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    Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas in 1898. She became interested in aviation during World War I when she volunteered as a nurse for injured pilots. Earhart took her first flying lessons and bought her first plane, which she named "The Canary". She rose to fame in 1928 when she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger. In 1932, she flew across the Atlantic alone. In 1937, while attempting to circumnavigate the world by plane, Earhart and her plane disappeared over the Pacific Ocean near Howland Island.

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    Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas in 1898. She became interested in aviation during World War I when she volunteered as a nurse for injured pilots. Earhart took her first flying lessons and bought her first plane, which she named "The Canary". She rose to fame in 1928 when she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger. In 1932, she flew across the Atlantic alone. In 1937, while attempting to circumnavigate the world by plane, Earhart and her plane disappeared over the Pacific Ocean near Howland Island.

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    Amelia Earhart

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    Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas in 1898. She became interested in aviation during World War I when she volunteered as a nurse for injured pilots. Earhart took her first flying lessons and bought her first plane, which she named "The Canary". She rose to fame in 1928 when she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger. In 1932, she flew across the Atlantic alone. In 1937, while attempting to circumnavigate the world by plane, Earhart and her plane disappeared over the Pacific Ocean near Howland Island.

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    Amelia

    Earhart

    Isabel Zevallos
    childhood

    Amelia Earhart was Their


    born on July 24, parents are Samue
    1898 in Atchison, l Stanton Earhart
    Kansas and Amelia Otis 
    the Canary

    + During World War I, Amelia Earhart


    volunteers to care for wounded pilots in
    Toronto, Canada. He also took the
    opportunity to see the fields of the air force,
    there he fell in love with aviation.
    + His first aviation classes were obtained from
    instructor Neta Snook, another pioneering
    pilot. During that time he managed to
    acquire a prototype of the Kinner airplane
    which he called "the Canary", in which he
    suffered occasional accidents.
    flights
    +
    Earhart rose to fame when, on June 17 and
    18, 1928, she became the first woman to fly
    across the Atlantic as a passenger, in a
    plane commanded by pilots Wilmer Stultz
    and Louis Gordon.
    + Between May 20 and 21, 1932, he crossed
    the Atlantic alone.
    last trip

    + In 1937, Amelia Earhart announced that she


    would attempt to circumnavigate the world
    using a route other than the usual one for
    these voyages. Indeed, air travel around the
    world had developed
    + His plane mysteriously disappeared
    on July 2, 1937 while flying from
    Lae, New Guinea to Howland Island.
    fun facts
    + In 1937, her husband George Palmer
    Putnam edited a book based on
    Amelia Earhart's last voyage diary.
    +
    In 1994, a movie called Amelia
    Earhart: The Final Flight was
    released, directed by Yves Simoneau
    and starring Diane Keaton.

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