Fun Facts

Fun Facts

1. Earhart won awards like the Harmon Trophy as America’s outstanding air woman in 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935.

2. Earhart completed in 1935, a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean, that began in Hawaii and ended in Calafornia.

3. “Earhart was the first person to ride an Autogiro across the United States.”

4. “In 1932 Earhart was the first woman to fly the fastest non-stop transcontinental flight." woman.

5. Earhart flies from Oakland to Honolulu, setting a new speed record in 1937.

6. By the time Earhart was 40 years old, she had gone around the curcumfrence of the World.(22,000 miles)

7. "Earhart earned many honors like, Distinguish flying Cross, Cross of the Knight and Legion of Honor."

8. Earhart piloted a small single Lockhead Eletra from Newfoundland to Ireland.

9. “In 1992 an expedition found certain objects like, a shoe and a metal plate which might have belonged to Earhart or Noonan.

10. Earhart and Noonan never made it to the next destination and their bodies nor their plane were discovered.

Earhart, Amelia (1897-1937)." Student Resource Center- Gold. Gale, 2003. Web. 26 Feb. 2010

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