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Born: July 24, 1897
Died: July 1937 (?) |
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Nickname: Lady Lindy |
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Occupation: Pilot |
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What made her famous? |
She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane (1928) and the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic (1932). |
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| Did you know? |
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Earhart was 12 years old before she ever saw an airplane, and she did not take her first flight until 1920. |
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Amelia Earhart was so thrilled by her first airplane ride that she quickly began to take flying lessons. She wrote, "As soon as I left the ground, I knew I myself had to fly." |
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In 1923, Earhart received her international pilot's license - only the 16th woman to do so. |
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Earhart's first trip across the Atlantic in 1828 took more than 20 hours. She then wrote a book about her first flight across the Atlantic, called 20 Hrs., 40 Min. |
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In 1937, she attempted with a copilot, Frederick J. Noonan, to fly
around the world, but her plane was lost on the flight between New Guinea and Howland
Island. |
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The U.S. Navy conducted a massive search for Earhart and Noonan that continued for more than two weeks. |
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Neither the plane nor Earhart nor Noonan were ever found. No one knows for sure what happened, but many people believe they got lost and simply ran out of fuel and died. Amelia Earhart was less than a month away from her 40th birthday. |
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