Amelia Mary Earhart was born in
Kansas in 1897, and she disappeared in the Pacific Ocean in 1937. She was an
American aviator. She was the first woman aviator who flew solo across the
Antlantic Ocean.
Her first instructor was another
aviator: Neta Snoock. In her first plane she had some problems but it's normal
because the motors were not reliable. Amelia was the 16th woman to receive a
pilot licence from the FAI.
After that she started a friendship
with Eleanor Roosevelt, who wanted to learn how to fly. Amelia had planned to
teach her, for which the first lady in USA even got her student permit.
When she flew around the islands
Nukumanu she reported that the plan flew towards Howland island. After, she
lost connexion with control towers and they never knew where Amelia disappeared.
The United States government spent $4
million looking for Amelia, which made it the most costly and expensive air and
sea search in the history until now.
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