Amelia Earhart's Impact On Aviation

Amelia Earhart had a very significant impact on the history of aviation. She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first woman to attempt to fly around the world. She is famous for many things, including her piloting abilities to her suspicious disappearance in 1937. She had an amazing life discovering who she was and going on adventures while she was at it. (Women in Aviation…) Amelia was born in Atchinson, Kansas on July 24, 1897 to Amelia Otis Earhart and Edwin Earhart. Since the day she was born, she displayed a very independent personality. She had a scrapbook of accomplished women, attended an auto repair class and college. She went on her first flight exhibition in 1918 while serving in the red cross in Toronto, Canada. She took her first flight in December of 1920 with a man by the name of Frank Hawks. (Women in Aviation…) On May 20-21, 1932 Amelia became the first woman, and second person, to fly across the Atlantic Ocean solo. She flew a red Lockheed Vega 5B plane from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, Canada to Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It took her about 15 hours. Then, on August 24 that same year, she made the first flight across the United States by a woman. She took off in Los Angeles, California and landed in Newark, New Jersey. She established the time
The NAA is an organization that assembles races and This brought forward many opportunities for Amelia that she gladly accepted. Amelia motivated the NAA to separate the women’s records from the men’s records because the women had limited experience, planes, and money to set records with. I think that this was a fantastic idea. The women had very little to work with and it was an amazing opportunity for women to present their talents to the world. If I were a woman aspiring to be a pilot in the early 1900s I would have much appreciated Amelia’s efforts to make it easier for me to achieve my