Amelia Earhart: A biography about the woman aviator.
Title: Amelia Earhart: A biography about the woman aviator.
Category: /Social Sciences/Sociology
Details: Words: 661 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Amelia Earhart: A biography about the woman aviator.
Category: /Social Sciences/Sociology
Details: Words: 661 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart was born on 24 July 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Her flying career began in Los Angeles in 1921 when, at age 24, she took flying lessons from Neta Snook and bought her first airplane-- a Kinner Airstar. Due to family problems, she sold her airplane in 1924 and moved back East, where she took employment as a social worker. Four years later, she returned to aviation bought an Avro Avian airplane and became the first woman
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substantiated. Modern analysis indicates that after passing the Nukumanu Islands, Earhart began to vector off course, unwittingly heading for a point about 100 miles NNW of Howland. A few hours before their estimated arrival time Noonan calculated a "sun line," but without a successful, radio-frequency range calculation, a precise "fix" on the plane's location could not be established. Researchers generally believe that the plane ran out of fuel and that Earhart and Noonan perished at sea.