Do you know Amelia Earhart?

"I want to do it because I want to do it" - Amelia Earhart

 For those of you who don't know, Amelia Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. This coming Sunday, March 30, will mark the 82nd anniversary to Amelia achieving this amazing goal. Now that you have a bit of background, let get into who Earhart is and why she chose to be an aviator. 

Amelia Earhart was born on June 24, 1897 to parents Edwin and Amy Earhart. She was born in Atkinson, Kansas. From a very young age Earhart and her sister, Grace, were extremely active and did thing like climbing trees, hunting rats and "belly-slamming" her sled downhill. In other words, they were tomboys. The first sign that Earhart would go into aviation is actually when she was a young girl. She asked her uncle to help her build a ramp that looked like a roller coaster and fastened it to the top of the tool shed. When Earhart attempted to use it, disaster struck, but Earhart was so in awe that all she could say was "...it's just like flying!" even while having a torn dress and bruised lip.

The next sign came many years later in Toronto. Earhart and her friend when to the Canadian National Exposition. Here, one of the aviators decided to tease Earhart and her friends by flying the plane very low and near the two women. Earhart, being the incredible woman she was, stood her ground. "I did not understand at the time", said Earhart, "but I believe that little red airplane said something to me as it swished by."

The final sign, when Earhart realized she was meant to fly, was in Long Beach. Earhart and her father visited and airfield where Frank Hawks gave Earhart a ride. Earhart said "By the time I had got two or three hundred feet of the ground, I knew I had to fly."

And there you have it folks! If you have any comments or questions, please leave them below! Don't forget to subscribe.