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Born in Atchinson, Kansas
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Amelia Earhart
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First attempt to fly off a home-made ramp attatched to the roof of a shed
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Saw her first aircraft at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines
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Graduated from Hyde Park High School
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Suffers from pneumonia during the Spanish flu pandemic while nursing soldiers at the Spadina Military Hospital in Toronto
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Earhart and her father visited an airfield where Frank Hawks took her on a 10-minute flight that would forever change Earhart's life.
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Had her first flying lessons at Kinner Field, near Long Beach
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Flew the Airster to an altitude of 14,000 feet (4,300 m), setting a world record for female pilots
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Became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license
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Became the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California
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Disappeared during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe
