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AmeliaEarhart

The greatest and most ambitious

woman pilot the world has ever seen

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The Early Days

Born July 24th, 1897 in Kansas

She had no interest in flying while a child

When Amelia was 10 years old, she saw herfirst plane "It was a thing of rusty wire and woodand looked not at all interesting.

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The Thrill of Flying

Then she took her first flight"By the time I

had got two or three hundred feet off the

ground," she said, "I knew I had to fly."

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Achievments

October 22, 1922-Broke women's altitude record whenshe rose to 14,000 feet

Fall 1929-Elected as an official for National AeronauticAssociation

May 20-21, 1932-First woman to fly solo across theAtlantic

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More Achievements

August 24-25, 1932-First woman to fly solo nonstop coastto coast; set women's nonstop transcontinental speedrecord

April l9 - 20, 1935-First person to fly solo from Los

Angeles to Mexico City

June 1, 1937-Began flight around the world June 1937

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Legacy

Amelia paved the way for female pilotsaround the world

She changed how people viewed womenand flight

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Fun Facts

Despite having to attend sixdifferenthigh schools, she was able to graduateon time.

Earhart was called "Lady Lindy"because her features resembled that ofCharles Lindbergh.

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More Facts

The United States governmentspent $4 millionlooking for Earhart,

which made it the most costly andintensive air and sea search inhistory at that time.

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The Unknown

She left California on May 21,1937

" I have a feel ing that there is jus tabout one more good f light lef t in

my sys tem and I hope this tr ip is i t .

Anyway when I have f in ished th is

job , I mean to g ive up long-d is tance

" s tunt " f ly ing."

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Crash Site

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Search and Rescue

President Rooseveltauthorized a search of9 naval ships and 66

aircraft at an estimatedcost of over $4 million.On July 18 the searchwas abandoned by

ships in the Howlandarea.

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The End?

Will we ever find her

or her plane andfinally

find the truth