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Bibliography for Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit

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Bibliography for Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit

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Pelt, Lori Van. American Heroes. 2005.

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Amelia Mary Earhart is born in Atchison, Kansas.

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Amelia sees her first plane in Des Moines, at the Iowa State fair.

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Amelia Earhart was the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.

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Amelia Earhart flies from Mexico to New York as a good-will fight. During this Amelia would try to make a nonstop record flight.

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Amelia Earhart attempted to break Frank Hawks's speed record, but failed, but she had broke the cross-country distance record and she beat her own previous speed by ten minutes. She also became the first women to fly nonstop from one coast to another.

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Amelia Earhart takes of for her solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Four hours into the flight she experiences storms, which caused her systems to stop working. In the book Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit on page 128 it says, "Relying on her pilot training, she kept calm and persevered throughout the long, lonely night coping as best she could despite the broken altimeter, a malfunctioning tachometer, and the dangers of the icy heights and ocean surface she flew between." This can describe the struggles that Amelia was facing, and how she faced them calmly.

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Amelia Earhart flew with two male pilots across the Atlantic in a plane called the Friendship, she was the first woman to do so. On page 65 of the book Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit it says "On June 19,1928 Amelia wrote in The New York Times, "Any praise I can give them they ought to have. You can't pile it on too thick." She insisted she had ridden along as a passenger and had not been responsible for flying the aircraft...."

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Amelia Earhart: Across the Atlantic and into the Headlines - The Henry Ford

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In June 1928, Amelia Earhart made headlines as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Though she had only been a passenger, Earhart became an instant celebrity. George Palmer, who'd helped to plan and promote the flight, continued to support Earhart's aviation activities as her publicist (and eventual husband).

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Amelia Earhart attempts to fly across the world a second time, from Oakland, California.

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Amelia's Autogiro crashes in Abilene, Texas. To make sure that nobody got injured during this Amelia steered the plane toward open space. In the book Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit, on page 121 it says "...she tried to take off and the Autogiro dropped thirty feet to the ground damaging its rotor and propeller.

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Amelia takes off on the Autogiro (aircraft) from Newark, while her husband Putnam handed out Beech-Nut gum as a marketing strategy.

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Amelia gets married to her colleague Putnam, their wedding was not commercial, because Amelia was against the marriage topic, but was forced due to Putnam pleading(proposing) multiple times. Page 117 of the book Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit it says "Their simple, private, five-minute wedding took place at his mother's home in Noank on Saturday, February 7, 1931."

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Amelia Earhart started working for a new airline, the New York, Philadelphia, and Washington Airway, which was the first to fly between those cities.

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Amelia Earhart flew her second trimotor from New York, and in the fist ten days of it's opening, over 1000 people had ridden including half being women.

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Amelia flew on hundred kilometers, and earned the women's world speed record, without anything on board, and set the speed record for women in fastest time with a load of five hundred kilograms. In the book Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit, on page 105 it says "On June 25, 1930, she flew one hundred kilometers at 174.897 miles per hour, achieving the women's world speed record with no load carried. That same day, carrying a payload of five hundred kilograms, she clocked 171.438 miles per hour over one hundred kilometers, setting the women's world speed record."

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Amelia Mary Earhart (1897 - disappeared, 1937) was a pioneer American aviator and author who made enormous contribution to the field of female aviation and created numerous records as a pilot. Her most famous achievement was her solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932 making her the second person and the first woman to achieve the feat. Among other things, she was the first woman to pilot an autogyro and the first woman to fly nonstop coast-to-coast across continental United States. Amelia Earhart was a passionate advocate of female pilots and was instrumental in the establishment of Ninety-Nines, an international organization devoted to female aviation. She was also a successful writer who wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences. Here are the 10 major accomplishments of Amelia Earhart including her records, the awards and honors she received, and her contribution to aviation.

#1 She worked as a nurse's aide in a military hospital in Canada during WWI

In 1917, 20-year-old Amelia Earhart went to Toronto in Canada to visit her younger sister, who was studying there. World War I was going on and Amelia was affected by the sight of hundreds of wounded soldiers who returned from battle. She received training as a nurse's aide from the Red Cross and worked at the Spadina Military Hospital in Toronto as part of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) program. Amelia was engaged in arduous nursing duties which included night shifts. She fell ill herself but recovered in about two months.

