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The Forum: Amelia Earhart: Trailblazer in the skies

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Amelia Earhart stands June 14, 1928 in front of her bi-plane called 'Friendship' in Newfoundland.   (GETTY IMAGES)

06/05/2017 GMT

Amelia Earhart: Trailblazer in the skies

BBC World Service - The Forum, Amelia Earhart: Trailblazer in the skies

The inspirational life of the celebrated American aviator

The pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart, who in 1937 became the world’s most famous missing person. Bridget Kendall speaks to Susan Butler, Dorothy Cochrane, and Susan Ware.

This year is the 80th anniversary of the record-breaking attempt by the US aviator Amelia Earhart to circumnavigate the globe. It was a mission that cost her life, but helped to cement her place in history as one of the most inspirational and celebrated pilots of the 20th century. 

Bridget Kendall looks back at the life of a pioneering woman determined to break through barriers - with Susan Butler, author of ‘East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart’; Dorothy Cochrane, Curator in the Aeronautics Division of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington; and Susan Ware, author of ‘Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism’.

Photo: Amelia Earhart in June 1928 (Getty Images)

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