Amelia Mary Earhart (Atchison, Kansas, July 24, 1897 - Pacific Ocean, July 2, 1937 (missing)) was an American aviator, famous for its flight marks the first attempt and air travel around the world on line equator. His first flying lessons obtained from the instructor Anita Neta Snook, another pioneer pilot.
By that time managed to acquire a Kinner airplane prototype that he called the canary, which suffered the odd accident, a common thing at that time by the unreliability of the engines and slow ships. His instructor did not give much credibility as a pilot, a view not abandon his career. As early as October 1922 he landed his first record by flying at an altitude of 14,000 feet. In 1937, Amelia began his journey accompanied by two crewmen mortal more. Disappeared on July 2 on the Ocean Pacific near Howland Island, His death was declared on January 5, 1939.
In one of the letters sent to a friend Amelia before the crossing he said: "Please know that I am aware of the dangers, I do because I want it. Women should try to do things as men have done. When they failed attempts to be a challenge for others. "
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