Amelia+Earhart

by DeSean, Grade 5

Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot to fly trans-Atlantic. She made a big difference in male and female aviation. Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897. Amelia got the idea of aviation from one of the roller coasters in St. Louis when she was a child. She was also inspired by Charles Lindbergh. She first made a home-made ramp. The ramp was held on top of a tool-shed. Then she got a wooden box and slid down the ramp. She said “It’s just like flying!” When she grew up she went to flying school. At flying school she learned how to fly two-motor planes. After that she was ready to fly.

Amelia Earhart flew all over the world. But one day she flew with low gas and a broken right wing. She crashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. Her body wasn’t found. It was a never-ending mystery of where she died.