Updated:
September
6,
2005
 melia
Earhart
is
the
world’s
most
famous
female
aviator. She
was
born
is
Kansas
on
July
24,
1897,
and
learned
to
fly
when
she
was
twenty-four
years
old. She
was
the
first
woman
to
fly
across
the
Atlantic
Ocean
and
the
first
person
to
fly
solo
over
both
the
Pacific
and
Atlantic
Oceans. In
1932
she
received
the
Air
Force
Distinguished
Flying
Cross. She
was
the
first
woman
to
receive
this
award. Amelia
Earhart
was
also
honored
in
Riverside
at
a
ceremony
held
at
the
Mission
Inn
on
February
3,
1936.
In 1937
Earhart
attempted
the
first
around-the-world
flight
at the
Equator
with
navigator
Frederick
Noonan. They
vanished
on July
2, 1937
over
the
Pacific
Ocean. They
had
completed
almost
two-thirds
of the
flight. To
this
day,
their
fate
remains
unknown. It
is assumed
the
plane
was
lost
at sea,
perhaps
running
out
of fuel. |