#2 She set a women's altitude world record by flying to a height of 14,000 feet

Earhart began taking flying lessons in January 1921; and in six months she bought her first airplane, a second-hand Kinner Airster two-seater biplane, which she nicknamed "The Canary". On October 22, 1922, Amelia Earhart flew The Canary to an altitude of 14,000 feet (4,300 m), setting a world record for female pilots. On May 15, 1923, she became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI; The World Air Sports Federation).

#3 Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, albeit as a passenger

In 1927, American aviator Charles Lindbergh made headlines all over the world by making the first solo transatlantic flight. Amy Phipps Guest wanted to be the first woman to make the flight across the Atlantic but her family objected as the trip was considered to be too dangerous. She instead decided to sponsor the project. Earhart was invited to be the first women to fly across the Atlantic and she accepted the risk. The team departed from Trepassey Harbor, Newfoundland, Canada on June 17, 1928, and reached Burry Port, Wales, UK approximately 21 hours later. Earhart traveled merely as a passenger and the aircraft Friendship was piloted by Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon. Nevertheless, she still became an international celebrity as three pilots had died within the year trying to be that first women to fly across the Atlantic.

#4 She set an autogyro altitude record by taking it to unprecedented height of 18,415 ft

On 24th August 1928, Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the North American continent and back. In August 1929, she took part in Women's Air Derby, the first official women-only air race in the United States, and ended up in the third place. On June 25, 1930, Earhart set the women's speed record for 100 kilometers with no load and with a load of 500 kilograms. 10 days later, she set the women's world speed record of 181.18 mph over a 3-kilometer course. In 1931, she became the first woman to pilot an autogyro, a form of aircraft with freely rotating horizontal blades and a propeller. On April 8, 1931, Amelia Earhart set an altitude record for autogyros of 18,415 feet.

#5 She was instrumental in the establishment of Ninety-Nines and served as its first President

Ninety-Nines: International Organization of Women Pilots was founded on November 2, 1929 in New York for mutual support and advancement of women pilots. Amelia Earhart was a founding member of Ninety-Nines and she was the one who suggested naming the organization after the 99 licensed women pilots who were its charter members. In 1931, Earhart was elected the first President of the organization and she remained a leading supporter of women pilots through her life. Today, Ninety-Nines has thousands of members from 44 countries.

#6 Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

On the afternoon of May 20, 1932, the fifth anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight, Amelia Earhart set off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada intending to land in Paris. After a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes during which she contended with strong northerly winds, icy conditions and mechanical problems, Earhart landed in a pasture at Culmore, north of Derry, Northern Ireland. She thus became the first female aviator and the second person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. She also became the first person to fly the Atlantic twice.

#7 She broke a number of records during her illustrious aviation career

On August 24-25, 1932, Amelia Earhart flew from Los Angeles, California to Newark, New Jersey becoming the first woman to fly nonstop coast-to-coast across continental United States. She flew 2,447.8 miles in just 19 hrs 5 min setting the record for the fastest nonstop transcontinental flight by a woman. On July 7-8, 1933, Earhart broke her previous transcontinental speed record by making the same flight in 17hrs 7min. In 1935, on January 11-12, she became first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California; on April 19-20, she became first person to fly solo from Los Angeles, California to Mexico City, Mexico; and on May 8, she became first person to fly solo nonstop from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey. On March 17, 1937, Earhart flew from Oakland, California to Honolulu, Hawaii in 15 hours and 47 minutes, setting a speed record for east-to-west flight. In 1937, Earhart also became the first person to fly solo from the Red Sea to Karachi in British India during her doomed circumnavigation of the earth in the course of which she disappeared and was never seen again.

#8 Amelia Earhart was a best selling author

Amelia Earhart was a successful writer who wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences. Two books written by her were published during her lifetime: 20 Hrs., 40 Min. (1928), a journal of her experiences as a passenger in the Friendship, which made her the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air; and The Fun of It (1932), a memoir of her flying experiences and an essay on women in aviation. A third book titled Last Flight (1937) was complied and published by her husband George Putnam after her disappearance in July 1937. It contained journal entries she sent back to US during her world flight attempt. Earhart also wrote magazine articles, newspaper columns and essays; and was aviation editor for Cosmopolitan magazine from 1928 to 1930.

