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    Amelia Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, for which she received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross. She was also the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross. Earhart set many other aviation records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and helped establish The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. In 1937, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, sparking ongoing public fascination with her life and career.

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    Amelia Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, for which she received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross. She was also the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross. Earhart set many other aviation records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and helped establish The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. In 1937, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, sparking ongoing public fascination with her life and career.

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    Amelia Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, for which she received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross. She was also the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross. Earhart set many other aviation records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and helped establish The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. In 1937, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, sparking ongoing public fascination with her life and career.

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    Amelia Mary Earhart (/ˈɛərhɑːrt/, born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937) was an

    American aviation pioneer and author.[1][Note 1] Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the
    Atlantic Ocean.[3][Note 2] She received the United States Distinguished Flying Cross for this
    accomplishment.[5] She set many other records,[2] wrote best-selling books about her flying
    experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female
    pilots.[6] In 1935, Earhart became a visiting faculty member at Purdue University as an advisor
    to aeronautical engineering and a career counselor to women students. She was also a member of
    the National Woman's Party and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.[7][8]
    During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-
    funded Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonandisappeared over the
    central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career, and disappearance
    continues to this day

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