Amelia Earhart!

The birth of a pilot

Jul 24, 1897

Amelia was born July 24,1897 in Atchison, Kansas. She was the child of Amelia "Amy" Otis Earhart and Samuel "Edwin" Staton Earhart. Amelia was their second child, after a stillborn they had in August 1896. She spent most of her childhoos climbing trees, hunting rats with rifles, and moving around to various towns. She was also considered a tom-boy because of her "rough-and-tumble" nature. http://www.livescience.com/29363-amelia-earhart.html

Admiration for planes

Dec 20, 1917

At 10 years old, Amelia wasn't very interested in planes. She often wrote them off as nothing note-worthy. Her love for planes didn't show until 10 years later. The day she visited an aviation expo on a christmas vacation in 1917, the pilot of a plane dived and swooped his plane near Amelia and she became enraptured by it. http://www.ameliaearhart.com/about/bio.html

First plane ride

Dec 28, 1920

It wasn't until 1920 that Amelia rode in her first plane on Long Beach, California. It was a short ride that only lasted 10 minutes but it was then she knew that she had to fly! http://www.ameliaearhart.com/about/bio.html

The canary

Oct 14, 1922

After taking six months worth of flying lessons, she bought her first plane, a yellow second-hand biplane that she called The Canary. Soon after she set the women pilots world altitude record, 14,000 ft, in October 1922. However, she had to sell the Canary in 1924 as her her family fell into financial issues. http://www.livescience.com/29363-amelia-earhart.html

Lady Lindy

Apr 8, 1928

April 1928, Earhart recieved a call asking if she wanted to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She accepted immediantly. She was the co-pilot, however, and was not allowed to actually fly the plane. Even then, the event publicly dubbed her the name "Lady Lindy" http://www.livescience.com/29363-amelia-earhart.html

George Putnam

Feb 7, 1931

For a while, after she was nicknamed "Lady Lindy", Amelia worked closely with a writer by the name of George Putnam. The two of them worked on public lectures and promotions together and eventually they fell for each other. In 1931, after George's divorce, the two of them married. http://www.biography.com/people/amelia-earhart-9283280#first-solo-flight-across-the-atlantic

Solo across the Atlantic

May 20, 1932

George and Amelia had planned for Amelia to fly across the Atlantic by herself for sometime and by 1932 the preperations were made. May 20, 1932 Amelia took off from Harbor Grace, Nefoundland. She wasn't able to complete the trip due to bad weather, and was forced to land in Londonberry, Ireland. Even so, she recieved many honors for her 15-hour flight. She was now the first person to fly across both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. http://www.biography.com/people/amelia-earhart-9283280#first

Around the world

Jun 1, 1937

Amelia had planned to fly around the world around her 40th birthday. June 1, 1937, She took off from Miami with her navigator, Fred Noonan. 29 days into their flight they stopped in Lae, New Guinea with 22,000 miles flown. After resting for a bit they took off again to finish the 7,000 miles they had left. http://www.livescience.com/29363-amelia-earhart.html

Lost at sea

Jan 5, 1939

It's unsure what actually happened to Amelia and Fred during the rest of the flight as they never made it to their next destination. It's believed that the plan ran out of fuel and crashed into the sea, leaving the pilots to fend for themselves in the raging sea. Amelia was legally declared dead Jan 5, 1939. http://www.livescience.com/29363-amelia-earhart.html

Theories

Mar 8, 2016

Many people think that the plane they were in had a damaged radio so they weren't able to contact anyone for help, and that they had incorrect maps that led them away from their destination where they eventually ran out of fuel. It's also thought that Earhart and Noon survived for several weeks on an island by eating fish and seabirds before eventually dying out. http://www.livescience.com/29363-amelia-earhart.html