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Aviation legend Amelia Earhart is most famous for the mysterious circumstances of her death: she disappeared in 1937 somewhere in the South Pacific, near the end of an attempted round-the-world flight. Despite extensive searches, no clear evidence has ever been found of Earhart, her navigator Fred Noonan, or their plane. Before her disappearance Earhart was one of the most famous women in America. She had set many flight records, including becoming the first woman to fly solo across both the Atlantic Ocean (in 1932) and the Pacific Ocean (in 1935). She ... was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in a multi-person plane, making the crossing in 1928 with pilot Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon. She authored the books 20 Hours, 40 Minutes (1928, about her first trans-Atlantic flight) and The Fun of It (1932).
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Amelia Earhart was a world famous American aviatrix whose courageous exploits and plucky personality made her an international hero and an American cultural icon in the early half of the 20th Century. Earhart was the first woman to cross the Atlantic ocean by airplane (1928), the second person and first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic (1932), the first person to fly solo across the Pacific between California and Hawaii (1935), and the first woman to compete in the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio (1935). She ... set a number of speed and altitude records and was awarded numerous high level honors and awards from American and Foreign dignitaries. On July 2, 1937, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during one of the final legs of their equatorial round the world flight. Had they finished the crossing Earhart would have been only the second person to complete such a journey and the first woman ever to do so. The mystery of Earhart’s disappearance continues to intrigue the public and to generate scores of books, articles, and films. Popular theories for her disappearance include navigational error, capture by the Japanese military, and even UFO abduction.
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Amelia Earhart had a poet's appreciation of flight, and she flew because she wanted to, which to her individualistic mind-set was the best reason of all. She was delighted when Purdue University, where she had served as aviation consultant and counselor on careers for women since 1935, presented her with a Lockheed Electra so advanced she dubbed it "the flying laboratory." Now she could fulfill her ambition to fly around the world. The first attempt in March 1937 ended prematurely when her plane crashed on takeoff in Hawaii. A second attempt began two months later, now following a west-to-east direction. On July 2, 1937, during the hardest leg, a 2,556-mile segment from New Guinea to a tiny speck in the mid-Pacific called Howland Island, Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared.
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Amelia Earhart had a brief but rewarding relationship with Purdue. She served as a women's career counselor during the 1935-36 school year at the invitation of President Edward C. Elliott who, at that time, was seeking to attract more women to the university. Amelia proved to be a talented and respected role model; her tireless efforts on behalf of Purdue's young women were much appreciated and reinforced the belief that women were as capable as men in succeeding at their chosen vocations.
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It was in Los Angeles that Amelia Earhart took that fateful first ride at an air show, and she worked odd jobs to help pay for flying lessons and to buy her first plane. By 1922, Earhart was flying solo. Still flying was her hobby until her historic trip of 1928. At the invitation of publisher George Putnam, she became the first woman to flying across the Atlantic—as a passenger. On June 3, 1928, Earhart joined pilot Wilmer “Bill” Stultz and co-pilot Louis E. “Slim” Gordon across the Atlantic. They left from Newfoundland and landed at Burry Port, Wales, more than 20 hours later. After the flight, Earhart’s achievement made headlines around the world.
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Amelia Earhart was not always famous. She was born to Edwin Stanton and Amy Otis Earhart on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, and three years later her sister Muriel was born. The girls were brought up in Kansas City where the family lived, but they spent a great deal of time at their grandparents' home in Atchison, Kansas where Amelia was born. Mr. Stanton worked for the railroad as a lawyer and was often away on business trips and Mrs. Earhart often accompanied him. Edwin Stanton, though a caring man, lost his job due to alcoholism and the family fell on hard times. They moved to Des Moines, Iowa, then to St. Paul, Minnesota and then back to Kansas City while Mr. Stanton obtained new jobs and relocated.
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