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| − | '''Amelia Earhart''' was born in 1897. | + | [[Image:Earhart.jpg|right|thumb|Amelia Earhart]] |
| + | '''Amelia Earhart''' was born in 1897. In 1931, she married book publisher [[George P. Putnam]], who had helped organize her transatlantic flight in 1928 with co-pilots. | ||
| − | She was the first [[female]] [[pilot]] to cross the [[Atlantic Ocean]] alone. | + | She was the first [[female]] [[pilot]] to cross the [[Atlantic Ocean]] alone in 1932, and also the first female pilot to cross the [[Pacific Ocean]] alone. Her flight across the Atlantic Ocean was exactly five years after the flight by [[Charles Lindbergh]], and she broke the record for crossing in the shortest time. |
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| + | Earhart also attempted to circumnavigate the world twice, but failed the first time, and disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean the second time. She was never heard from again. | ||
[[Category:Women|Earhart, Amelia]] | [[Category:Women|Earhart, Amelia]] | ||
Revision as of 04:25, May 21, 2007
Amelia Earhart was born in 1897. In 1931, she married book publisher George P. Putnam, who had helped organize her transatlantic flight in 1928 with co-pilots.
She was the first female pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean alone in 1932, and also the first female pilot to cross the Pacific Ocean alone. Her flight across the Atlantic Ocean was exactly five years after the flight by Charles Lindbergh, and she broke the record for crossing in the shortest time.
Earhart also attempted to circumnavigate the world twice, but failed the first time, and disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean the second time. She was never heard from again.