Last Flight is a book published in 1937 consisting of diary entries and other notes compiled by aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart during her failed attempt that year at flying solo across the Pacific Ocean. Her husband, publisher George Palmer Putnam, edited the collection which was published posthumously as a tribute to his wife.
Amelia Earhart book Last Flight
Letter to her husband George P. Putnam, on the eve of her last flight
Last Flight (1937)
Context: Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.
Amelia Earhart book Last Flight
Source: Last Flight (1937), p. 70
Context: In my life I had come to realize that when things were going very well indeed it was just the time to anticipate trouble. And, conversely, I learned from pleasant experience that at the most despairing crisis, when all looked sour beyond words, some delightful "break" was apt to lurk just around the corner.
“Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.”
Amelia Earhart book Last Flight
Source: Last Flight (1937), p. 50
“Preparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.”
Amelia Earhart book Last Flight
Source: Last Flight (1937), p. 51
Amelia Earhart book Last Flight
Letter to her husband George P. Putnam, on the eve of her last flight
Last Flight (1937)
