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Amelia Mary Earhart (/ˈɛərhɑːrt/; July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart joined the faculty of the Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and help inspire others with her love for aviation. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.
During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.
Born among the fields where the corn is wild
Amelia would sit and count Missouri miles
She was a born-to-wander Kansas City child
Sailing on the wings of a kite she'd play (sailing away)
Dreaming of the time she would fly away
And what was written on the wind, well you could say
Amelia Earhart do you read me
(Am I coming in loud and clear)
Send a message if you need me
And you know that I'll be there
High up in the skies in a flying machine (flying away)
Amelia looked down and realized her dream
And there it stretched as far away as she could see
People in the streets on the world below
Listen for the news on the radio
But could they see just how much further she would go
Amelia Earhart do you read me
(Am I coming in loud and clear)
Send a message if you need me
And you know that I'll be there
Heaven fell to earth on a broken wing (falling away)
A picture of a face in a magazine
But what was written in the end was never seen
Amelia Earhart do you read me
(Am I coming in loud and clear?)
Send a message if you need me
And you know that I'll be there
Amelia Earhart do you read me
(Am I coming in loud and clear?)
Send a message if you need me