Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air

Amelia Mary Earhart

July 24, 1897 – Disappeared July 2, 1937

star Aviation Pioneer

edit Best-selling Author

group First President of The Ninety-Nines

1897

Born to Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart and Amelia "Amy" Otis. A tomboy known as "Meeley", she collected worms and hunted rats.

1920

Took her first ride in an airplane at Long Beach. "As soon as we left the ground, I knew I myself had to fly."

1928

Became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air (as a passenger). She later wrote "20 Hrs. 40 Min." about the experience.

1932

Flying her red Lockheed Vega 5B, she became the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic, landing in Northern Ireland.

1935

First person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland, California.

1937

Departed on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe near the equator. Disappeared on July 2 near Howland Island.