Amelia Airhart, the legendary female aviator
Amelia Earhart is a legendary female aviator who rose above the impossible in the early 20th century when women's social activities were limited. Her life and achievements represent courage, spirit of challenge, and the possibility of women, and she continues to inspire many people to this day.
a major achievement
▣ Early stage
He was born in 1897 in Kansas, U.S.A. He was active and independent from an early age, and was interested in various fields.
▣ Encounters with flight
In 1920, he became fascinated with flying after his first flight in California. He then trained as a pilot, and in 1921 he became the 16th female to obtain a flight license.
▣ Transatlantic
In 1928, she became the first woman to successfully fly across the Atlantic Ocean. (She was not a pilot, she was a passenger.) This achievement instantly gained worldwide fame.
▣ Single transatlantic crossing
In 1932, she became the first woman to fly a plane and the second in the world to successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean on her own. It marks a monumental event in women's aviation history.
▣Trans-Pacific
In 1935, he also succeeded in crossing the Pacific Ocean, setting a solo flight record from Hawaii to California.
Attempt and Missing Around the World: In 1937, he went on a round-the-world flight around the equator, but he disappears over the South Pacific Ocean. The cause of his disappearance is still unknown, and various speculations and controversies continue.
▣Where did she disappear?
She flew to Lockheed Electra with her mate Fred Noonan
He went around the world, but he disappeared on July 2 near Howland Island.
There have been numerous searches and investigations since then, but no trace of her has been found anywhere.
There's a lot of speculation about the cause of her disappearance
the theory of a fuel shortage
the theory of Japanese imprisonment
Rumors of survival on uninhabited islands, etc…
But her disappearance still remains one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century.
▣ What she left behind
"I wanted to prove that even women can do anything."
"Do not do what others can or will do, but do what others cannot and will not do."
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