Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, and also the first female pilot to make solo transatlantic and transpacific flights. During the war, Amelia worked as a military nurse in Canada, and later, she became a social worker and taught English to immigrant children. Besides work, Amelia had one hobby. She enjoyed watching airplane stunt shows, which were popular in the 1920’s. Then one day, she took 10-minute plane ride and knew what her vocation would be she would learn to fly.
After 10 hours of instruction and several crashes, Amelia was ready to fly. She made her first solo flight in 1921. By the next year, Amelia had saved enough money to buy her own plane. In1928, she flew with two other pilots from the United States to England. Though Amelia was just a passenger, she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic. The plane they flew in was ‘The Friendship’, and the trip was made on June 17-18th 1928.
After this, Amelia became very famous. In May 1932, she crossed the Atlantic alone, and set a new transatlantic crossing record of 13 hours, 30 minutes. Several years later, she became the first woman to fly from California to Hawaii. Amelia’s last flight began in June 1937. However, the American Coast Guard lost track of the plane and it was never found. No one knows what really happened, and Amelia Earhart’s disappearance remains a mystery to this day.