“I have a feeling that there is just about one more good flight left in my system and I hope this trip is it. Anyway when I have finished this job, I mean to give up long-distance "stunt" flying.” “We must be on you, but cannot see you - but fuel is running low” Amelia Earhart tearfully said through the radio, accounted as some of her final moments. Amelia Earhart is known for being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. On her flight doing so, she lost connection with the Itasca and strangely disappeared without a trace. Many theories say she survived and could be heard interrupting radio waves throughout the United States. I believe otherwise. I believe Amelia Earhart flying on course, ran out of fuel then crashed and sunk in the Atlantic. There just could be no possible way she could have lived. Technology was not advanced enough, and safety procedures were also not advanced enough. It was impossible for Amelia Earhart to have survived her plane wreck with all the possibilities. Her plane was malfunctioning days before, she was already low on fuel and far …show more content…
She spent her childhood growing up in states such as Kansas, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Canada, New York, and finally settling in California with her parents where her love for flying took off. Amelia in order to pay for her flying lessons she picked up odd jobs around the city. She received enough money to purchase Kinner Airster, her first airplane. Amelia also nicknamed her yellow plane, “The Canary”. The year 1922, Amelia flew her plane 14,000 feet, which was the world altitude record for women. By 1924 after being the 16th woman to receive her pilot license, Amelia has to sell her plane to cover her mother’s funds. Amelia lost contact with her flying interests, and soon moved to Boston, to enroll in College and soon becoming a teacher. Due to limited finances, Amelia dropped out of college and gradually got back into