Amelia Earhart Biography

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Amelia Earhart
Many fantastic aviators have shown their talents throughout the centuries. Americans have been fascinated, time after time, with the ability to fly. One woman in particular took her fascinations and abilities and became one of the greatest aviators of her time. Amelia Earhart was a very famous, record-setting woman aviator. Amelia, while on her around the world flight in 1937, disappeared and left many people, even today, trying to figure out what happened to her.
Amelia Earhart was a courageous woman who set high standards for woman aviators to follow. In other words, she made outstanding achievements. She was even able to break the records of her fellow male colleagues, which is a pretty big achievement. She also wanted to do the most challenging flight she could think of. According to the “Earhart Overview”, “Amelia Earhart … is, even today, certainly the most well-known woman aviator of all time.” For example, in 1928, when she was 31 years old, she crossed the Atlantic Ocean by plane and became the first woman to do so. She also set records by flying from Mexico to New Jersey, and flying from Hawaii to California in the year 1935. As she started her most known flight, she joined up with her famed navigator Fred Noonan and her specially-built plane called the “Electra”, they embarked on their craziest journey yet. The flight started in Oakland, California and then went through Miami. She then flew over the following countries: South America, Africa, India, and New Guinea. (4: SV A, B, C.) The last part of her journey was to go from New Guinea to a small island in the Central Pacific called Howland Island. From there, she would land the “Electra”, take the Coast Guard Cutter “Itaska” back to Oakland, and re...

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...ng the best; she still goes down in history as one of the greatest aviators to ever live. Who knows, maybe one day, researchers will find out

Anderson 5 exactly what happened after that morning of July 2, 1937. One thing is for sure, women from all parts of the world are inspired by the great Amelia Earhart.

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Works Cited
Beheim, Eric. "Searching for Amelia." Naval Aviation News. 01 Sep. 2004: 22. eLibrary. Web. 29 Oct. 2013.
Caron, Christina. "Amelia Earhart Mystery Solved? Investigation Junkies' to Launch Expedition." abcnews.go.com. ABC News Network, 27 July 2009. Web. 29 Oct. 2013.
"Earhart Overview." Earhart Overview. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2013
"Reviewing the Historical Controversy of Amelia Earhart." The History of Amelia Earhart's Disappearance Before and After 1937. Beyond 37', Oct. 2013. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.

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