Earhart Hopes More Women Will Aim for Careers in Aviation

Amelia Rose Earhart will address young attendees during a Careers in Business Aviation Day on Oct. 23, 2014, at NBAA2014, hoping to inspire them to consider careers in business aviation.”I want to start conversations about careers in aviation,” she said. “We can’t let the passion disappear.” At 31, Earhart is already determinedly following in the footsteps of her aviation pioneer namesake. “Instead of saying, ‘You should’ do this or ‘You should’ do that, she just went out and did it,”Earhart said of famed aviator Amelia Earhart, the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.”She led by example”