Amelia+Earhart

Amelia Earhart ** **Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas. She encouraged many women to meet new challenges. Today women follow in her footsteps and are still making daring decisions, taking risks, and working after Amelia’s amazing and interesting plane flying career. She was an inspiration to a lot of women.** **It’s still a mystery how Amelia Mary Earhart disappeared while trying to set a new record. No one is sure what happened to her or Noonan. Those are the adventures of someone who dedicated their life to flying.** **  Amelia Mary Earhart was that one person!** Works Cited "Amelia Earhart - biography." __Ellen's Place - art, photography, biographies, travel, history__. 11 May 2009 . 11 May 2009 . Micklos, John. __Unsolved mystery of the last flight of Amelia Earhart__. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2006.
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 * By Erica **
 * In 1908, when she was 11 years old Amelia saw her first plane. She didn’t really think much of it. In 1922, Amelia worked as a nurse for wounded soldiers in Toronto, Canada, during World War I. At the end of the war she became a social worker in Boston teaching the English language to immigrant children. She got her plane license. She also set a record of flying 14,000 feet in the air. On July 17-18, 1928, Amelia was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Even though she was just a passenger while some men were flying the plane, she gained instant fame. On February 7, 1931, Amelia married George Palmer Putnam. On January 11, 1935, she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She did it by herself. She was flying in the air when her altimeter broke, which tells you what height you’re flying. This made the trip even harder than it already was. She didn’t know if she was flying too high or if she was flying too low. If the plane was too high the plane would lose control. If it was too low the plane could hit the water. Fortunately, Amelia made it safely to France. As Amelia was nearing the age of 40, she still had dreams about what she wanted to accomplish in the rest of her flying career. She wanted to take on more challenges and set new records. On June 1, 1937, when Amelia was 40 years old, she and Frederick J. Noonan departed from Miami, Florida and set out for their trip around the world. She never told her family about her worldwide flight. She only saw the plane once before the big flight because it was in repair. By June 15, they had crossed over Africa. On June 27, they left Java, Indonesia for Tomar, Indonesia. They reached Lae, New Guinea on June 30th 1937. In Lae, Amelia was sick with dysentery. It lasted only a few days. On July 2, 1937, when they were getting ready to leave, they tried to take off and found that they had too many pounds on the plane. They got rid of some fuel. They also got rid of some not needed items. When they left, they were loaded with 1000 pounds of fuel for 20 – 21 hours in the air. They left at exactly 12:00 in the morning. **
 * “KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you but cannot see you… Gas is running low………” At 8:24 P.M., this was Amelia Mary Earhart’s last voice message. Neither Noonan nor Earhart was ever heard from again. **
 * There were a lot of theories about what happened to them. Some people say that Amelia was captured while on a spy mission. Some others say that she is now living on an island in the South Pacific with a fisherman. Others believe that she drove the plane into the ocean purposely. The crash may have killed her and Noonan instantly, or the plane could have flooded and then they drowned. **
 * Her Trip!!!! **
 * 1. Miami, Florida **
 * 2. SanJuan **
 * 3. Carpito **
 * 4. Paramaribo **
 * 5. Natal **
 * 6. St. Louis, Africa **
 * 7. Dakar **
 * 8. Gao **
 * 9. Fort Lammy **
 * 10. El Fasher **
 * 11. Assab **
 * 12. Gwadar **
 * 13. Calcutta **
 * 14. Akyab **
 * 15. Bangkok **
 * 16. Bandoeng **
 * 17. Soerabaja **
 * 18. Koepang **
 * 19. Port Darwin **
 * 20. Lae, New Guinea **
 * __Unfinished__ TRIP **
 * 21. Howland Island **
 * 22. Honolulu **
 * 23. Oakland **