Editing Amelia Earhart (section)

===Tributes and memorials===
[[File:Amelia Earhart Statue by Mark and George Lundeen.jpg|thumb|182px|''[[Statue of Amelia Earhart|Amelia Earhart]]'', by Mark and [[George Lundeen]], represents Kansas in the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]]'s [[National Statuary Hall Collection]]]] 
====Tributary flights====
In 1967, [[Ann Pellegreno]] flew a similar aircraft to Earhart's, a Lockheed 10A Electra, to complete a round-the-world flight that followed Earhart's flight plan. On the 30th anniversary of her disappearance, Pellegreno dropped a wreath over Howland island in Earhart's honor.<ref>Van Pelt, Lori. ''Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit'' (American Heroes). New York: Macmillan, 2005. {{ISBN|0-7653-1061-9}}, pp. 219–220.</ref>

In 1997, on the 60th anniversary of Earhart's round-the-world flight, San Antonio businesswoman [[Linda Finch]] retraced the final flight path, flying a restored 1935 Lockheed Electra 10, the same make and model of aircraft as Earhart's.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/transportation/may97/earhart_5-28a.html "Wings of Dreams – May 28, 1997" (transcript).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910005723/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/transportation/may97/earhart_5-28a.html |date=September 10, 2013 }}  ''PBS''. accessed: June 19, 2008.</ref>

In 2001, another commemorative flight retraced the route Earhart flew in her August 1928 transcontinental record flight; Carlene Mendieta flew an original [[Avro Avian]], the same type of aircraft that was used in 1928.<ref name="Mendieta" />

====Buildings and structures====
In 1942, a United States Liberty ship named {{SS|Amelia Earhart}} was launched; it was wrecked in 1948.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} ''[[USNS Amelia Earhart]]'' was named in her honor in May 2007.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

In 1964, [[Purdue University]] opened [[Earhart Hall]] in honor of her legacy and contribution to the university during her time as a career counselor for female students and technical advisor for the aeronautics department. In 2009, Purdue erected a bronze statue of Earhart holding a propeller in front of the residence hall named after her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2009a/090415BlackwelderEarhart.html|title=Purdue unveils Amelia Earhart sculpture|date=April 16, 2009}}</ref> The university board recently approved plans to name the new Purdue University Airport terminal the Amelia Earhart Terminal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_a576afd8-c39d-11ee-a0cd-df29af0c15e1.html|title=Earhart's Purdue legacy resurfaces|date=February 4, 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Amelia Earhart, 8c airmail, 1963 issue.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|1963 U.S. Airmail Postal stamp honoring Earhart, the first woman to appear on an airmail issue.<ref>{{cite book |last= |first= |editor=Bigalke, Jay |title=Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, 2024 |volume=1A |page=285 |publisher=Amos Media |location=Sydney, Ohio |year=2023 |isbn= |url= |ref=scott2024}}</ref>]]

The Earhart Light, also known as the Amelia Earhart Light, is a navigational [[day beacon]] on Howland Island, where she was due to land before she went missing. It is no longer operational.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19630817&id=wpYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DOMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6634,3172509 "Earhart beacon shines from lonely island."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201011221/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19630817&id=wpYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DOMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6634%2C3172509 |date=December 1, 2019 }} ''Eugene Register-Guard,'' August 17, 1963. accessed: March 20, 2012.</ref> [[Amelia Earhart Airport]] in [[Atchison, Kansas]], was named in her honor.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=JMvnAAAAMAAJ "Kansas City Airport."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112001638/https://books.google.com/books?id=JMvnAAAAMAAJ |date=January 12, 2024 }} ''Kansas Government Journal'', Volume 44, 1958, p. 20. accessed: June 25, 2010.</ref>

[[Amelia Earhart Dam]] on [[Mystic River]] in eastern Massachusetts is named in her honor. The "Earhart Tree" on [[Banyan Drive]] in Hilo, Hawaii, was planted by Earhart in 1935.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/alohafriday/article/Amelia-Earhart-Hawaii-celebrates-the-great-2463264.php |title=Amelia Earhart: Hawaii celebrates the great aviator |last=Cooper |first=Jeanne |date=2010-07-23 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=2018-06-30 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630214317/https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/alohafriday/article/Amelia-Earhart-Hawaii-celebrates-the-great-2463264.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Other tributes====
The Amelia Earhart Commemorative Stamp (8¢ airmail postage) was issued in 1963 by the United States Postmaster-General.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/women-on-stamps-part-2-aviatrixes-and-athletes-inspiring-lives-aviatrixes/amelia-earhart|title=Amelia Earhart|website=postalmuseum.si.edu}}</ref>

Earhart was inducted into the [[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]] in 1992.<ref name=MSHoF>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mshf.com/hall-of-fame/inductees/amelia-earhart.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324151639/http://www.mshf.com/hall-of-fame/inductees/amelia-earhart.html|url-status=dead|title=Amelia Earhart|archivedate=March 24, 2019|website=www.mshf.com}}</ref>

A full-sized bronze statue of Amelia Earhart was placed at the [[Spirit of Flight Center]] in [[Lafayette, Colorado]], in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aero-news.net/aNNTicker.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=7BD5560C-A4C3-44D2-8655-CCEAC6F5A1F6|title=Spirit Of Flight Center Welcomes New Addition &#124; Aero-News Network|website=www.aero-news.net}}</ref> A statue by Ernest Shelton was erected circa 1971 in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amelia Earhart Statue (c. 1971) |url=https://www.publicartinpublicplaces.info/amelia-earhart-c-1971-by-ernest-shelton |website=Public Art In Public Places |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Amelia Earhart Statue Is Fully Restored |url=https://cd2.lacity.gov/news/amelia-earhart-statue-fully-restored |website=Council District 2 |access-date=8 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009072929/https://cd2.lacity.gov/news/amelia-earhart-statue-fully-restored |archive-date=9 October 2024 |date=1 August 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

A small section of Earhart's Lockheed Electra starboard engine [[nacelle]] that was recovered following the March 1937 Hawaii crash has been confirmed as authentic and is now regarded as a control piece that will help authenticate possible future discoveries.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/706_ameliaearhart.html "Amelia Earhart's plane."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207055342/http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/706_ameliaearhart.html |date=December 7, 2009 }} ''[[History Detectives]]'', 2009. accessed: July 24, 2010.</ref>

The Amelia Earhart Fellowship was established by [[Zonta International]] in 1938. It awards US$10,000 annually to up to 30 women pursuing Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering and space sciences. Since the program’s inception in 1938, Zonta has awarded 1,764 Amelia Earhart Fellowships, totaling more than US$11.9 million, to 1,335 women from 79 countries.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Macmillan |first=Palgrave |url=https://www.google.co.il/books/edition/The_Grants_Register_2025/-wocEQAAQBAJ?hl=iw&gbpv=1&pg=PA1081&printsec=frontcover |title=The Grants Register 2025: The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide |date=2024-08-23 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-1-349-96110-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Amelia Earhart Fellowship |url=https://www.zonta.org/Web/Web/Programs/Education/Amelia_Earhart_Fellowship.aspx |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250222012900/https://www.zonta.org/Web/Web/Programs/Education/Amelia_Earhart_Fellowship.aspx |archive-date=2025-02-22 |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=[[Zonta]] |language=en}}</ref>