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Presentation Host
Nick Manderfield
Publication/Presentation Date
9-9-2015
Abstract/Description
Amelia Earhart, disappeared while almost completing an around-the-world flight. This was just one of her many daring adventures. Hear the story of her relatively short, but dynamic aviation career from Gene Tissot, whose father was Amelia’s mechanic during her Hawaii to California flight in 1935. Admiral Tissot knows the pacific well as a decorated combat pilot in Korea & Vietnam. He became the third naval aviator to achieve 1000 arrested carrier landings, without an accident over 20 years, flying 11 different aircraft types.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Tissot, G.
(2015).
Amelia Earhart - A Study in Courage, Daring and Foolhardiness.
Nick Manderfield (Eds.)
Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/aviation-history/32
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Aviation Commons, History of the Pacific Islands Commons, Oral History Commons, United States History Commons, Women's History Commons
