Amelia Earhart, the first woman to make a Transatlantic flight and the first woman to fly across the Pacific, once tested an autogiro over the skies of Upper Moreland.
She flew from Pitcairn Field, the airport of Harold F. Pitcairn of Byrn Athyn. Pitcairn had purchased the U.S. rights to copy the airogiro design from inventor, Juan de la Cierva and built his own plane.
Earhart also spent time in the area when she attended the The Ogontz School for Girls in Abington, which is now the site of the Pennsylvania State University Ogontz Campus.
Find out more about Amelia at the Upper Moreland Free Public Library.
- Amelia Lost: the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart
by Candace Fleming. It tells the story of Amelia Earhart's life as a child, a woman, and a pilot. It also describes the search for her missing plane. - Amelia Earhart: the legend of the lost aviator by Shelley Tanaka. This is a biography written for juveniles.
- Amelia Earhart by Tanya Lee Stone.
This book tells of the life of Amelia Earhart. - Flying Blind : a novel of Amelia Earhart, by Max Allan Collins.
*Thanks to the Upper Moreland Historical Association for information.
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