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Amelia Earhart

The greatest and most ambitious woman pilot the

world has ever seen…

Presented By :Anwesha Panda

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Objective

• The objective of this PowerPoint is to show the accomplishments and life of one of the greatest female pilots to ever live… Amelia Earhart

The Early Days…

• Born July 24th, 1897 in Kansas

• She had no interest in flying while a child

• When Amelia was 10 years old, she saw her first plane "It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and looked not at all interesting.”

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The Thrill of Flying

• Then she took her first flight…"By the time I had got two or three hundred feet off the ground," she said, "I knew I had to fly."

Achievements…

• October 22, 1922 - Broke women's altitude record when she rose to 14,000 feet

• Fall 1929 - Elected as an official for National Aeronautic Association

• May 20-21, 1932 - First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

• August 24-25, 1932 - First woman to fly solo nonstop coast to coast; set women's nonstop transcontinental speed record

• April l9 - 20, 1935 - First person to fly solo from Los Angeles to Mexico City

• June 1, 1937 - Began flight around the world June 1937

More Achievements…

HistoryAmelia’s achievements span

throughout her career

Numerous of her records stood for many years

Fun Facts…

• Earhart was called "Lady Lindy" because her features resembled that of Charles Lindbergh.

More Facts…

• The United States government spent $4 million looking for Earhart, which made it the most costly and intensive air and sea search in history at that time.

The Unknown

• She left California on May 21,1937

"I have a feeling that there is just about one more good flight left in my system and I hope this trip is it. Anyway when I have finished this job, I mean to give up long-distance "stunt" flying."

The Crash

• It has been determined that the plane went down some 35-100 miles off the coast of Howland Island.

• A life raft was stowed on board but no trace has ever been found the raft.

Search and Rescue

President Roosevelt authorized a search of 9

naval ships and 66 aircraft at an estimated cost of

over $4 million. On July 18 the search was abandoned

by ships in the Howland area.

Crash Site

Legacy• Amelia Earhart was a widely known international celebrity

during her lifetime. Her shyly charismatic appeal, independence, persistence, coolness under pressure, courage and goal-oriented career along with the circumstances of her disappearance at a young age have driven her lasting fame in popular culture. Hundreds of articles and scores of books have been written about her life which is often cited as a motivational tale, especially for girls. Earhart is generally regarded as a feminist icon.[163]

• Earhart's accomplishments in aviation inspired a generation of female aviators, including the more than 1,000 women pilots of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) who ferried military aircraft, towed gliders, flew target practice aircraft, and served as transport pilots during World War II.[164][165]

Legacy continued…

• The home where Earhart was born is now the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum and is maintained by the Ninety-Nines, an international group of female pilots of whom Amelia was the first elected president.[166]

• A small section of Earhart's Lockheed Electra starboard engine nacelle recovered in the aftermath of the Hawaii crash has been confirmed as authentic and is now regarded as a control piece that will help to authenticate possible future discoveries.

• Many movies have been made on her including the award winning Amelia where she is portrayed by actress Hilary

Swank • She was also a successful author

Books by Earhart• Amelia Earhart was a successful and heavily promoted writer

who served as aviation editor for Cosmopolitan magazine from 1928 to 1930. She wrote magazine articles, newspaper columns, essays and published two books based upon her experiences as a flyer during her lifetime:

• 20 Hrs., 40 Min. (1928) was a journal of her experiences as the first woman passenger on a transatlantic flight.

• The Fun of It (1932) was a memoir of her flying experiences and an essay on women in aviation.

• Last Flight (1937) featured the periodic journal entries she sent back to the United States during her world flight attempt, published in newspapers in the weeks prior to her final departure from New Guinea. Compiled by her husband GP Putnam after she disappeared over the Pacific, many historians consider this book to be only partially Earhart's original work.

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