melia Earha

PREPARED BY:Dayita chaudhuri

Class ix c
ROLL No. 2

Amelia

Earhart

Amelia Mary Earhart was an American Aviation

Pioneer and author. She was the first female
Aviator to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
She was also a famous writer and wrote the bestselling records of her adventures and flying
experiences.
She received several prestigious awards including
the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for her record.

Childhood
Amelia Mary Earhart was born on 24th July 1897 to Samuel
Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Amy, in Atchinson,
Kansas.
She was the younger of two sisters.
From childhood, Amelia developed the love for outdoors
and rough-and-tumble play and spent her time in
playing.
Amelia was exceedly fond of reading and
spent countless hours reading in the large
family library.

 The Earhart family had to go through financial crisis.

Amelia Earhart got admitted in a public school for the first
time in 1909 in the seventh grade.
She graduated from Hyde park High School in 1916.
Then she received training as nurses aid from Red Cross.

Inspiration To Fly
Amelia Earhart took her first flying lessons from
Anita Neta Snook who was herself a pioneer
female aviator.
Her first own flight was a second-hand Kinner
Airster Biplane which she nicknamed The
Canary.
On October 22, 1922 Earhart flew to an altitude
of 14,000 feet ( 4,300 m ) setting a world record
for the highest flight by any female pilot.

 Amelia Earhart was a patient of Maxillary Sinusitis

which had a huge affect on her health.
She had to take up work as a teacher and then as a
social worker because her mother could not afford her
tuition fees.
She maintained her interest in aviation and became
the vice-president of the American Aeronautical
Societys Boston chapter.
Earhart flew the first official flight of Dennison Airport
in 1927.
Earhart wrote local newspaper columns on her flying
experiences and her local celebrity grew.

 While at work one

afternoon
Date :- April 1928

Amelia Earhart got a phone

call from Capt. Hilton H. Railey:
Would you like to fly across
the Atlantic?

1928 - TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT

The project coordinators interviewed Earhart
and asked her to accompany pilot Louis Gordon.
The team departed on 17 June 1928.
Earhart received a rousing welcome in England
on 19 June 1928.

commemoration of
Earharts 1928
Transatlantic Flight

COMPETITVE FLYING
By making the trip in 1928, Amelia Earhart
became the first woman to fly across the
North-American continent and back.
She had gained enough fame for her TransAtlantic flight, but she endeavoured to set a
record of her own.

 She subsequently took part in the Womens

Air Derby in 1929.
During the race she settled at 4th place in the
heavy planes division.
Later in Cleveland she secured 3rd position in
the same division.

Professional career
In 1930 Amelia Earhart became an official of the
National Aeronautics Association where she actively
promoted the establishment of separate womens
records.
In 1931, flying a Pitcaim PCA-2 autogyro, she set up
the world altitude record of 18,415 feet
(5,613 m) .
She was also involved with the Ninety-Nines, an
organisation promoting female pilots.
Later in 11934, when Bendix Trophy banned women,
she openly refused to fly Mary Pickford to Cleveland yo
open the race

Amelia
Earhart
with
husband
George
Putnam

Personal Life
Earhart married George Putnam on February
2nd , 1931.
Earhart believed in equal rights and
responsibilities for both the breadwinners.
She kept her own name after marriage
rather than being called Mrs Putnam.

1932- TRANSATLANTIC SOLO FLIGHT

At the age of 34, on the morning of 20 th May 1932,
Earhart set off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland.
She intended to fly to Paris to emulate Charles
Lindbergs solo flight.
After 14 hours 56 minutes, she landed in a pasture in
Culmore. This site is now home of a small Museum, the
Amelia Earhart Centre.
As the first woman to fly solo non-stop across the
Atlantic, She received the distinguished Flying Cross
from Congress, the Cross of Knight of the Legion of
Honour from the French government and Gold Medal
from National Geographic Society.

Other Achievements
On January 11, 1935, Earhart became the first
person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to
Oakland, California.
The same year, she also soloed from Los Angeles
to Mexico City.
Between 1930 and 1935, Earhart had set 7
womens speed and distance aviation records in
a variety of aircrafts.

1937 world flight

In 1937, Amelia Earhart went out on a
round-the-world flight.
Her daring journey was cut short when
her Lockheed Electra disappeared over
the Pacific Ocean on 2nd June, 1937.

Rescue Missions
The US Navy and Coastal Guards launched the
Largest and most expensive sea search in American
history.
When their efforts failed, Earharts husband financed
his own search but came up equally empty handed.
A living legend vanished out of thin air.
At last the US government concluded that they ran
out of fuel, crashed into the water and sank.
Earhart was announced legally dead on 5 January
1939.

LIFETIME
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
January 3, 1922 Broke Womens altitude record
when flew at 14000 feet.
June 17-18, 1928 Became first woman to fly
across the Atlantic.
1928 Published her book 20 hours 40 minutes
and became the aviation editor of Cosmopolitan
magazine.
August 1929 Placed third Air Derby. Elected as the
Official for National Aeronautic Association .

June 25, 1930 Set womens speed record for 100

kilometres with no load and with 500 kg.
July 5, 1930 Set world speed record for
181.18mph over a 3K course.
April 8, 1931 Set womens altitude record for 18,
415 feet.
May 20-21, 1932 Became the first woman to fly
solo across the Atlantic. Received the distinguished
Flying Cross.

1932 Became the President of the Ninety-Nines.

January 11, 1935 First person to fly solo across
the Pacific from Honolulu to Oakland.
April 19-20, 1935 First person to fly solo non-stop
from Mexico City to New York.
June 1, 1937 Just before her disappearance,
Earhart became the first person to fly from the Red
Sea to India.

Earhart Light at Howland Island in

commemoration of Amelia Earhart