Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was an American aviator and author who became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She disappeared in 1937 while attempting a round-the-world flight.

1932 transatlantic flight: Amelia Earhart's solo flight from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland on May 20–21, 1932. This flight made her the first woman to cross the Atlantic alone by air.
World flight of Amelia Earhart: Amelia Earhart's 1937 attempt to circumnavigate the globe by aircraft with navigator Fred Noonan. This was the flight on which Earhart and Noonan disappeared.
George P. Putnam: An American publisher and promoter who married Amelia Earhart and helped manage her public career. Putnam arranged publicity and sponsorships for Earhart's aviation career.
Women in aviation: The participation and contributions of women in piloting, aircraft design, and aviation-related work. Earhart's achievements made women's flying more visible to the public.
Earhart disappearance theories: Competing explanations for the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan during their 1937 Pacific flight. The aircraft's fate remains unknown, and the leading explanations differ over where it went.
Friendship (aircraft): The Fokker F.VIIb/3m flown by Amelia Earhart across the Atlantic in 1928 with Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon. Earhart's 1928 crossing in this aircraft brought her international fame before her solo flight.
Fred Noonan: An American navigator who accompanied Amelia Earhart on the 1937 world-flight attempt. Noonan was responsible for celestial navigation across long oceanic routes.
Neta Snook: An American aviator who taught Amelia Earhart to fly in California. Snook gave Earhart her first formal flying instruction.
Transatlantic flight: A flight across the Atlantic Ocean, a route that became a major aviation milestone in the early twentieth century. Earhart's solo crossing established a record for women on this route.
International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery: A nonprofit organization that investigates historic aircraft losses, including Amelia Earhart's disappearance. The organization has searched for evidence supporting the Nikumaroro hypothesis.

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