She attended her first flying exhibition in 1918 while serving as a Red Cross nurse's aide in Toronto, Canada. Then, on August 24–25, she made the first solo, nonstop flight by a woman across the United States, from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, establishing a women's record of 19 hours and 5 minutes and setting a women's distance record of 3,938 kilometers (2,447 miles).īorn in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897, Amelia Earhart displayed an independent style from childhood, including keeping a scrapbook on accomplished women, taking an auto repair course, and attending college (but never graduating). The feat made Earhart an instant worldwide sensation and proved she was a courageous and able pilot. Flying a red Lockheed Vega 5B, she left Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, Canada, and landed about 15 hours later near Londonderry, Northern Ireland. On May 20–21, 1932, Earhart became the first woman - and the second person after Charles Lindbergh - to fly nonstop and solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She served as aviation editor for Cosmopolitan Magazine and, like Charles and Anne Lindbergh, wrote about her flights for National Geographic.Īmelia Earhart is probably the most famous female pilot in aviation history, an accolade due both to her aviation career and to her mysterious disappearance. Earhart wrote books about her flights-20 hours and 40 Minutes, The Fun of It, and Last Flight-along with articles, editorials, and columns for many magazines and newspapers.
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