Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
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Amelia Earhart was an American aviator and writer who set multiple world records for flight and became one of the most famous pilots of the early aviation era. Her disappearance over the Pacific Ocean in 1939 during an attempted around-the-world flight remains one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries and continues to capture public imagination.
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- 1897
- Died
- 1937
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Amelia Mary Earhart (/ˈɛərhɑːrt/ AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviator and aviation pioneer who became one of the most celebrated figures of early flight.
In 1928, she was the first female passenger to cross the Atlantic by airplane. In 1932, she became the first woman to make a nonstop solo transatlantic flight, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for her achievement. She was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and helped found the Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
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