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Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. She was the first women to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. She did this in the year 1932. It took her [https://pioneersofflight.si.edu/content/amelia-earhart-solos-atlantic#:~:text=On%20May%2020%E2%80%9321%2C%201932,later%20near%20Londonderry%2C%20Northern%20Ireland. 15] hours. She landed in Londonderry, Northern Ireland after her trip. She disappeared disappeared July 2, 1937 on a different flight she was taking trying to fly around the globe. She died along side her navigator, Fred Noonan.

Early Flights

After Amelia moved back home from college in 1920 she took her first flight. This is what led her to take flying lessons. shortly after that she bought her first plane. Once she got her pilot license in 1923 she moved to Massachusetts. During this time she was chosen to be the first women to fly across the Atlantic ocean. This lead to her writing about her adventures, giving lectures and gaining lots of publicly. She got married to her publisher George Palmer Putnam in 1931 but Amelia kept flying by her last name for her legacy.

Historic flights

Amelia continued to fly more and create history. In 1935, Amelia Earhart achieved a historic milestone by completing the first solo flight from Hawaii to California. Covering a perilous route spanning 2,408 miles (3,875 km), this journey was even longer than the distance from the United States to Europe. She took another flight from Los Angeles to Mexico City solo to make history once again.

The Last Flight

On June first Amelia attempted to fly around the whole world with her navigator Fred Noonan. They where in route to Howland Island after 22,000 miles when they where experiencing radio and weather difficulties. The last time the coast guard heard from them was July 2, 1937. An extensive search was sanctioned by the U.S. government, there was no discovery of Amelia Earhart, Fred Noonan, or their aircraft. The government officially called off the search on July 18, while George Putnam independently funded his own search until October 1937. In 1939, Amelia Earhart was declared legally deceased in the Superior Court of Los Angeles. There was a lot of speculation and theories about how she died or went missing but no real proof of anything. Her death remains a mystery.