Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in
Atchison, Kansas. Her grandparents raised her during her early childhood. From the age of ten, she lived with her mother and father. She was a tomboy – climbing trees, sledding in the snow, and hunting. When she became older, she served as a nurse in World War One, and took her first ride in an airplane in 1920. After her flight with barnstormer Frank Hawks, she said “As soon as we left the ground, I knew I myself had to fly.” Indeed, within a few days, she took her first flying lesson, in a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny. Six months later, she bought her own airplane, that she dubbed “The Canary”. From 1925, she began flying more seriously. She became the first woman to fly across the
Atlantic on June 18-19, 1928. She was a charter member and first president of the “Ninety Nines,” an organization of women in aviation, so named for the original number of members. On May 21, 1932, five years to the day after Lindbergh’s flight, she took off in a Lockheed Vega, in an attempt to become the second person after Lindbergh (and first woman) to fly solo across the
Atlantic. Starting from Harbour Grace,
Newfoundland, her flight lasted almost 15 hours, when she touched down in a pasture near
Londonderry, Northern Ireland.                                                                                                             Ironically Amelia Earhart has become more famous for disappearing than for her many real aviation achievements.

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