Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 – missing as of July 2, 1937) was a noted American aviator who disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigational flight attempt in 1937. She was an influential early female pilot and the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Amelia Earhart
Aviator / Missing Person
Amelia Earhart is most famous for the mysterious circumstances of her death: she disappeared in 1937 somewhere in the South Pacific, near the end of an attempted round-the-world flight. Despite extensive searches, no clear evidence has ever been found of Earhart, her navigator Fred Noonan, or their plane. Before her disappearance Earhart was one of the most famous women in America. She had set many flight records, including becoming the first woman to fly solo across both the Atlantic Ocean (in 1932) and the Pacific Ocean (in 1935). She also was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in a multi-person plane, making the crossing in 1928 with pilot Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon. She authored the books 20 Hours, 40 Minutes (1928, about her first trans-Atlantic flight) and The Fun of It (1932).
Extra credit: Earhart was married to publisher George Putnam... She was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Congress in 1932 (the DFC was later restricted to military recipients only)... She was sometimes called "Lady Lindy," a reference to famous flier Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic.
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Why don't you research her life through the web? Just type in Amelia Earhart in the subject search block and hit enter.
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answered by WC 7
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Well she was the first female to fly around the world....
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answered by katiekcat5 3
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All about here...check this out.
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answered by buckeyefever7 4
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she flew a plane
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answered by phatpat4321 2
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