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    As a young girl Amelia was always different from the other children 

because of her vast interest in mechanical items and contraptions. One 

day she was at the railroad with her father and discovered that she had 

an intense fascination with new places and new people. So Amelia 

decided to ask her father about her newly discovered dream. “Dad, how 

can my dream of traveling the world become reality?” she questioned.

    “Well the only profession I can think of for that dream would be a 

pilot,” her father responded, “but the issue with becoming a pilot is that it is 

mostly for men and not for women.”

    After her conversation with her Father she could not stop thinking 

about becoming a pilot and fulfilling her dreams no matter what others 

believed.

    At an air show in Long Beach in 1920 Amelia had her very first real 

experience flying in a plane when she had received a ride in one of the 

show planes. After that day she decided the plane spoke to her in 

ways other things did not so she needed to learn to fly so that she 

could live her childhood dream and become a pilot. So after working at 

various jobs she saved enough money to buy lessons from fellow 

female pilot Anita Snook. When the day finally came that she could 

take the lessons she was ecstatic. “Hello Anita, my name is Amelia 

Earhart and I am here to become a pilot like you!” she said cheerfully.

“Hello Amelia, I am very excited to teach you how to fly seeing as this 

is not a desire for most other women,” said Anita “well why don’t we 

start these lessons already!” 

After Amelia had taken her lessons she finally received her pilot's 

license. It was like the old Amelia was gone, and now in her place 

stood a strong, independent, confident women.

    After much planning 

Amelia has decided to 

talk to her husband, 

George Putnam, about 

planning her own solo 

flight across the Atlantic 

Ocean. So one day 

Amelia approaches her 

husband to ask his 

approval. 

                “George, I have to ask a favor of you,” Amelia asked 

and he nodded as a sign of approval, “I was hopeful that you 

would support and assist me in planning my solo flight across 

the Atlantic.”

“Of course I will help you plan your trip,” George stated, “I 

believe that it will help your career as an aviator and as a public 

figure for women.” Later that day Amelia and George 

announced to the public that she would be flying solo across the 

Atlantic on the fifth anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's’s flight. 

    As Amelia’s solo flight crept closer and closer she had to select her 

course for the expedition and plan out where is going to be flying. She 

stayed at home and charted her course all day and finally decided on the 

course from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland to Paris, France. Amelia had to 

do one last thing before her big flight in a few days, she had to take her 

plane out on a test run to make sure everything is working fine. Once she 

had come home from the test run she could rest easy until her flight 

knowing everything was in place and working correctly. 

    The day finally came for one the most important 

flights of Amelia’s public life, and her life as an 

aviator. As Amelia began to leave, the crowd of 

people seeing her off all shouted “Good Luck!” 

Amelia responded with a sincere thank you.

 “Thank you all so much for the immense support on 

all of my journeys so far, and hopefully future 

journeys!” With that Amelia took off from Harbor 

Grace, Newfoundland. Her dream was finally 

becoming reality, she was finally becoming who she 

wanted to be, and her life was becoming everything 

she dreamed.

    On the flight Amelia encountered some difficulties with weather 

conditions and icing on the wings. Once the difficult flight had 

gotten to hour 12 the conditions just keep getting progressively 

worse there was ice engulfing the wings inch by inch, very dense 

white clouds blocking her vision, and the plane had begun to 

malfunction as a sign of giving up with the harsh conditions. Over 

the radio Amelia had to tell her crew that she would not be 

landing in Paris but making a detour and finishing her intense 

journey in Northern Ireland. “Aright, my plane has had enough of 

these conditions and I do not think it can handle anymore,” 

Amelia communicated “I will have to make my final landing place 

sooner than I thought.” Then with that she proceeded to head 

toward her new landing location.

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