Ann Pellegreno

Ann Pellegreno
Ann Pellegreno at Oakland Airport upon the return of the world flight on July 7, 1967. L to R: William Polhemus (navigator), Ann Pellegreno, Leo Koepke (aircraft owner and mechanic) and William Payne (copilot)
Born1937 (age 86–87)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Michigan, B.Mus. ’58
Occupation(s)Aviator, musician, teacher, author, and lecturer.
Known forBusiness and Aviation achievements
SpouseDon Pellegreno

Ann Dearing Holtgren Pellegreno (born 1937 in Chicago, Illinois[1]) is a professional musician, teacher, author, and lecturer. In 1967, Pellegreno and a crew of three successfully flew the same type aircraft, Lockheed 10 Electra, to complete a world flight that closely mirrored Amelia Earhart's flight plan in 1937.[2][3] On the 30th anniversary of Earhart's disappearance, Pellegreno dropped a wreath in her honor on tiny Howland Island and returned to Oakland, California, completing the 28,000-mile commemorative flight on July 7, 1967.[4]

  1. ^ Iowa State University Library - Aviation Collections in the Special Collections Department[permanent dead link] Retrieved: July 5, 2008.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Safford p. 71. was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Pellegreno 1971, p. 184.
  4. ^ Van Pelt 2005, pp. 219–220.