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Amelia Earhart is born in the United States in 1897, an adventurous child who refuses to fit the narrow role assigned to girls of her time. In her early twenties she sits in an aeroplane for the first time and is instantly enchanted. She works hard to afford flying lessons, buys her own plane and soon sets her first altitude records. In an era when flying is almost exclusively the preserve of men, she is determined to prove that women are just as brave and capable. In 1932 she achieves the feat that makes her world-famous: she becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. The flight is dangerous (storm, ice and technical problems accompany her) but she masters it. Overnight she becomes a celebrated heroine and a symbol that women can break into every field. Earhart uses her fame to encourage other women. She writes books, gives lectures and campaigns for the rights of women pilots. She is always looking for the next challenge, the next record. In 1937 she sets out on her most ambitious project: a flight around the world along the equator. But on one of the final legs, over the vast Pacific, her plane vanishes without a trace. Despite an enormous search, Amelia Earhart and her navigator are never found. Her disappearance remains one of the great mysteries of aviation to this day and Amelia Earhart one of the most famous pioneers of flight.
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first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
The flight was dangerous: storm, ice and technical problems accompanied her.
💡 Did you know? Five years after Lindbergh, Earhart in 1932 became the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo: despite icing and engine trouble.
aviation pioneer / pilot
She set several flying records, including altitude records.
💡 Did you know? Earhart set numerous altitude and speed records and co-founded an organisation for women pilots.
disappeared over the Pacific
On her round-the-world flight Earhart vanished without trace over the Pacific in 1937; her fate is unexplained to this day.
💡 Did you know? Despite an enormous search she was never found: a great mystery of aviation.
round-the-world flight along the equator
She disappeared on one of the final legs over the Pacific.
💡 Did you know? Earhart aimed to be the first woman to circle the globe along the equator: the longest route of all.
USA
She was born in 1897.
💡 Did you know? As a child Earhart climbed trees and built a garden ramp for early „flying“ attempts: an early sign of things to come.
encouraging women
Earhart used her fame to encourage women to take up any profession: even the supposedly „male“ ones.
💡 Did you know? She wrote books and gave lectures about flying.
symbol of brave women
In her time, flying was almost exclusively reserved for men.
💡 Did you know? To this day Earhart stands for courage, freedom and the breaking of barriers for women.
bought her own plane
She soon set her first records.
💡 Did you know? Earhart worked many jobs for her first plane, a bright yellow biplane she called „Canary.“
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Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart (1897 to 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo.
💡 Did you know? Her mysterious disappearance over the Pacific in 1937 triggered one of history's largest searches and puzzles researchers still.
1897
Born: 24 July 1897 in Atchison, Kansas
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