Amelia Mary Earhart
20th Century
1897 – 1937 · American
Aviator & Record-Setting Long-Distance Flier
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Jan 11
Earhart's Solo Pacific Flight
1935 CE
May 21
Amelia Earhart Completes Solo Atlantic Flight
1932 CE
Jul 2
Amelia Earhart Disappears over the Pacific
1937 CE
About
Amelia Earhart was an American pilot who set long-distance and altitude records in the 1920s and 1930s and became the best-known woman in aviation of her era. She wrote and lectured widely about flying and about women's work outside the home. She disappeared over the central Pacific on 2 July 1937 during an attempted round-the-world flight; no wreckage has been confirmed, and she was declared dead in absentia in 1939.
Key Facts
First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, in May 1932
First person to fly solo from Hawaii to California, in January 1935
Helped found the Ninety-Nines, an organization of women pilots, and served as its first president
Disappeared on 2 July 1937 near Howland Island; her fate remains unknown
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