• 31:29
  week.
• 31:41
  Sour
• 31:42
  candy
• 31:42
  on
• 31:44
  the
• 31:44
  table
• 31:46
  Lazy
• 31:47
  afternoons
• 31:48
  in
• 31:48
  your
• 31:48
  sweatpants
• 31:49
  Watching
• 31:50
  cable
• 31:52
  well,
• 31:52
  it
• 31:53
  feels
• 31:53
  so
• 31:54
  far
• 31:54
  away
• 31:57
  all
• 31:57
  the
• 31:58
  channels
• 31:59
  seem
• 31:59
  the
• 32:00
  same
• 32:02
  Trying
• 32:03
  to
• 32:03
  remember
• 32:04
  all
• 32:05
  the
• 32:05
  songs
• 32:05
  we
• 32:06
  like
• 32:06
  to
• 32:06
  play?
• 32:07
  Cause
• 32:07
  those
• 32:08
  lazy
• 32:08
  afternoons
• 32:10
  Come
• 32:10
  so
• 32:10
  frequently
• 32:11
  these
• 32:11
  days
• 32:13
  oh,
• 32:14
  it's
• 32:15
  been
• 32:16
  so
• 32:16
  long
• 32:17
  and
• 32:18
  I
• 32:18
  cannot
• 32:19
  help
• 32:19
  but
• 32:19
  wonder
• 32:20
  Are
• 32:20
  you
• 32:21
  ever
• 32:21
  coming
• 32:22
  home?
• 32:23
  I
• 32:23
  like
• 32:23
  you
• 32:24
  with
• 32:24
  your
• 32:24
  sour
• 32:25
  candy
• 32:25
  in
• 32:26
  the
• 32:26
  boathouse
• 32:27
  on
• 32:27
  the
• 32:27
  lake
• 32:28
  oh,
• 32:29
  but
• 32:29
  I
• 32:29
  hate,
• 32:29
  I
• 32:30
  hate,
• 32:30
  I
• 32:30
  hate,
• 32:31
  I
• 32:31
  hate,
• 32:31
  I
• 32:31
  hate,
• 32:33
  I
• 32:33
  hate
• 32:33
  the
• 32:34
  way
• 32:34
  it
• 32:34
  takes
• 32:46
  I
• 32:46
  can't
• 32:46
  get
• 32:47
  you
• 32:47
  off
• 32:47
  of
• 32:48
  my
• 32:48
  mind
• 32:51
  Looking
• 32:51
  out
• 32:52
  the
• 32:52
  window
• 32:53
  where
• 32:53
  we
• 32:53
  spend
• 32:53
  so
• 32:54
  much
• 32:54
  of
• 32:54
  our
• 32:55
  time
• 33:01
  But
• 33:01
  I
• 33:01
  guess
• 33:02
  you
• 33:02
  can't
• 33:02
  control
• 33:03
  those
• 33:03
  damn
• 33:04
  cards
• 33:05
  with
• 33:08
  both
• 33:08
  of
• 33:09
  us
• 33:09
  are
• 33:09
  ask
• 33:10
  me
• 33:10
  when
• 33:10
  we're
• 33:11
  free
• 33:12
  but
• 33:12
  would
• 33:12
  it
• 33:13
  be
• 33:13
  so.