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Amelia earhart planes she flew the coop

          Learn about her journey from takeoff to cruising altitude to her mysterious disappearance.

        1. Amelia Earhart set two of her many aviation records in this bright red Lockheed 5B Vega.
        2. She flew across the Atlantic ocean in a record 14 hours 56 minutes.
        3. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
        4. Surrounded by immersive STEM and history storytelling exhibits will be Muriel — the world's last remaining Lockheed Electra E — identical to the plane.

          5. She flew across the Atlantic ocean in a record 14 hours 56 minutes..


                  After the war, Amelia enrolled as a pre-med student at Columbia University in New York.

          During summer vacation, she visited her parents in Los Angeles. After her first airplane ride there, she was determined to learn to fly. She drove a truck and worked at the telephone company to earn the $1,000 for lessons.

          The delightful scene captures the essence of Amelia smil ing on two spirited young girls with dreams of taking flight in their homemade aircraft.

          Neta Snook taught her to fly at an airfield on the outskirts of town, reached by taking the bus to the end of the line and walking four miles. Her first solo flight was in 1921.

                  On her 25th birthday, with the financial help of her mother and sister, Amelia brought her first airplane, a bright yellow Kinner Canary.

          In October, 1922, she invited her family to an air meet at Rogers Air Field in Los Angeles, where she set the women's altitude record of 14,000 feet.

                  In 1924, Amelia's parents divorced.

          Amelia sold the Canary and bought