Amelia Rose Earhart Explained

Amelia Rose Earhart
Birth Date:January 18, 1983
Birth Place:Downey, California, United States
Known For:Completed a global circumnavigation flight in a single-engine aircraft; traffic and weather news anchor for KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado
First Flight Date:June 2, 2004
Famous Flights:Global circumnavigation from June 26 – July 11, 2014
Website:Website archives

Amelia Rose Earhart (born January 18, 1983)[1] is an American private pilot and former reporter for NBC affiliate[2] KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado. In 2013, Earhart started the Fly With Amelia Foundation, which grants flight scholarships to girls aged 16–18.[3]

Earhart was told by family members in her youth that she was a descendant of Amelia Mary Earhart.[4] When she was in college, she hired a genealogist to research her connection to Amelia Earhart. That genealogist told her that she and Amelia shared a "distant common ancestry traced back to the 1700s", however, a second genealogical search in 2013 found there was no traceable connection.[5] [6] [7] [8]

Earhart took her first flying lesson on June 2, 2004, and obtained her private pilot certificate in a Cessna 172. In December 2011, she recreated her namesake's transcontinental flight from Oakland, California to Miami, Florida in a Cirrus SR22, as a completion of her instrument training hours.[9]

In July 2013, she was awarded the Amelia Earhart Pioneering Achievement Award by the Atchison, Kansas Chamber of Commerce. The award is given to the woman who carries on Amelia Earhart's spirit.[10]

In partnership with Denver's Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Earhart completed a circumnavigation of the globe in a single-engine airplane with her copilot, Shane Jordan.[11] [12] [13] Her route was to fly across the US, then south into the Caribbean, northeast Brazil, the South Atlantic Ocean, then the African continent, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Islands, and the Pacific Ocean before returning to California.[14] Earhart and Jordan started the global circumnavigation flight on June 26, 2014, departing Oakland, California at 8:19 am Pacific Standard Time in a single engine Pilatus PC-12 NG. They made 17 stops during the 24,300 nautical-mile trip over 108 flying hours, landing back in Oakland without incident on July 11, 2014.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] On July 9, as she and Jordan were flying over Howland Island (the island Amelia Mary Earhart was searching for during her 1937 disappearance) she announced, via Twitter, the names of the first recipients of the Fly With Amelia Foundation flight training scholarships.[24] [25] [26]

She is in the second youngest woman to fly around the world, following Richarda Morrow-Tait, who was the first.[27]

In 2023, she co-wrote and self-published her first book, titled Learn to Love the Turbulence.[28]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Amelia Project . Flywithamelia.org . 2004-06-02 . 2014-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203071428/http://www.flywithamelia.org/team/ . 2014-02-03 . dead .
  2. https://archive.today/20140226220042/http://www.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=375097 "Traffic and Weather Reporter Amelia Earhart leaving 9NEWS, decides to chase her aviation dreams"
  3. Web site: Foundation . The Amelia Project . Flywithamelia.org . Earhart . Amelia Rose . n.d. . 2014-02-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203121029/http://www.flywithamelia.org/foundation/ . 2014-02-03 . dead .
  4. Web site: Larry Copeland . TV anchor, namesake to re-create Amelia Earhart flight . USA Today . 2013-07-31 . 2014-02-08.
  5. Web site: The Mission. 12 February 2014. Earhart. Amelia Rose . 15 June 2014 . flywithamelia.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203090056/http://www.flywithamelia.org/mission/ . 3 February 2014.
  6. Web site: Linda Carroll . Modern-day Amelia Earhart not related to famous aviator . TODAY.com . 2013-08-12 . 2014-02-08.
  7. Web site: Debrief / Amelia Rose Earhart – Flight Training . Flighttraining.aopa.org . 2006-11-30 . 2014-02-08.
  8. Web site: The Amelia Project . July 31, 2013 . Amelia Rose Earhart Takes Flight; Announces Plans to Retrace Namesake's Legendary Around-the-World Adventure . Finance.yahoo.com . 2014-02-08.
  9. Web site: Grady . Mary . Amelia Earhart Flies A Cirrus . Avweb.com . December 21, 2011 . 2014-06-01.
  10. Web site: Today's Pioneers . Atchison Chamber of Commerce . 2014-02-08.
  11. Web site: Nina Bahadur . Meet Amelia Rose Earhart, The Woman Flying Around The World In 17 Days . HuffPost . January 29, 2014 . 2014-02-08.
  12. Web site: Amelia Rose Earhart Takes Flight; Announces Plans to Retrace Namesake's Legendary Around the World Adventure. 12 February 2014. Earhart. Amelia Rose. n.d. . flywithalelia.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134034/http://www.flywithamelia.org/press/Amelia%20Rose%20Earhart%20Takes%20Flight_Oshkosh%20Announcement.pdf . 22 February 2014.
  13. Griggs, Mary Beth, "Another Amelia Earhart is Trying to Fly Around the World" Smithsonian Magazine, June 20, 2014, retrieved June 21, 2014
  14. retrieved June 21, 2014
  15. Web site: Amelia Earhart's namesake to attempt legendary pilot's flight around the world . NY Daily News . June 19, 2014 . Nina. Golgowski . 2014-06-23.
  16. Web site: Frequently Asked Questions and Facts – The Amelia Project . Ameliaearhartproject.com . 2014-06-23.
  17. Web site: Modern-Day Amelia Earhart Sets Off to Circle the Globe . NBC News . 2014-06-27.
  18. Web site: Joshua Hubbard . Amelia Earhart to start global flight on Thursday . https://archive.today/20140625161647/http://www.9news.com/story/news/2014/06/25/amelia-earhart-flight-around-world/11346715/ . dead . June 25, 2014 . 9news.com . June 25, 2014 . June 25, 2014 .
  19. Web site: Amelia Rose Earhart . Facebook . 2014-06-25.
  20. Silva, Shayla (3 July 2014), Pilot Named Amelia Earhart Flies Around the World in Honorary Flight, Flying Magazine, retrieved 4 July 2014.
  21. http://www.jump-in.com.au/show/today/videos/3661627397001/ Amelia Earhart Queen of the skies on Australian "Today" show
  22. Web site: Lee . Henry K. . Amelia Rose Earhart completes round-the-world flight – SFGate Blog . Blog.sfgate.com . 2014-07-12.
  23. Web site: Woman named after aviation pioneer retraces flight | More Local News – KITV Home . Kitv.com . 2014-07-03 . 2014-07-12.
  24. Web site: Amelia Earhart (Amelia__Earhart) on Twitter . Twitter.com . 2010-04-15 . 2014-07-12.
  25. https://www.facebook.com/ameliaroseearhart Amelia Rose Earhart Facebook page
  26. Amelia Rose Earhart Completes Namesake's Around-the-World Flight . 2014-07-15 . Fox News Insider . 2011-07-06.
  27. Book: Stinson, Patrick M.. Around-the-World Flights: A History. 2011. McFarland. 978-0786462827 . 187.
  28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti5LdGTN5Io My name is Amelia Rose Earhart and I flew a plane around the world: Book Announcement!

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