The life of Amelia Earhart

About Amelia Earhart

Written by Lauren Simms

Amelia Earhart influenced many American pilots and many other pilots around the world. She also encouraged woman also to hold hold fast to their beliefs, follow their dreams and always follow their heart. She once said, “ The more woman fly the more who became pilots, the quicker we will be recognized as an important factor in aviation. Amelia got her first big break in 1928 when GP Putnam’s son Publishing Company sponsored flight that would increase publicity after an amazing interview, the sponsors chose her to be a passenger. This made her the first women ever to fly across the Atlantic Ocean!

Amelia was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Her mother Amy Earhart, married a man who showed much promise, but had never been able to break the bonds of alcohol. Edwin Earhart was always trying to find ways to institutionalize his career and put his family on a firm financial foundation. When money got tight, Amy took Amelia and her sister Muriel back and forth to their grandparent’s. There they would seek out on journeys by going tree climbing, hunt for rats and taking rides on Amelia's sled. When she was 12 years old when she first saw an airplane. In the 1920’s, airplanes weren’t as common as they are today. Amelia did not take her first flight until 1920.

On May 23, 1937 Amelia and her counterpart Fred Noonan, started their journey. This voyage was Amelia’s “ Last Voyage” on this flight, They were expected to fly from Hawaii USA through the following states and countries: Oakland USA,they made various trips around the world including places in the United States, Europe and Asia however they never made it. They unfortunately crashed on Howland Island, which is near Hawaii. Until today no one knows really what happened to the two of them.

The Search for Amelia Earhart

Written by Jacob Serfass

Why did I chose Amelia Earhart? Because During the 1920s a woman by the name of Amelia Earhart became notorious for her setting an unofficial altitude record for female pilots after flying the Canary to 14,000 feet. Also she was the 16th woman to be issued her International Pilot's License on May 16th, 1923. She was a monumental woman for the Aviation community. She has set records and limits that at the time far imaginable, Nobody else thought it was possible to fly around the world. She was a role model even tho not a lot of people supported her because she was a woman.

Amelia Earhart was an Aviation Pilot for Lockhead and when she flew in 1935 from Hawaii to California Solo, But in 1937 she was presented a Lockhead Electra but it ended prematurely when the plane crashed in an attempt to take off but broke down on the runway and she tried again in one month for a west-to-east direction, But on July 2, 1937 during the last leg, a 2,556- mile Segment from New Guinea to a tiny speck in the mid-Pacific called Howland Island. Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan disappeared. But in 1940 on the island of Nikumaroro, Kiribati, there were remains of a castaway found where archeologists believe the remains belong to Earhart.

Amelia Earhart is an influential pilot, she has made so many ground breaking discoveries for her day, She is the first female to fly around the Atlantic Solo, she was awarded the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment. She came up short on her flight across the world from east- west direction. She was an amazing pilot and an extraordinary woman, She made so many history changing events like the first female to fly solo, the first woman to reach 14,000 feet. If it wasn’t for Amelia we may not have female pilots. She made so many history changing decisions.

Work Cited

"Amelia Mary Earhart." Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. U.S. History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/BT2310014254/UHIC?u=pl2634&xid=04c7c64e. Accessed 3 Feb. 2017.

"Amelia Earhart." Explorers & Discoverers of the World, Gale, 1993. U.S. History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1614000106/UHIC?u=pl2634&xid=2612bc29. Accessed 3 Feb. 2017.

History.com Staff. "Amelia Earhart." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 03 Feb. 2017.

Report abuse