Amelia Earhart: The life story you may not know
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Amelia Earhart: The life story you may not know
Portrait of Amelia Earhart
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1897: Born in Kansas
Amelia Earhart at six months
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1908: First airplane sighting
Amelia Earhart in 1904
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1910-1915: Family struggles
Amelia Earhart’s childhood home
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1918: Served as a nurse during World War I
Amelia Earhart graduation photo from Ogontz School
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1920: First airplane flight
Amelia Earhart and Captain Frank Hawk posed by plane
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1921: First flying lesson
Amelia Earhart seated in aircraft
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October 1922: Set a world altitude record for female pilots
Amelia Earhart seated in cockpit of her plane
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1923: Received her international pilot’s license
Amelia Earhart stands with plane
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1924: Hiatus from aviation
Amelia Earhart stands beside plane
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1924: Engagement to Samuel Chapman
Amelia Earhart with flying goggles
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June 1928: Flew across the Atlantic
Amelia Earhart and crew arrive in England
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Summer 1928: Overnight fame
Amelia Earhart addressing the crowd and radio audience
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Summer 1928: Published first book, ‘20 Hrs., 40 Min.’
20 Hrs 40 Min: Our Flight in the Friendship’ Cover Art
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1929: Co-founded the Ninety-Nines
Members of the Ninety Niners pose for a photo
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July 1930: Set the women’s flying speed record
Amelia Earhart beside Lockheed-Vega plane
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February 1931: Marriage to George Putnam
Amelia Earhart with David Palmer Putnam and plane
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May 1932: First solo female flight across the Atlantic
Amelia Earhart welcomed by crowd in Londonderry Ireland after transcontinental flight
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August 1932: First woman to fly coast-to-coast
Amelia Earhart welcomed by crowd in Newark after flight
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1932: Published autobiography, ‘The Fun of It’
Amelia Earhart waves to parade crowd
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1933: Friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt
Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt smile at event
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January 1935: Solo flight from Hawaii to California
Amelia Earhart greeted by crowds on Oakland airstrip
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March 1937: First round-the-world flight attempt
Amelia Earhart’s plane flies over the Golden Gate Bridge in Oakland
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June 1937: Second round-the-world flight attempt
Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan with a map showing flight route
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July 1937: Disappearance mid-flight
Amelia Earhart making standing on plane before final flight
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January 1939: Declared legally dead
Amelia Earhart siting in cockpit of small plane
