Clear the runway - it’s time to celebrate Amelia’s birthday and YOU are invited! BIG BIRTHDAY NEWS: In honor of Amelia Earhart’s birthday, an anonymous pledge has been made to match every gift dollar for dollar up to $5,000—which means your donation can have twice the impact! But this matching gift opportunity ends July 31st, […]
This year the Atchison Area Community Foundation hosts Match Day 2025, an exciting community event where donors can magnify the impact of their gift with match funding. At the 99s Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum, we’re on a mission to raise $10,000. Our goal is to provide museum visitors and students the incredible opportunity to dive […]
We know that Amelia Earhart was a pioneer in aviation, but did you know that she was also a pioneer in higher education? In 1935, Purdue University made a radical decision for that time and hired Amelia as a career counselor to female students and a special advisor in aeronautics. In return, Purdue funded a Lockheed Electra that would serve as a flying laboratory as it circumnavigated the globe. Find out how Amelia changed higher education by advocating for co-education classes and encouraging women to pursue degrees in STEM fields. We hope you enjoy our videos. Don't forget to 'Like' the video, and 'Subscribe' to follow us. The Ninety-Nines Inc, International Organization of Women Pilots: the 99s are women pilots who share, learn, and encourage each other. Whether in general aviation or pilot careers, the 99s offer scholarships, mentoring, job search, challenges, job loss, career development, leadership, and more. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT to our videos, we like to hear from our viewers.
Cathleen (Cathy) SteeleI have been an active CFI since 1998 and have accrued over 6000 of dual given. Previously I have been the Chief Flight Instructor at a Part 141 flight training school located at KBWI and also served as the Chief Flight Instructor at the first flight training academy in Nepal. Currently I am an independent Cirrus Instructor pilot with Platinum status.
Instructor Ratings: CFI, CFII
Location: Baltimore, MD, United States 
Contact InstructorTo: Cathleen Steele
Location: Baltimore, MD, United States