she is the most famous female pilot in
history welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be learning more about the
life and accomplishments of Amelia
Earhart born July 24th 1897 in Atchison
Kansas Earhart first became interested
in air travel after witnessing a flying
exhibition by an ace pilot in her late
teens in 1920 she and her father took a
trip to an airfield for a 10-minute
flight following this she took odd jobs
to earn the money to pay for flying
lessons which she finally began on
January 3rd 1921 to fit in with other
female pilots Earhart chopped off her
hair and donned a worn leather jacket
which fit with her tomboy image by
October of 1922 she was already setting
records becoming the first woman to fly
to 14,000 feet finally on May 15 1923
she was issued her pilot’s license
making her only the 16th woman to have
one while she was admired by some as a
preeminent female pilot others merely
qualified her skill is adequate either
way she had amassed an impressive 500 on
accompanied flying hours by 1927 after
Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the
Atlantic in 1927 Earhart was approached
to be the first woman to do so though
she did not actually pilot the plane her
trip was successful and she and her team
were greeted with great fanfare upon
their return to the United States
following this triumph Earhart celebrity
grew and she signed on to write a book
go on speaking tours and endorse various
products in August of 1928 she became
the first woman to fly across North
America and back it was also around this
time that Earhart was proposed to by
George P Putnam who had helped plan and
promote her transatlantic flight the two
were finally married on February 7th
1931 it was the next year at the age of
34 that she successfully flew solo
non-stop across the Atlantic she set a
number of other records both as a woman
and as a pilot but her biggest triumph
was to be a flight across the world in
1937 after a first attempt in march
failed
and attempt was planned for June Earhart
and navigator Fred Noonan departed on
the first of the month finally arriving
in New Guinea on June 29th 7,000 miles
remained on the flight all of it over
the Pacific Ocean departing from New
Guinea three days later the Aviators
plan to land on Howland Island however
upon their approach the pair was unable
to locate the island and was running low
on gas after a number of voice
transmissions from the aircraft contact
was eventually lost an official search
began almost immediately and Putnam also
funded a search of the area but
ultimately she remained lost on January
5th 1939 Amelia Earhart was declared
legally dead for years
mystery has surrounded Earhart’s
disappearance conspiracy theorists have
suggested the possibility that she was a
spy or assumed a new identity she may
have crashed in the ocean or she may
have landed on a different Island and
ultimately perished no matter what her
fate her legacy lives on as a central
figure in the effort to bring air travel
into the public consciousness and as a
pioneer for women’s issues
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history welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be learning more about the
life and accomplishments of Amelia
Earhart born July 24th 1897 in Atchison
Kansas Earhart first became interested
in air travel after witnessing a flying
exhibition by an ace pilot in her late
teens in 1920 she and her father took a
trip to an airfield for a 10-minute
flight following this she took odd jobs
to earn the money to pay for flying
lessons which she finally began on
January 3rd 1921 to fit in with other
female pilots Earhart chopped off her
hair and donned a worn leather jacket
which fit with her tomboy image by
October of 1922 she was already setting
records becoming the first woman to fly
to 14,000 feet finally on May 15 1923
she was issued her pilot’s license
making her only the 16th woman to have
one while she was admired by some as a
preeminent female pilot others merely
qualified her skill is adequate either
way she had amassed an impressive 500 on
accompanied flying hours by 1927 after
Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the
Atlantic in 1927 Earhart was approached
to be the first woman to do so though
she did not actually pilot the plane her
trip was successful and she and her team
were greeted with great fanfare upon
their return to the United States
following this triumph Earhart celebrity
grew and she signed on to write a book
go on speaking tours and endorse various
products in August of 1928 she became
the first woman to fly across North
America and back it was also around this
time that Earhart was proposed to by
George P Putnam who had helped plan and
promote her transatlantic flight the two
were finally married on February 7th
1931 it was the next year at the age of
34 that she successfully flew solo
non-stop across the Atlantic she set a
number of other records both as a woman
and as a pilot but her biggest triumph
was to be a flight across the world in
1937 after a first attempt in march
failed
and attempt was planned for June Earhart
and navigator Fred Noonan departed on
the first of the month finally arriving
in New Guinea on June 29th 7,000 miles
remained on the flight all of it over
the Pacific Ocean departing from New
Guinea three days later the Aviators
plan to land on Howland Island however
upon their approach the pair was unable
to locate the island and was running low
on gas after a number of voice
transmissions from the aircraft contact
was eventually lost an official search
began almost immediately and Putnam also
funded a search of the area but
ultimately she remained lost on January
5th 1939 Amelia Earhart was declared
legally dead for years
mystery has surrounded Earhart’s
disappearance conspiracy theorists have
suggested the possibility that she was a
spy or assumed a new identity she may
have crashed in the ocean or she may
have landed on a different Island and
ultimately perished no matter what her
fate her legacy lives on as a central
figure in the effort to bring air travel
into the public consciousness and as a
pioneer for women’s issues
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