[meteorite-list] New, 124 miles in Diameter, Lunar Crater Discovered

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 20:21:55 -0500
Message-ID: <67287.11683.bm_at_smtp115.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Mark, List,

Other aviators have lunar craters
named after them, noteably Charles
Lindberg, John Henry Tower, and
V. V. Bondarenko, the last because
he also lost his life in the business,
as did Earhart.

You said:
> Earhart was, at best, a mediocre
> aviator whose notariety resulted...
> from an energetic (often shameless)
> promotional effort...

Every aviator of that day was heavily,
often shamelessly, promoted. Air
records were the Space Program of
that day and ballyhoo was deemed
essential for the real goal, which was
to promote aviation. Her publisher
husband was good at it. So?

But I doubt any "mediocre" flyer could
have posted this list of records:

Woman's world altitude record:
14,000 ft (1922)

First woman to fly the Atlantic
Ocean (1928)

Speed records for 100 km (and
with 500 lb (230 kg) cargo) (1931)

First woman to fly an autogyro (1931)

Altitude record for autogyros:
18,415 ft (1931 --- The current
autogyro record is only 26,407 feet.)

First person to cross the U.S.A.
in an autogyro (1932)

First woman to fly the Atlantic
solo (1932)

First person to fly the Atlantic
twice (1932)

First woman to receive the
Distinguished Flying Cross (1932)

First woman to fly nonstop,
coast-to-coast across the U.S. (1933)

Woman's speed transcontinental
record (1933)

First person to fly solo between
Honolulu, Hawaii and Oakland,
California (1935)

First person to fly solo from Los
Angeles, California to Mexico City,
Mexico (1935)

First person to fly solo nonstop from
Mexico City, Mexico to Newark, New
Jersey (1935)

Speed record for east-to-west flight
from Oakland, California to Honolulu,
Hawaii (1937)

First person to fly solo from the Red
Sea to Karachi (1937)

The records that impress me most are
actually the autogyro records. Yeah, I
really want to take one of those gooney
things to over 18,000 feet...

Note how many of these records are
for the "first person," male or female,
to accomplish that goal?

Of course, it's a self-serving move by
Purdue. All universities promote
themselves through the achievements
of their graduates, whether the school
had anything to do with it or not.

Sorry, but I just think you're dead
wrong about the "mediocre" part.

Sterling Webb
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Behalf Of Mark Langenfeld via Meteorite-list
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 12:58 PM
To: Paul H.
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New, 124 miles in Diameter, Lunar Crater
Discovered

Kind of a self-serving move by Purdue. Earhart was, at best, a mediocre
aviator whose notariety resulted more than anything else from an energetic
(often shameless) promotional effort captained by her husband -- George
Putnam. Whether she merits this honor on the basis of such manipulated fame
is certainly a matter of debate.

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul H. via Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 11:33:52 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] New, 124 miles in Diameter, Lunar Crater
Discovered

New lunar crater named after aviation pioneer Earhart by Paul Rincon, BBC
News, March 17. 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31917302

Hidden Moon Crater Named After Amelia Earhart by Ian O,Neill, Discovery,
March 17, 2015
http://news.discovery.com/space/hidden-moon-crater-named-after-amelia-earhar
t-150317.htm

Why did researchers decide to name enormous moon crater after Amelia
Earhart? by Andrew McDonald, The Space Reporter, March 17, 2015
http://thespacereporter.com/2015/03/why-did-researchers-decide-to-name-enorm
ous-moon-crater-after-amelia-earhart/

Yours,

Paul H.
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