Interview with Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was a pioneering aviator (1897-1939) and the first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. She began flying in 1920 and was taught by Anita Snook, herself a pioneering aviator. She gained her flying license in 1923, becoming only the sixteenth woman to be issued with one. In 1928, she became the first woman to be flown across Atlantic, one year after Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly non-stop across the same ocean. It was in 1932 that Earhart became the first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic, afterwards receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Cross of Knight of the Legion of Honor. She also held a number of other records, including being the first person to fly sole from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland California. Earhart (1897-1939) disappeared without trace over the Pacific Ocean whilst making a transcircumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937. The exact circumstances of her disappearance remain a mystery to this day.

In this video, Earhart explains how she became interested in flying, and discusses the autogyro altitude record she broke in 1931.