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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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She had a sister, called Grace Muriel Earhart -
Their family and she moved to Des Moines, Iowa. There she continued studying. -
They moved to Minnesota. There, she continued studying secondary school. -
She started studying in the University of Columbia. But she only studied 1 year. -
She finished the last year of Secondary school. -
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. -
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. -
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.
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When she finished the studies, she bought a small plane, she called him The Canary. -
She flew 4,600 meters high, it was the women's world record of the moment. -
When they finished the crossing, she wrote a book called “20hrs. 40min, Our fight in the Friendship”. -
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. -
She got married to George Putman as a surprise for everyone because she said that she didn't want to get married. -
She did another woman's world record, 5,612.89 meters high, with her little plane.
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She cross the Pacific Ocean as the first person alone to cross it. -
She cross the USA alone. As the woman's world record.
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She decided to fly around the world with her little plane. She was accompanied by Fred Noonan. -
They start the around the world travel.
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They arrived to Africa. They refuelled with fuel and provisions and they continuo with the around the world.
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They arrived to Calcutta
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They arrived to Lae, and they prepared all the things for the longest stage.
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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.
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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. -