Blériot vs Earhart: should the sky be conquered or explored?
LOUIS BLÉRIOT vs AMELIA EARHART go head to head — and every jab is rooted in real history.
I flew thirty-seven minutes over the sea and proved the machine could beat the water—the point of flight is to conquer a barrier and land to tell of it.
Landing to tell of it is not enough, Louis; I flew to show a woman could go as far as the fuel and the courage allowed.
But courage without a safe field is a widow's telegram—I built my planes to bring the pilot home, not to feed the horizon.
And I would rather feed the horizon than die of old age wondering what waited past it—some of us fly to arrive, some to find out.
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