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Amelia Earhart Biography
Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Hutchinson Kansas. Her father, Edwin, was a lawyer who worked for the railroad. She spent a lot of her childhood playing with her younger sister Muriel. Amelia's first "flight" was when she was just seven years old. With the help of Muriel and her uncle she made a homemade roller coaster. After crashing dramatically she told her sister that it "was just like flying". When Amelia was eleven years old, in 1908, she saw one of the Wright Brothers first airplanes at the Iowa State Fair. She had no interest in flying and didn't think much of the plane at the time. Amelia Earhart got married to George Putnam. Amelia Earhart died in a plane crash in an ocean in January 5th 1939.
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Amelia Earhart is known as...
Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record that's why shes know as.
Amelia's Earhart Plane
Her first plane, the Kinner Airster, was nicknamed (canary) from its yellow color.
Amelia Earhart as a child
Amelia Earhart as an 11 year old
Amelia Earhart
1897-1939
"After midnight the moon set and I was alone with the stars. I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, and I need no other flight to convince me that the reason flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the esthetic appeal of flying."
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
Amelia- Official Theatrical Trailer
Citations
"Amelia Earhart Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 09 Apr. 2013.
"Biography of Amelia Earhart." Biography of Amelia Earhart. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2013.
"The Official Website of Amelia Earhart." The Official Website of Amelia Earhart. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2013.