page_title: Linda Finch
hierarchical_section_title: Linda Finch
caption_attribution_description: English: Linda Finch in June 2007. She waits to address her admirers.
context_page_description: Linda Finch is an American businesswoman, aviator, and aviation historian from San Antonio, Texas, with a career including more than 30 years experience in the construction and operation of health care facilities and the construction of prefabricated buildings.
  Finch developed an interest in flying in the early 1970s and was particularly interested in World War II era aircraft. She has restored vintage airplanes and participated in races and airshows.
  She is most noted for her 1997 World Flight, recreating and completing Amelia Earhart's attempted world record. She flew a restored 1935 Lockheed Electra 10E, the same type of plane that Earhart flew in 1937 as she attempted her world flight. The plane was modified to contain a modern Global Positioning System, increased gasoline capacity, and modern communications equipment. She followed Earhart's route as closely as she could and completed the 26,000 mile trip around the world in 73 days.
  Partnered with Pratt & Whitney, who funded the restoration and flight, Finch established the You Can Soar educational and motivational program that allowed students in 200,000 classrooms to follow her flight.
context_section_description: Linda Finch (born March 13, 1951) is an American businesswoman, aviator, and aviation historian from San Antonio, Texas, with a career including more than 30 years experience in the construction and operation of health care facilities and the construction of prefabricated buildings.
  Finch developed an interest in flying in the early 1970s and was particularly interested in World War II era aircraft. She has restored vintage airplanes and participated in races and airshows.
  She is most noted for her 1997 World Flight, recreating and completing Amelia Earhart's attempted world record. She flew a restored 1935 Lockheed Electra 10E, the same type of plane that Earhart flew in 1937 as she attempted her world flight. The plane was modified to contain a modern Global Positioning System, increased gasoline capacity, and modern communications equipment. She followed Earhart's route as closely as she could and completed the 26,000 mile trip around the world in 73 days.
  Partnered with Pratt & Whitney, who funded the restoration and flight, Finch established the You Can Soar educational and motivational program that allowed students in 200,000 classrooms to follow her flight. For the two and a half months of the flight, there were about 30 million hits on the educational website.
caption: Finch in June 2007
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