Linda Finch (born March 13, 1951) is an American businesswoman, aviator and aviation historian from San Antonio, Texas, with a varied career including more than 30 years experience in the construction and operation of health care facilities, the construction and installation of telecom equipment sites worldwide, and director of various projects focused on needs of the elderly and children.
Flying, health care, and education blended into her career.
She is most noted for her 1997 World Flight, recreating and completing Amelia Earheart's attempted world record.
World Flight was created to support an educational and motivational curriculum that reached 2.2 million children worldwide, used by more than 76,000 educators, and garnered more than 30 million hits on the World Flight website in 1997.
It was deemed by the Department of Education to be the first large internet educational program of its kind.
Pratt & Whitney, The Department of Education, the Navy,Air Force, NASA, and others partnered with Linda to bring a message of possibility to millions of at-risk children.