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Amelia Earhart"s 115th birtday

"the first woman to fly across the Atlantic"


Aviator Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison,
Kansas. In 1923, Earhart, fondly known as "Lady Lindy," became
the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license. She had several
notable flights, becoming the first woman to fly across the
Atlantic Ocean in 1928, as well as the first person to fly over both
the Atlantic and Pacific. In 1937, she mysteriously disappeared
while trying to circumnavigate the globe from the equator. Since
then,
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several theories have formed regarding Earhart's last days, many
of which have been connected to various artifacts that have been
found on Pacific islandsincluding clothing, tools and, more
recently, freckle cream. Earhart was legally declared dead in
1939.

Early Career
At a Long Beach air show in 1920, Amelia Earhart took a plane
ride that transformed her life. It was only 10 minutes, but when
she landed she knew she had to learn to fly. Working at a variety
of jobs, from photographer to truck driver, she earned enough
money to take flying lessons from pioneer female aviator Anita
"Neta" Snook. Earhart immersed herself in learning to fly. She
read everything she could find on flying, and spent much of her
time at the airfield. She cropped her hair short, in the style of
other women aviators. Worried what the other, more experienced
pilots might think of her, she even slept in her new leather jacket
for three nights to give it a more "worn" look.
In the summer of 1921, Earhart purchased a second-hand Kinner
Airster biplane painted bright yellow. She nicknamed it "The
Canary," and set out to make a name for herself in aviation. On
October 22, 1922, she flew her plane to 14,000 feetthe world
altitude record for female pilots. On May 15, 1923, Amelia Earhart
became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's

"The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will
win fame and fortune."
Amelia Earhart

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