CREATIVE EVENTS
1937
Amelia set off on her final flight on March 17th, 1937 with her navigator Fred Noonan. Earhart and Noonan were planning on flying around the world. They were originally going to head west around the world but they ended up going east because of spring weather patterns. Towards the end of the flight, Earhart and Noonan were supposed to make a stop at Howland Island. The U.S. Navy was waiting in order to guide them, but they never came. Amelia had disappeared. There was an enormous search conducted to try to find Amelia, but it was not successful. There are many theories as to what happened to Amelia Earhart, but no one knows for sure. She disappeared on July 3rd, 1937.
1928-1935
Amelia flew across the Atlantic in June of 1928. The trip was kept a secret until the last possible moment. She flew with Wilmer Stultz, who was the pilot and radio operator, and Lou Gordon, who was the mechanic. Amelia didn't actually help fly the plane, she was just a passenger. Eventually, they landed in Wales and Amelia was the first woman to be present on a transatlantic flight.

Amelia was the first woman to successfully fly across the Atlantic alone in May of 1932. She wanted to make the journey alone because she was only a passenger the first time that she made the flight. Her flight started exactly five years after Charles Lindbergh attempted the same flight. Although she encountered many problems on the flight like a broken altimeter, icy wings, and a fuel leak, Amelia managed to land safely in Ireland. She was the first woman to ever make the journey alone.

In January of 1935, Amelia was the first pilot to ever fly solo from Honolulu to Oakland. She took a boat to Hawaii with her plane hidden on board and flew back to Oakland.
1920-1923
Amelia flew in a plane for the first time in 1920 with Frank Hawks. After her first time, she realized that she wanted to learn how to fly. She received her first flying lesson on January 1st, 1921 from Neta Snook. Amelia had to get a job in the mail room of a telephone company in order to pay for the lessons.

In October of 1922, Amelia set an altitude record for a woman at 14,000 feet. Her record was broken weeks later and she was unsuccessful when she tried to break it again.

Amelia received her pilot's license on May 16th, 1923 from the Federation of Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) which later became the National Aeronautic Association (NAA). She was only the sixteenth woman in the world to receive a license. Although she did not need it to continue flying, she needed it if she wanted to officially break any more records.
Amelia Earhart had an amazing flying career. She set many records and was very ambitious. Amelia was always looking for ways to improve and to beat other people.
Flying Career