Museum Hours:
Exhibits available during Burke Lakefront
Airport hours.

Office and
Research Center:
M-Sat. 10am - 4pm.   Admission is FREE

Museum office and research center are closed most major holidays, with the exception of Labor Day.

 

 
Images Left to Right: 1929 Air Race, Bessie Coleman, IWASM location, Sheila Scott

Carlene Mendieta

Mercury Women:

Forgotten Link to the Future

IWASM is pleased to bring the story of the Mercury 13 to the public in a new permanent exhibit scheduled to open in the fall of 2006.   More details.

 


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IWASM Shop!

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  • Dr. Carlene Mendieta was born in Winnemucca, Nevada on January 18, 1954.

 

  • She developed a love of flying as a child and began to fly Piper Cubs in 1998.

 

  • In 2001 Mendieta recreated Amelia Earhart's record-setting trip across America and back.

 

  • Mendieta flew a fully restored 1927 Avro Avian, the same type of aircraft used by Earhart on her record-setting flight.

 

  • Mendieta is a periodontist and currently lives in Sonoma, California.


 

International Women's Air & Space Museum

Burke Lakefront Airport, Room 165, 1501 North Marginal Road
Cleveland, OH 44114
Call: 1.216.623.1111 or FAX: 1.216.623.1113

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