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Amelia Earhart made Maryland her runway — even with the first lady aboard

Aviation legend’s flights to Baltimore left an enduring mark

Friends Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt at the National Geographic Society in 1935. Earhart flew the then-first lady to Baltimore in a Curtiss biplane two years earlier. (Harris and Ewing)
Friends Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt at the National Geographic Society in 1935. Earhart flew the then-first lady to Baltimore in a Curtiss biplane two years earlier. (Harris and Ewing)
Reporter Jonathan Millner Pitts (Kevin Richardson/Sun Staff)
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Amelia Earhart was attending a formal dinner at the White House the night of April 20, 1933, when she decided it was time to do something more stimulating than talk to politicians.

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