Amelia’s inspiration began when she was 10 years old. She saw a flying machine for the first time at the Iowa State Fair in 1908. The biplane she saw had double wings. It was made of wire, wood, and oiled canvas. It resembled to a large box kite. Soon, Amelia took her first airplane ride with a famous record-setting pilot, Frank Hawks. On her 24th birthday, July 24, 1922, her mother and sister helped her buy Kinner Canary, a bright yellow biplane. Amelia watched from the sidelines as famous aviators took the challenge of long-distance flights. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic. Then, inspired by Charles Lindbergh Amelia became the first women to fly across the Atlantic. Then after other flights, Amelia decided to fly around the world. Amelia spent many months planning her adventure. This flight was 27,000 miles. She had to be very careful. Her plan was to begin by leaving Oakland and fly to Honolulu. From Honolulu, Amelia would fly to Howland Island. Howland Island was in the central Pacific, making it hard to find without professional equipment. From Howland Island, they would fly to Port Darwin. Port Darwin is in northern Australia. Then they would go to Africa by way of Saudi Arabia. Then her and her navigator would cross the south Atlantic to Brazil and fly …show more content…
It was said to have happened because Amelia was spying on them. There are three facts to support this theory. The first is that Amelia was good friends with Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In other words, it meant he could trust her so much to give her that mission. U.S. wanted to know about activities on Japanese Islands. These facts could also be a fact that backs up this theory. There was also hostility, or unfriendly behavior, between the United States and Japan. This hostility is increasing. This theory, supported by these three facts, has the possibility of being