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Ann Holtgren Pellegreno. This article originally appeared in the January 1998 issue of Vintage Airplane magazine. As a young lady, Ann exhibited a quality that would benefit her throughout her lifetime – her ability to pick a goal and stick to her plan, without losing sight of her intended target. Her degrees from the University of Michigan ...
Jun 12, 2022 · Ann Pellegreno—commercial pilot, SEL and MEL, flight instructor—not only completed Amelia Earhart’s trip around the world in a 1930s airplane and wrote World Flight, but she also produced a three-volume history of Iowa aviation called, Iowa Takes To The Air. Her detailed research is top drawer, her writing style clear and engaging.
Apr 16, 2022 · Ann Holtgren Pellegreno was the first to fly a Lockheed 10 Electra around the world on the Earhart Trail, leaving Oakland, CA, on June 9, 1967, finding Howla...
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Dec 5, 2023 · Ann has been an Iowa resident since 1969 and currently resides on a farm near Story City. She was the first woman to serve as a Commissioner for both the Iowa Aeronautics Commission and the Iowa Department of Transportation. As an author she has promoted the preservation and collection of Iowa aviation history.
Ann Pellegreno Comes Home Happy And Tired. By Daniel J. Miller. At 5:49 p.m. yesterday the Lockheed Model 10 Electra touched down at Willow Run Airport. And Ann Pellegreno was home. When she landed in Oakland, Calif. last Friday she had flown 28,000 miles around the world commemorating the Amelia Earhart Commemorative Flight.
Jul 2, 2019 · By Sparky Barnes · July 2, 2019 ·. Earthrounder and author Ann Holtgren Pellegreno — who recreated Amelia Earhart’s last flight in 1967 — recently received the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award. To be eligible for the award, nominees must be a U.S. citizen, hold a U.S. Civil Aviation Authority or FAA pilot certificate, document at ...
Sep 28, 2022 · EDITOR’S NOTE: Ann Dearing Holtgren Pellegreno is a professional musician, teacher, author, lecturer, and farmer. In 1967, Pellegreno and a crew of three, successfully flew a twin-engine Lockheed 10 Electra, similar to the aircraft flown by Amelia Earhart to complete a world flight that closely mirrored fateful Earhart’s flight plan in 1937.
