Amelia Earhart Research Paper
Biography on Amelia Earhart by Women Can Fly
Introduction to Aviation, AVS 110 001
Instructor John Mead FALL 2013
Biography on Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean on June 17, 1928. This gave birth to the world of women aviators, by reading about Amelia Earhart’s great journeys. She was an inspiration not only to women and aviators at the time, but also artists, writers and radio talk shows across the globe. Amelia Earhart’s dream of becoming the first female pilot to fly around world led her to the greatest endeavor and failure of her life. She had no idea, that she would not be famous for flying, but for vanishing into the …show more content…
She went to an air show with her father Edwin in Long Beach, California on 28th of December, 1920. After paying ten dollars, Amelia got to fly with Frank Hawks (a famous air racer) for a just ten minutes. She was born into aviation, and desired to learn how to fly on her own. After saving $1,000, she started taking flying lessons in Curtiss JN-4 airplane from aviator Anita Snook, who was one of the first established female pilots in aviation history. Amelia’s love for flying was measured by the hard work and long walks just to get to the airfield. She consumed herself with learning how to fly, even to the point of cutting her hair short and sleeping in her leather jacket for days just to have the look of an experienced pilot. In just one year, Amelia bought her first biplane and never looked back. She called it “The Canary”, because of its yellow bright paint job. With her used airplane, Amelia set her first world record for highest female flight, an altitude of 14,000 feet on 22nd of October 1922. She became the sixteenth woman to receive a pilot’s license (#6017) through The Federation Aeronautique, at the age of twenty-five. Amelia grandmother’s trust funds ran out soon after and forced her to sell her plane. Amelia had no future of making money through aviation so she left California with her mother and traveled to Boston. She kept her interest in aviation and became an affiliate of the American Aeronautical Society’s Boston chapter. With some good fortune and after Amy Phipps Guest declined the offer, a gentleman named Captain Hilton H. Railey called Amelia in April of 1928 and asked her, “Would you like to fly the Atlantic”. She was ecstatic with the opportunity knocking at her door and said “Yes”. She took off on the 17th of June, 1928 from Trespassey Harbor, Newfoundland in an airplane know as a Fokker with pilots Wilmer Bill Stultz and Louis E. Gordon. The
Introduction to Aviation, AVS 110 001
Instructor John Mead FALL 2013
Biography on Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean on June 17, 1928. This gave birth to the world of women aviators, by reading about Amelia Earhart’s great journeys. She was an inspiration not only to women and aviators at the time, but also artists, writers and radio talk shows across the globe. Amelia Earhart’s dream of becoming the first female pilot to fly around world led her to the greatest endeavor and failure of her life. She had no idea, that she would not be famous for flying, but for vanishing into the …show more content…
She went to an air show with her father Edwin in Long Beach, California on 28th of December, 1920. After paying ten dollars, Amelia got to fly with Frank Hawks (a famous air racer) for a just ten minutes. She was born into aviation, and desired to learn how to fly on her own. After saving $1,000, she started taking flying lessons in Curtiss JN-4 airplane from aviator Anita Snook, who was one of the first established female pilots in aviation history. Amelia’s love for flying was measured by the hard work and long walks just to get to the airfield. She consumed herself with learning how to fly, even to the point of cutting her hair short and sleeping in her leather jacket for days just to have the look of an experienced pilot. In just one year, Amelia bought her first biplane and never looked back. She called it “The Canary”, because of its yellow bright paint job. With her used airplane, Amelia set her first world record for highest female flight, an altitude of 14,000 feet on 22nd of October 1922. She became the sixteenth woman to receive a pilot’s license (#6017) through The Federation Aeronautique, at the age of twenty-five. Amelia grandmother’s trust funds ran out soon after and forced her to sell her plane. Amelia had no future of making money through aviation so she left California with her mother and traveled to Boston. She kept her interest in aviation and became an affiliate of the American Aeronautical Society’s Boston chapter. With some good fortune and after Amy Phipps Guest declined the offer, a gentleman named Captain Hilton H. Railey called Amelia in April of 1928 and asked her, “Would you like to fly the Atlantic”. She was ecstatic with the opportunity knocking at her door and said “Yes”. She took off on the 17th of June, 1928 from Trespassey Harbor, Newfoundland in an airplane know as a Fokker with pilots Wilmer Bill Stultz and Louis E. Gordon. The