Amelia Earhart Bio

Amelia Mary Earhart
1897(1897-07-24) –

At age 23, Amelia Earhartbecame obsessed with flying during an air show at the Long Beach Daugherty Field. Hoping to dissuade his daughter, her father made arrangements the following day with an air racer to give her a ride. This experience only firmed her resolve. Working odd jobs, Earhart earned enough to pay for flying lessons and in May 1923, she became the sixteenth woman to receive a pilot's license.

Over the next five years, while focusing on earning a living. In 1928 promoter George Putnam contacted her, with an offer to participate in the transatlantic flight of the Friendship, making her the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. The flight's success gave her instant celebrity which she used to promote aviation and women’s equality.

Between 1930 and 1937, Earhart set a dozen more women’s speed and distance records. Including a solo flight accross the Atlantic making her only the second aviator to do since Lindbergh.

On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart disappeared while attempting a flight around the world.



				Amelia Mary Earhart 1897(1897-07-24) – At age 23, Amelia Earhartbecame obsessed with flying during an air show at the Long Beach Daugherty Field. Hoping to dissuade his daughter, her father made arrangements the following day with an air racer to give her a ride. This experience only firmed her resolve. Working odd jobs, Earhart earned enough to pay for flying lessons and in May 1923, she became the sixteenth woman to receive a pilot's license. Over the next five years, while focusing on earning a living. In 1928 promoter George Putnam contacted her, with an offer to participate in the transatlantic flight of the Friendship, making her the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. The flight's success gave her instant celebrity which she used to promote aviation and women’s equality. Between 1930 and 1937, Earhart set a dozen more women’s speed and distance records. Including a solo flight accross the Atlantic making her only the second aviator to do since Lindbergh. On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart disappeared while attempting a flight around the world.