He was 10 years old when he saw his first airplane and did not consider it good enough. But in 1920, he just began to take an interest in the world of aviation. That year she would have been part of an air show in Long Beach and fell in love with airplanes. He put on a helmet and gloves and got on board a biplane with the cockpit open, flying for 10 minutes over the city of Los Angeles. For the young woman this was a great experience and from there she decided to take flight classes.
Two years later, she participated in flights in order to break records, reaching the highest altitude mark for a woman at more than 4,000 meters. It then moved to Boston and became part of the headquarters of the National Aeronautical Association where she took every opportunity to promote aviation among women, quickly becoming a regular figure in newspaper columns. Soon, the Boston Globe I call her one of the best female pilots in the United States.
On April 26, 1927, one of the most important remains of her life, the Captain HH Railey Asked if he defied the challenge of crossing the Atlantic Ocean with a plane, Earhart immediately accepted.
By June of the following year, she was the first woman to cross the Atlantic as a passenger, and on May 20 and 21, 1932, she dared to make the crossing alone. Amelia would be the first woman who made this dangerous journey alone and was recognized throughout the world. In her country she was a national heroine and received many awards and parades in her honor.
In 1937, he would be accepting a new challenge by trying Go around the world by a different route from the one that was considered usual to make these crossings. I travel alongside the captain Fredderick J. Noonan following the equator with a Lockeed Electra twin engine.
They left Miami on June 1, 1937, their route took them through Puerto Rico and the extreme northeast of South America. After they reached Africa, they passed through the Red Sea and Pakistan, becoming a new record. It is said that they waited several days since there was bad weather, then they took off in the direction of Australia and later towards New Guinea. So far, Amelia had traveled more than 35,000 kilometers and still had about 11,000 to complete her trip.
July 2, 1937 he had his last radio contact at 8:00 p.m. CMY with the US coast guard vessel Itasca. Nothing was heard from her and it is believed that her plane disappeared somewhere in the middle of a storm when she was making the penultimate stage of her trip.
President Roosevelt was very concerned and invested 4 million dollars in their search, 66 planes and 9 navy ships were used, but no feature of Amelia, Noonan, or the plane was ever found.