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Amelia's First Plane Ride
After returning from being a World War 1 nurse in Canada, she took her first airplane ride. https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/amelia-earhart#section_6 -
Amelia Starts Flying
Amelia signed up for flying lessons after enjoying her first plane ride so much. https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/amelia-earhart#section_6 -
The Canary
Amelia bought her first plane, it was a yellow second hand Kinner Airster and named it The Canary. https://www.biography.com/explorer/amelia-earhart -
Amelia Gets Her License
Amelia passed her flying test and was given her license by the National Aeronautic Association. Afterward, she enters her first Ladies' Derby. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/earhart-timeline/ -
Amelia's Unofficial Record
Amelia takes her plane up 14,000 feet and unofficially sets an altitude record for women. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/earhart-timeline/ -
International Pilot's License
Amelia gets her international Pilot's License and is only the 16th woman to receive them. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/earhart/aa_earhart_learns_2.html -
First Woman Passenger
Amelia becomes the first woman passenger to fly across the Atlantic ocean. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/earhart/aa_earhart_atlantic_1.html -
Another Plane, Another Derby
Amelia buys her second plane and enters into the Santa Monica derby.
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Setting the Speed
Amelia sets the woman's world flying speed record at 181.18 mph. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/earhart-timeline/ -
Flying Solo
Amelia becomes the world's first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/earhart-timeline/ -
Flying Solo, Again
Shortly after returning from across the pond, Amelia then flies across North America and back solo. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/earhart-timeline/ -
Flying Solo, Again x2
For the second time, Amelia flies across North America solo but this time she breaks her own record and flies across even faster. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/earhart-timeline/ -
Around the World in... Forever?
After receiving a new plane from Perdue University, Amelia begins her flight around the world but little does she know this is her last flight and she will not be returning home. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/earhart-timeline/
