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Earhart piloted a Lockheed Vega aeroplane in a First National Women’s Air Derby
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart deservedly remains one of the world’s most celebrated aviators of all time. Remembered predominantly for her achievements and record-breaking experiences in the air, Earhart’s courage and ambition have been inspirational to people across the globe. Born Amelia Mary Earhart to Samuel ‘Edwin’ and Amelia ‘Amy’ Earhart in 1897, she had a somewhat difficult start in life. With an alcoholic father, Earhart and her sister were sent to stay with grandparents where home life became tough. The sisters created their own adventures – Earhart was quite the tomboy – but they had an unsettled childhood to say the least. Frequently changing schools inevitably had an impact on the quality of their education. Despite this, Earhart graduated from Hyde Park High School having excelled in chemistry, and with a particular admiration for women who had succeeded in male-orientated fields. Although Earhart went on to attend Ogontz School, a visit to her sister in Toronto, Canada, exposed her to the harsh realties of World War I and she became a nurse’s aide for the Red Cross in a military hospital, tending to wounded soldiers. Earhart returned to college as a premedical student, but her studies were interrupted again, as she moved to California to be closer to her parents. It was here that her interest in aviation turned into a serious hobby. After a ten-minute plane ride at an air show in 1920, Earhart knew she had to fly. She took her first lesson in 1921 and had saved enough money to buy her first plane within six months. She nicknamed the second-hand, bright-yellow Kinner Airster ‘The Canary’. Seven years later, Earhart was asked if she would like to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. She completed the trip in approximately 21 hours on 17 June 1928 in a Fokker F.VII.
“After a ten-minute plane ride at an air Get to know the American aviator who mysteriously show in 1920, Earhart disappeared while attempting to break a record knew she had to fly”
A life’s work The high-flying milestones of Amelia Earhart’s eventful life and career
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1897
Amelia Mary Earhart is born on 24 July in Atchison, Kansas, USA, to Edwin and Amy Earhart.
1917 1915
1916
Earhart graduates from Hyde Park High School.
Earhart attends the girls’ finishing school Ogontz in Philadelphia.
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Earhart visits her sister in Toronto, Canada. She sees injured soldiers from WWI and volunteers as a nurse’s aide.
1920
Pilot Frank Hawks gives Earhart a ride in a plane that makes her realise she has to fly.
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