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    Amelia Earhart worked as a nurse during World War 1 but became interested in flying after her first plane ride in 1920. She took flying lessons and bought her first plane, which she named Canary. Amelia Earhart broke two aviation records, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1922 and setting the women's altitude record that same year.

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    Amelia Earhart worked as a nurse during World War 1 but became interested in flying after her first plane ride in 1920. She took flying lessons and bought her first plane, which she named Canary. Amelia Earhart broke two aviation records, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1922 and setting the women's altitude record that same year.

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    Amelia Earhart worked as a nurse during World War 1 but became interested in flying after her first plane ride in 1920. She took flying lessons and bought her first plane, which she named Canary. Amelia Earhart broke two aviation records, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1922 and setting the women's altitude record that same year.

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    At first, when planes werent introduced to her, Amelia Earhart used to work as a medical aid nurse who treated wounds of soldiers of World War 1. But soon, Amelia switched gears and looked towards planes and flying. Amelia Earhart took her first flight in 1920, with a friend named Frank Hawks. And after the plane ride, Amelia Earhart had said, . After this, Amelia took more concerns on planes and started taking flying lessons. On July 1921, Amelia brought her very first plane; call Kinner Airster, which later she named Canary. As she was doing this, she broke a few world records: On October 22, 1922, she was the first women to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. After this record in the summer of 1922, Amelia Earhart bought a very famous plane which was ridden by Lady Heath (a famous British pilot), when Lady Heath flew a plane solo from Capetown, Africa to London.

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