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Amelia Earhart was born to Amy and Edwin Earhart. Amelia was born in Atchison, Kansas. The actual birth took place in her grandparents' house.
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Amelia Earhart is born to Amy and Edwin Earhart. Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas. Her actual birth took place in her grandparents' house.
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Amelia Earhart's first real look at an airplane went differently than expected. Amelia's first words of reactment were, "It is a thing of rusty wire and wood." Amelia was actually more interested in a hat shaped as a peach basket. Amelia never said another word about an airplane for a while afterwards.
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After witnessing so many soldiers returning home from World War 1 missing limbs, Amelia wanted to do her part to help. She said she felt useless going back to school, while people are risking their lives for her freedom every day. Amelia then dropped out of school without graduating, and joined the Voluntary Aid Detatchment.
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After Spanish Influenza spreaded worldwide, Amelia had to work harder. Rundown and overworked, Amelia caught the influenza herself. Then, Amelia developed sinusitis. At the time there were no antibiotics, so she had to endure irrigation of her sinus cavities. Amelia therefore had chronic sinusis infections for the rest of her life.
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Amelia's father took her to fly in a real plane to satisfy her newly found interest. Amelia sat in the cokpit of Frank Hawks's plane. Frank Hawks was a former corps pilot and speed record holder. It was that day, that Amelia decided she would one day fly a plane herself.
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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.
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Amelia registered in a Columbia University Extension Program and enrolls in classes of biology, chemistty, 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.
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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.
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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.
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On July second, 1937, Fleet Air Base, Pearl Harbor broadcasted that Amelia Earhart was unreported since 2045 GCT July second, and appearently went down at sea position unknown. Secretary of the Navy in Washington D.C. approved use of naval facilities to conduct what was the longest search for a lost at sea aircraft. Amelia and her plane were never found.
