Amelia Earhart, first woman aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic

Amelia Earhart, first woman aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic

 
In 1920, a maiden flight ignited her passion for flying. She paid for flying lessons, saving enough money to buy a bright yellow biplane she named the Canary, all the while working as a student nurse, then as a social worker in 1925.
 
The idea of the first woman flying across the Atlantic came from editors after publishing the story of Charles Lindbergh's first flight in 1927. Over the next 12 months, 5 women attempted the journey. They all failed, and of the 5, 3 disappeared at sea.
 
In April 1928, Amelia was contacted by Hilton Railey who asked her "would you like to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic?". Her role during the flight was limited to keeping the logbook of the tri-engine. She bluntly declared upon arrival that she had been nothing more than a "sack of potatoes" on this journey, adding that perhaps she would try to do it again on her own one day. Nevertheless, she received a triumphant welcome in England, becoming a famous aviatrix. The trio had a ticker-tape parade on their return to New York and were received at the White House by President Coolidge.
Fulfilling her promise of a solo flight, Amelia took off on May 20, 1932 from Harbour Grace and, after 14 hours and 56 minutes, landed in a meadow in Northern Ireland, thus becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
 
Amelia disappeared on July 2, 1937, after being last seen in Lae, Papua New Guinea, while attempting with her navigator Fred Noonan to fly around the world.
 

RECORDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Woman's world altitude record: 14,000 ft (1922)
  • First woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean (1928)
  • Speed records for 100 km (and with 500 lb (230 kg) cargo) (1931)
  • First woman to fly an autogyro (1931)
  • Altitude record for autogyros: 18,415 ft (1931)
  • First woman to cross the United States in an autogyro (1931)
  • First woman to fly the Atlantic solo (1932)
  • First person to fly the Atlantic twice 1932)
  • First woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross (1932)
  • First woman to fly nonstop, coast-to-coast across the U.S. (1932)
  • Women's speed transcontinental record (1933)
  • First person to fly solo between Honolulu, Hawaii, and Oakland, California (1935)
  • First person to fly solo from Los Angeles to Mexico City (1935)
  • First person to fly solo nonstop from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey (1935)
  • Speed record for east-to-west flight from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii (1937)
  • First person to fly solo from the Red Sea to Karachi (1937)

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