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Birth and childhood
She was born in Atchison, Kansas. Amelia spent good part of her infancy with her grandparents, who provided a way of life full of comforts. -
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Amelia Earhart by fiti
It was an American, famous aviadora for his brands of flight and for trying the first air trip about the world on the equatorial line. -
Youth
her family moved to Des Moines, Iowa, since her father had obtained there an executive employment. -
a series of misfortunes
Nevertheless, a series of misfortunes came to the family Earhart little later. Her father had fallen down in the alcoholism, and he was dismissed of his work; in addition, Amelia Harres Otis, Amelia's beloved grandmother, died in 1911. -
During the First World War
During the First World war she joined as a volunteer labors of nursing together with her sister in the city of Toronto, Canada, where she attended the pilots hurt in combat. She also got the opportunity to visit a field of the Royal Air Force. In her own words, it was there where she became attracted to aviation. -
In California
In 1920 her family could meet again in California. For this time Amelia was present at an air show in Long Beach and she was amazed with the planes. she managed to be taken on board on a biplane and flew during ten minutes on Los Angeles. Her words after the experience were: " So soon as we took off i knew that I will fly from now on " -
Amelia Earhart Sent a Piece of Her Own Poetry to Poetry Magazine.
Amelia sent her first piece of poetry to Poetry Magazine. Instead of using her real name, Amelia used a pen name of Emil Harte. A month later, Amelia recieved a rejection letter. Although, the letter commented on her poetry as, unusually promising, and asked her to try again later. However, Amelia proved women can write, even if she had to use a pen name. -
Completes flying lessons and purchases first aircraft.
Amelia heard of a woman pilot who gave flying instructions and shortly afterwards began lessons with pioneer aviatrix Anita "Neta" Snook at Kinner Field near Long Beach. In July Amelia purchased a prototype of the Kinner airplane...naming it "The Canary". -
Amelia Earhart Continued In Her Interest of Medicine.
Amelia registered in a Columbia University Extension Program and enrolls in classes of biology, chemistry, zoology, french literature, psychology, and more. After realizing she was the oldest of the students, Amelia changes her birth date. She does this out of vanity and self- cautiousness. -
Amelia Earhart Made Front Page of New York Times Magazine.
Amelia accompanied Charles Levine and his pilot Wilmer Stultz on the first nonstop flight from New York to Havana, Cuba. This distance was one-thousand and four miles. Since Amelia was a female co-pilot, magazines couldn't help but spread the news, therefore making Amelia Earhart famous. -
George Putnam
George was an important figure in the life of Amelia. He became Amelia's manager and her agent. He published a book that Amelia wrote about her grand adventures. They later got married and made flight plans together. -
Amelia Earhart Attempted World Wide Flight.
Amelia was flying "the Electra." It soared aloft from Union Terminal at Burbank, California. Amelia's flight continued until Miami, where she had to stop. However, that was not Amelia's last attempt at world wide flight. -
Earthart went missing
While Earthart was flying over the Pacific Ocean, She went missing. Scientists think that she ran out of fuel and crashed into the Pacific. Nobody knows exactly where she crashed.
