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media type="custom" key="3906725" width="243" height="108" AMELIA EARHART BY ALEXANDRA 5CH Amelia Earhart was born on June 24, 1897 in her grandparents’ house in Atchison, Kansas. She became a famous airplane pilot who did daring things.

Amelia lived in Atchison for most of her life, with her sister, mother, and wealthy grandparents. In her childhood, her father was a lawyer on the road, so they lived in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, and Missouri. She attended many schools because of this.

Amelia was very boy like. She threw mud balls, jumped over fences, played football and baseball, and shot rats in her barn with a .22 rifle. Instead of a dress, she wore lose fitting pants called bloomers. Her behavior was appalling to some people. She said, “Some elders have to be shocked for everyone’s good now and then.”

Amelia saw her first airplane when she was only five. She thought that it was just a big pile of rusty wires and wood, not knowing she would become one of the few woman pilots in the world.

Amelia’s dad took her to see an air show at Long Beach. She watched planes swoop and fly. She felt a chill of excitement. She knew what she wanted to do. She wanted to fly! Women almost always stayed at home and took care of the family, but Amelia wanted to be different. Amelia felt drawn to flying. Her father agreed to let her take a short flight on a plane. She blushed in excitement as the pilot took off. She could see the ocean and the Hollywood Hills. The sight was so amazing, she was sure she wanted to be a pilot.

Amelia Earhart liked airplanes because she loved the feeling of being in the air, the wonderful sights, and the amazing feeling of taking off.

Amelia had her first flying lesson on January 3, 1921 from Neta Snook. Neta was not that impressed by Amelia’s clothes, but she agreed to give her flying lessons. She was soon impressed by how quickly Amelia learned. She was one of the few licensed women in the world to fly.

Amelia got licensed in 1922. Her mom and sister helped her buy her first airplane for her birthday. The plane she bought was a yellow bi-plane. It had 2 sets of wings. She called it the //CANARY// because it was bright yellow. In 1924 her parents divorced. Amelia sold the //CANARY// for a car to drive her mother to Boston where her sister Pidge lived.

Amelia was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia went in the plane //FRIENDSHIP// with Bill Stultz and Slim Gordon from June 17-18. She recorded their speed and altitude, she also checked the maps. When they returned, they got the key to New York City. She was the first person to fly from Hawaii to California January 11-12. Amelia was the first person to fly alone from Los Angeles to Mexico City April, 19-20.

On June 1, 1937 Amelia Earhart and Peter Noonan set flight to circle the equator. This had never been done before. They completed 22,000 of 29,000 miles of the trip when the plane was lost over the sea. They stopped in Miami on their way to San Juan, Puerto Rico. They stopped in South America, India, Burma, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, and New Guinea. They had gone more than ¾ of the way around the world. On July 2, they took off from Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island, a tiny island in the vast Pacific Sea. Amelia lost contact with U.S. Navy at around 8:45 A.M. on July 2nd. She told the U.S. Navy that they were near the island, but they were almost out of gas. They disappeared. Some say Amelia and Peter crashed on Gardener Island. Some say Amelia was on a spy mission for the U.S., and then got shot down, imprisoned, and killed by the Japanese. No one knows what happened. Her death remains a mystery.

Amelia Earhart made an impact on the world doing what no woman was ever to do in the 20 Century. TO FLY!

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