Amelia Mary Earhart By georgiay4 Jul 24, 1897 Born in Atchinson, Kansas Period: Jul 24, 1897 to Jul 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart Mar 15, 1904 First attempt to fly off a home-made ramp attatched to the roof of a shed Apr 30, 1908 Saw her first aircraft at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines Jun 30, 1916 Graduated from Hyde Park High School Dec 20, 1918 Suffers from pneumonia during the Spanish flu pandemic while nursing soldiers at the Spadina Military Hospital in Toronto Dec 28, 1920 Earhart and her father visited an airfield where Frank Hawks took her on a 10-minute flight that would forever change Earhart's life. Jan 3, 1921 Had her first flying lessons at Kinner Field, near Long Beach Oct 22, 1922 Flew the Airster to an altitude of 14,000 feet (4,300 m), setting a world record for female pilots May 15, 1923 Became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license Jan 11, 1935 Became the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California Jul 2, 1937 Disappeared during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe
