Amelia Mary Earhart, born on the 24 July 1897, was an American aviator, author and women's rights activist. She was instrumental in the formation of the Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart was the second person and first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Even as a young girl Earhart defied conventional female behaviour. She would climb trees, hunt rats and she kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about successful women in predominantly male orientated fields.
At the age of 10 Amelia saw her first plane at a state fair, and was not impressed. It wasn't until she attended a stunt flying exhibition a decade later, that she became seriously interested in aviation. December 28 1920, pilot Frank Hawks gave her a 10 minute flight that changed her life.
Six months after she began flying lessons, she purchased her first plane and soon achieved the world altitude record for women pilots in October 1922. Between 1930 and 1935, she set seven women's speed and distance aviation records.
Earhart and her husband Putnam worked secretly on the plans for Amelia to her solo flight across the Atlantic. On the 20 May 1932, she completed her 15 hour flight from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland to Londonderry in Ireland. For this she received many honors and became an international hero and an …show more content…
June 1 1937, Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan departed from Miami and began their 29 000 mile journey heading east. One place they planned to land was on Howland Island, located between Hawaii and Australia. However, the island was a difficult spot for landing, only being 1,5 miles long and half a mile wide. On the 2 June 1937, Amelia Earhart and Frank Noonan just simply disappeared over the Pacific Ocean. The U.S Navy and coast Guard launched the largest and most expensive air and sea search in American history. With very little success on the 5 of January 1939, Earhart was legally declared
Even as a young girl Earhart defied conventional female behaviour. She would climb trees, hunt rats and she kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about successful women in predominantly male orientated fields.
At the age of 10 Amelia saw her first plane at a state fair, and was not impressed. It wasn't until she attended a stunt flying exhibition a decade later, that she became seriously interested in aviation. December 28 1920, pilot Frank Hawks gave her a 10 minute flight that changed her life.
Six months after she began flying lessons, she purchased her first plane and soon achieved the world altitude record for women pilots in October 1922. Between 1930 and 1935, she set seven women's speed and distance aviation records.
Earhart and her husband Putnam worked secretly on the plans for Amelia to her solo flight across the Atlantic. On the 20 May 1932, she completed her 15 hour flight from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland to Londonderry in Ireland. For this she received many honors and became an international hero and an …show more content…
June 1 1937, Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan departed from Miami and began their 29 000 mile journey heading east. One place they planned to land was on Howland Island, located between Hawaii and Australia. However, the island was a difficult spot for landing, only being 1,5 miles long and half a mile wide. On the 2 June 1937, Amelia Earhart and Frank Noonan just simply disappeared over the Pacific Ocean. The U.S Navy and coast Guard launched the largest and most expensive air and sea search in American history. With very little success on the 5 of January 1939, Earhart was legally declared