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Birth
Amelia Earhart was born on the 24th of July 1898 in Atchison, Kansas. Her father was Samuel Staton Earhart and her mother Amelia Ottis Earhart. -
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Life of Amelia
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Sister
She had a sister, called Grace Muriel Earhart -
Moved to Des Moines
Their family and she moved to Des Moines, Iowa. There she continued studying. -
Moved to Minnesota
They moved to Minnesota. There, she continued studying secondary school. -
Started Univesity
She started studying in the University of Columbia. But she only studied 1 year. -
Secondary school
She finished the last year of Secondary school. -
Went to Tornoto
She visited her sister in Toronto during the 1st world war. There she saw a lot of war wounded, so she decided to start a course to become a nurse. -
Became a nurse
When she was in Toronto, she was seeing a lot of war wounded, so she decided to start a course to become a nurse and stay there helping. -
First fly
When she stopped helping, she flew in a little plane piloted by Franck Hawks. At this moment, she decided to start learning how to pilot a plane. -
The Canary
When she finished the studies, she bought a small plane, she called him The Canary. -
Women's world record
She flew 4,600 meters high, it was the women's world record of the moment. -
Book
When they finished the crossing, she wrote a book called “20hrs. 40min, Our fight in the Friendship”. -
Cross the Atlantic
She cross the Atlantic as a passenger in a plane piloted by Hilton H. Railey. The other two passengers earn 3,000 and 5,000 dollars, but she didn't earn anything. -
Married
She got married to George Putman as a surprise for everyone because she said that she didn't want to get married. -
Woman's world record
She did another woman's world record, 5,612.89 meters high, with her little plane. -
Cross Pacific Ocean
She cross the Pacific Ocean as the first person alone to cross it. -
Cross USA
She cross the USA alone. As the woman's world record. -
Fly around the world
She decided to fly around the world with her little plane. She was accompanied by Fred Noonan. -
Starting the around the world
They start the around the world travel. -
Africa
They arrived to Africa. They refuelled with fuel and provisions and they continuo with the around the world. -
Calcuta
They arrived to Calcutta -
Arrived to Lae
They arrived to Lae, and they prepared all the things for the longest stage. -
Start the last stage
On the 2nd of July of 1937 they leave Lae with 4,300L of fuel and a very bad weather. They were accompanied by 3 boats. -
Death
They were communicated by radio, but they lost the communication, and they didn't know anything else about them. Amelia and Fred despaired with the plane into the sea. -
Video of her life