Hialeah in Miami-Dade County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Amelia Earhart Final Take Off

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, January 28, 2020

1. Amelia Earhart Final Take Off Marker

Inscription. Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas. She helped to establish the Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots, and was a member of the National Woman's Party. In 1932, Earhart was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross when she flew a red Lockheed Vega from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland and became the first woman to make a transatlantic flight. Standing here, the former location of Miami Municipal Airport, on May 25, 1937, Amelia Earhart announced her intent to fly around the world at the equator. After supervising extensive repairs to her Lockheed Electra by Pan American World Airways' mechanics, Earhart took off June 1, 1937, with her navigator Fred Noonan for Puerto Rico. After numerous stops in South America, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia, the pair arrived at Lae, New Guinea. Earhart's next refueling stop was Howland Island, a tiny speck in the South pacific Ocean, located 2,556 miles away. Although July 2, 1937, was a clear day, Earhart and Noonan never landed at Howland. A massive search effort for them, involving nine U.S. Navy ships and 66 aircraft, recovered no remains

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Erected 2019 by The GFWC Woman's Club of Hialeah, The City of Hialeah, and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-1053.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Women. In addition, it is included in the Valor in Aerial Operations series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 1, 1937.

Location. 25° 52.38′ N, 80° 16.003′ W. Marker is in Hialeah, Florida, in Miami-Dade County. It is at the intersection of East 8th Avenue (Florida Route 953) and East 55th Street, on the right when traveling north on East 8th Avenue. Marker located in front of the City of Hialeah Administration Building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5555 East 8th Avenue, Hialeah FL 33013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Florida,

on the Gold Coast,

and in Greater Miami.

It is also in the American South

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, January 28, 2020

2. Amelia Earhart Final Take Off Marker

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Seaboard Air Line Opa-Locka Railroad Station (approx. 2.1 miles away); Opa-Locka Company Administration Building (approx. 2.4 miles away); Pioneer Boat Builders' Site (approx. 3.4 miles away); Lua Curtiss House I (approx. 4.1 miles away); Lua Curtiss House II (approx. 4.1 miles away); Marine Corps Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); Millard-McCarty House (approx. 4.2 miles away); Eastern Airlines Flight 401 (approx. 4.3 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on February 27, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2020, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,376 times since then and 113 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 27, 2020, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.