amelia earhart born July 24 1897 in
Kansas in 1919 she went to Columbia
University but quit after one year in
pre-med because her parents got back
together in California she returned to
be with her parents and after a year
there she went to a stunt flying show
with her father only a couple days later
she did her first 10-minute flying
exercise Earhart had her first blind
lift lesson at Kenner field in Long
Beach her teacher was Anita snook a
pioneer female aviator only six months
later Earhart purchaser first yellow
biplane which she nicknamed canary and
on october 22nd 1922 she flew it to an
altitude of 14,000 feet which was a
world record for a female aviator at the
time as the first woman to fly solo
across the Atlantic she received the
Distinguished Flying Cross the cross of
night and the National Geographic gold
medal presented to her by President
Herbert Hoover some of her other solo
flights include on January 11 1935 she
flew from Honolulu Hawaii to Oakland
California later that year she flew from
Los Angeles to Mexico City and backed up
to newark new jersey on july second 1937
Earhart and Fred Noonan took off from
lay at midnight this is going to be the
world flight there would not be the only
people who have ever done it but they
would have done it in the longest
possible route 29,000 miles this was
following the equatorial route which is
known for its gruesomeness through a
series of misunderstandings the final
approach was never accomplished
frustrating attempts at two way
communication resulted in contact being
lost with Earhart the United States
government spent four million dollars
looking for her the air and sea search
was the most intensive and costly of the
United States history hundreds of books
have been written about Earhart’s life
which is generally considered a
motivational tale especially for women
she is considered a feminist icon for
many women in the generations to come
you
Kansas in 1919 she went to Columbia
University but quit after one year in
pre-med because her parents got back
together in California she returned to
be with her parents and after a year
there she went to a stunt flying show
with her father only a couple days later
she did her first 10-minute flying
exercise Earhart had her first blind
lift lesson at Kenner field in Long
Beach her teacher was Anita snook a
pioneer female aviator only six months
later Earhart purchaser first yellow
biplane which she nicknamed canary and
on october 22nd 1922 she flew it to an
altitude of 14,000 feet which was a
world record for a female aviator at the
time as the first woman to fly solo
across the Atlantic she received the
Distinguished Flying Cross the cross of
night and the National Geographic gold
medal presented to her by President
Herbert Hoover some of her other solo
flights include on January 11 1935 she
flew from Honolulu Hawaii to Oakland
California later that year she flew from
Los Angeles to Mexico City and backed up
to newark new jersey on july second 1937
Earhart and Fred Noonan took off from
lay at midnight this is going to be the
world flight there would not be the only
people who have ever done it but they
would have done it in the longest
possible route 29,000 miles this was
following the equatorial route which is
known for its gruesomeness through a
series of misunderstandings the final
approach was never accomplished
frustrating attempts at two way
communication resulted in contact being
lost with Earhart the United States
government spent four million dollars
looking for her the air and sea search
was the most intensive and costly of the
United States history hundreds of books
have been written about Earhart’s life
which is generally considered a
motivational tale especially for women
she is considered a feminist icon for
many women in the generations to come
you
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