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In honor of the famous aviation pioneer, celebrating the national Amelia Earhart day.

Amelia Earhart was an author and American aviation pioneer who inspired women all over the world.

Today is her 123rd birthday, She was born in Atchison, Kansas, and she saw her first plane at a state fair when she was 10 years old.

She is an excellent in academics; She did not complete the graduation, because she opted to volunteer at the Toronto’s Spadina Military Hospital during World War 1.

She was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Earhart also wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences.

Just six months after she began flying lessons, she purchased her first plane, a bright yellow, second-hand biplane that she named The Canary.

On December 28, 1920, she went on her first airplane ride, an experience that prompted her to take flying lessons.

In 1935, Earhart was welcomed as a visiting professor at Purdue University, paving the way for more women in higher education.

Her flight in her Lockheed Vega from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, to Londonderry, Northern Ireland, was completed in a record time of 14 hours 56 minutes despite a number of problems.

Earhart set a number of aviation records in her short career.

Her first record came in 1922, when she became the first woman to fly solo above 14,000 feet.

She became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the United States mainland, Later she fly solo from Los Angeles to Mexico City.

The first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, a military decoration awarded for heroism or extraordinary achievement during an aerial flight.

Earhart wrote books about her flights like, 20 hours and 40 Minutes, The Fun of It, and Last Flight, along with articles, editorials, and columns for many magazines and newspapers.

Earhart became a 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license by the world governing body for aeronautics.

Amelia helped found the The Ninety-Nines, Inc., the international organization of women pilots.

She is the first president of that organization and held that position for two years.

She was an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.

She received Gold Medal honor from the National Geographic Society from then U.S. President Herbert Hoover.

In 1937 Earhart’s disappearance, the U.S. government immediately launched an extensive search and rescue attempt.

The government spent $4 million and scoured 250,000 square miles of ocean before calling off the operation some weeks later.

In July 1937, she embarked on an adventure attempt to round the world trip with her navigator, Fred Noonan but only to disappear over the Pacific Ocean near Howland Island.

George Putnam, Amelia’s husband, asked a judge in a Los Angeles court to declare Earhart legally dead on 5th Jan 1939 officially declared.

A century after she was born, Earhart continues to inspire women, but she also worked to create opportunities for women while she was alive.

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