Amelia Earhart
Her disappearance in 1937 during an attempt to fly around the world is a mystery that continues to intrigue people worldwide.
Amelia Mary Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897.
Amelia Mary Earhart an American aviation pioneer and First Women Pilot.Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Earhart was 12 years old before she ever saw an airplane, and she did not take her first flight until 1920. Amelia Earhart was so thrilled by her first airplane ride that she quickly began to take flying lessons.
Some major accomplishments of Amelia Earhart : -
- January 3, 1921 – Began flying lessons with Neta Snook.
- July 1921 – Bought first plane, the Kinner Airster (named “The Canary”)
- October 22, 1922 – Broke women's altitude record when she rose to 14,000 feet.
- June 17-18, 1928 – First woman to fly across the Atlantic; 20hrs 40min (Fokker F7, Friendship)
Transatlantic flight in 1928 -Story Summary.
After Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927, Amy Guest (1873–1959) expressed interest in being the first woman to fly (or be flown) across the Atlantic Ocean.
On June 1, 1937, Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, departed from Miami with great fanfare. They began the 29,000-mile journey heading east. After 29 days of flight, they touched down in Lae, New Guinea. The remaining 7,000 miles would be done over the Pacific.
The plan required landing on Howland Island, located between Hawaii and Australia and 2,556 miles away from Lae. At only 1.5 miles long and half a mile wide, Howland Island was a difficult spot for landing. Special navigation precautions were taken, including establishing radio communication with U.S. Coast Guard ship Itasca off Howland Island.
At 10 a.m., Earhart and Noonan took off from Lae. They encountered problems with overcast skies and rain showers early on. Some witnesses reported that the radio antenna may have been damaged, and other experts suggest that their maps may have been inaccurate.
As they neared Howland Island, they were unable to make sufficient connection with the Itasca or to land on the island. Earhart’s last communication was at 8:43 a.m.: “We are running north and south.”
Though the Itasca began a rescue attempt immediately and the search continued for weeks, nothing was found. On Jan. 5, 1939, Earhart was declared legally dead.
Some of the Theories about for Amelia disappearance :
According to the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), Earhart and Noonan survived on the island for several weeks. They caught fish, seabirds and turtles and collected rainwater. Earhart died at a campsite on the island's southeast end. Noonan's fate is unknown.
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