Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas.She was an American aviation pioneer.
At age 19, Amelia attended Ogontz School near Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Two years later, after visiting her sister, Muriel, in
Toronto, Canada, Amelia felt compelled to leave school. Learning to fly in California, she took up aviation as a hobby, taking
odd jobs to pay for her flying lessons. In 1922, with the financial help
of her sister, Muriel, and her mother, Amy Otis Earhart, she purchased
her first airplane, a Kinner Airster which she nicknamed "The Canary".
On October 22, 1922, Earhart flew the Airster to an altitude of 14,000 feet , setting a world record for female pilots. On May 15, 1923, Earhart became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license . In 1931, Amelia married George. After a series of record-making flights, she became the first woman to make a solo transatlantic flight in 1932. In 1935, Amelia became the first person to fly from Hawaii to the
American mainland. By doing so, Amelia became not only the first person
to solo anywhere in the Pacific, but also the first person to solo both
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
She was the founder of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.During an attempt to make a around-the-world flight at the equator on July 2nd 1937 in a Lockheed Model, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island.
I wonder if Amelia is still alive!!!
