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birth
This timeline starts on 24 July 1897 when Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, USA to Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart and Amelia "Amy" Otis Earhart. She was called by the family pet name "Meeley". Her sister was born two years later named Grace Muriel Earhart (1899 – 1998), nicknamed "Pidge". Amelia had an unconventional upbringing - a real tomboy. -
graduates
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Earhart became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license
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500 hours of solo flying.
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Publicist Capt. Hilton H. Railey approaches Amelia Earhart to accompany pilot Wilmer Stultz and co-pilot/mechanic Louis Gordon on a flight across the Atlantic.
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Amelia Earhart sets the women's world flying speed record of 181.18 mph
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Competes in the National Air Races in Los Angeles, California and breaks her own North American transcontinental record with a flying time of 17 hours, 7 minutes
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Wins the Harmon Trophy for the third time
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January 12: First woman to fly solo across the pacific taking 18 hours in a Lockheed Vega. She is named America's Outstanding Airwoman by Harmon Trophy committee
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Begins her round-the-world flight in Oakland, California setting a record for east-west (Oakland to Hawaii) travel in 15 hours and 47 minutes but the plane is damaged and needs repairs
June: Starts a second round-the-world attempt from Miami, Florida. Fred Noonan was her only crew member for the second flight. July 2, 1937: Leaves New Guinea and disappears near Howland Island. Their last known position report was near the Nukumanu Islands her last radio message was: "We must be on you, but cannot see you, but gas is running low.
Have been unable to reach you by radio. We are flying at 1,000 feet." The circumstances of Amelia Earhart's disappearance remain unresolved
