By: Erin
Born on the 24th of July 1897, in Kansas USA She had one sister named Muriel She fell in love with flying when she took a ride in a plane at an air show in 1920 She learnt to fly in 1921 even though her family didn’t want her to because they thought it was dangerous.
She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger May 1932 she flew across the Atlantic Ocean by herself She helped other women have the opportunity to fly air planes. she was the first pilot to fly from Hawaii to California without an accident. Her dream was to fly around the world
In June 1937 she began an around-the-world flight with only her navigator.
On July 2 her plane disappeared in the South Pacific .
They never found her or her plane
After lots of searching, she was declared dead on January 5, 1939.
Did you know that when she was little, her and her sister liked adventures she like to climb trees and hunt rats.
When she was 11 she saw one of the Wright brothers planes at a fair but she really didn’t get excited about it
Amelia had two nicknames: Meeley and Millie.