#9 She was the first woman to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross

In 1932, for being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, the US Congress awarded Amelia Earhart the Distinguished Flying Cross "for heroism or extraordinary achievement in aerial flight". She was also awarded the Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society from President Herbert Hoover; and the Cross of Knight of the Legion of Honor from the French Government. Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross and National Geographic Society's Gold Medal. She was decorated with numerous other honors during her lifetime and after being declared dead in 1939. In 1968, she was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame and in 1973, she became a Member of National Women's Hall of Fame.

#10 She is regarded as a leading feminist icon

In 1929, Earhart was elected as an official for National Aeronautic Association, the oldest national aviation club in the United States. She encouraged the establishment of separate world altitude, speed and endurance records for women; and was instrumental in the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) accepting a similar international standard. Amelia Earhart was a passionate advocate of not only female pilots but of all women and their rights. Her life and accomplishments inspired a generation of female aviators; and served as a motivation for women to excel in their chosen profession. Amelia Earhart was an international celebrity during her lifetime and she is considered one of the leading feminist icons of the twentieth century.

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10 Major Accomplishments of Amelia Earhart

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Amelia Mary Earhart (1897 - disappeared, 1937) was a pioneer American aviator and author who made enormous contribution to the field of female aviation and created numerous records as a pilot. Her most famous achievement was her solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932 making her the second person and the first woman to achieve the feat.

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Amelia Earhart flies multiple planes at a New York air show, even a Army trainer. On page 82 of the book Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit it says "In Buffalo, New York, on she flew a variety of planes, including a new Army trainer produced by Consolidated Aircraft."

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After a visit to her father, Amelia receives the new that her father had passed away due to throat cancer. On page 109 of the book Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit, the author writes, "On September 23, when she arrived in Tucson on T.A.T., she received the news that his death occurred about eight hours after her departure."

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The New York Times reported that Amelia Earhart was planning to become a commercial pilot, and in March sh earned her aviator's transport pilot's license. When she did this, she was only the fourth women to do so. In the book Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit on pg 80 it says"The New York Times carried the report that Amelia planned to take instruction in a Ford trimotor and intended to become a commercial pilot."

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Amelia Earhart enters the first Women's Air Derby called Powder Puff Derby, in which they had to fly from Santa Monica to Cleveland. In the derby she came up short in third place. In the book Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit on page 89 is says "Entrants in the race, dubbed the "Powder Puff Derby" by cowboy humorist Will Rodgers..." and "The derby was to be the first race of it's kind in the world."

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The first Women's Air Derby on August 13-20, 1929, was a transcontinental race as part of the National Air Races at Cleveland that was entered by 20 women flyers. While at the time there were 70 US-licensed women pilots, only 40 met the race requirements of having 100 hours of solo flight, including 25 hours of solo cross-country, a license from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), and an annual sporting license issued by the National Aeronautics Association (NAA). Of that group, there were 20 entrants in the Derby.

It took eight days to fly and navigate the route using only dead reckoning and road maps. Louise Thaden came in first, and 14 others who completed the race in one of the two aircraft categories were Amelia Earhart, Ruth Elder, Edith Foltz, Mary Haizlip, Jessie Keith-Miller, Opal Kunz, Blanche Noyes, Gladys O'Donnell, Phoebe Omlie, Neva Paris, Thea Rasche, Bobbi Trout (out of the competition with two forced landings), Mary von March, and Vera Dawn Walker.

1929 was also the year the Ninety-Nines women's aviation organization was born, which would enter this picture 18 years later.

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First Women's Air Derby, Powder Puff Derby

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Earhart subsequently made her first attempt at competitive air racing in 1929 during the first Santa Monica-to-Cleveland Women's Air Derby (later nicknamed the "Powder Puff Derby" by Will Rogers). During the race, at the last intermediate stop before the finish in Cleveland, Earhart and her friend Ruth Nichols were tied for first place.

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Amelia Earhart flew around the world in a twin engine, in which her and her navigator were reported missing. Amelia Earhart and her navigator Noonan, departed from a Howland island, where they were last seen alive. After this a investigation was taken place to look for the two partners.

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The Mysterious Disappearance Of Amelia Earhart (Amelia Earhart for Students Biography)

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Twenty-six women respond to invitations for promoting aviation to women, they called their club Ninety-Nines, Inc. Page 101 of the book Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit it says "The high-spirited women of the Ninety-Nines, although each had in common promoting aviation, confronted some difficulties in settling on officers to direct the organization."

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