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Trouble in the air is very rare. It is hitting the ground that causes it.

Amelia Earhart

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Amelia Earhart
Age: 39 †
Born: 1897
Born: July 24
Died: 1937
Died: July 2
Aircraft Pilot
Aviator
Journalist
Memoirist
Travel Writer
Writer
Atchison County
Missouri
Amelia Mary Earhart
Lady Lindy
Amelia Earhart Putnam
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Aviation
Hitting
Rare
Safety
Ground
Air
Trouble

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