Amelia Rose Earhart

{{short description|American journalist and aviator}}

{{for|the American pilot who famously disappeared|Amelia Earhart}}

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|birth_place = Downey, California, United States

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|known_for = Completed a global circumnavigation flight in a single-engine aircraft; traffic and weather news anchor for KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado

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|first_flight_date = June 2, 2004

|famous_flights = Global circumnavigation from June 26 – July 11, 2014

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Amelia Rose Earhart (born January 18, 1983){{cite web |url=http://www.flywithamelia.org/team/ |title=The Amelia Project |publisher=Flywithamelia.org |date=2004-06-02 |access-date=2014-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203071428/http://www.flywithamelia.org/team/ |archive-date=2014-02-03 |url-status=dead }} is an American private pilot and former reporter for NBC affiliate[https://archive.today/20140226220042/http://www.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=375097 "Traffic and Weather Reporter Amelia Earhart leaving 9NEWS, decides to chase her aviation dreams"] 9NEWS KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado. In 2013, Earhart started the Fly With Amelia Foundation, which grants flight scholarships to girls aged 16–18.{{cite web |url=http://www.flywithamelia.org/foundation/ |title=Foundation |website=The Amelia Project |publisher=Flywithamelia.org |last=Earhart |first=Amelia Rose |date=n.d. |access-date=2014-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203121029/http://www.flywithamelia.org/foundation/ |archive-date=2014-02-03 |url-status=dead }}

Earhart was told by family members in her youth that she was a descendant of Amelia Mary Earhart.{{cite web |author=Larry Copeland |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/31/amelia-earhart-amelia-rose-earhart-flight/2595857/ |title=TV anchor, namesake to re-create Amelia Earhart flight |work=USA Today |date=2013-07-31 |access-date=2014-02-08 |archive-date=September 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922162349/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/31/amelia-earhart-amelia-rose-earhart-flight/2595857/ |url-status=live }} When she was in college, she hired a genealogist to research her connection to Amelia Earhart. That genealogist told her that she and Amelia shared a "distant common ancestry traced back to the 1700s", however, a second genealogical search in 2013 found there was no traceable connection.{{cite web|url = http://www.flywithamelia.org/mission/|title = The Mission|access-date = 12 February 2014|last = Earhart|first = Amelia Rose |date = 15 June 2014 |publisher = flywithamelia.org |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140203090056/http://www.flywithamelia.org/mission/ |archive-date = 3 February 2014}}{{cite web |author=Linda Carroll |url=http://www.today.com/news/modern-day-amelia-earhart-not-related-famous-aviator-6C10898691 |title=Modern-day Amelia Earhart not related to famous aviator |publisher=TODAY.com |date=2013-08-12 |access-date=2014-02-08 |archive-date=September 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922162418/https://www.today.com/news/modern-day-amelia-earhart-not-related-famous-aviator-6C10898691 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://flighttraining.aopa.org/magazine/2012/March/debrief.html |title=Debrief / Amelia Rose Earhart – Flight Training |publisher=Flighttraining.aopa.org |date=2006-11-30 |access-date=2014-02-08 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222063200/http://flighttraining.aopa.org/magazine/2012/March/debrief.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=The Amelia Project |date=July 31, 2013 |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amelia-rose-earhart-takes-flight-120000168.html |title=Amelia Rose Earhart Takes Flight; Announces Plans to Retrace Namesake's Legendary Around-the-World Adventure |publisher=Finance.yahoo.com |access-date=2014-02-08 |archive-date=September 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922162349/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amelia-rose-earhart-takes-flight-120000168.html |url-status=live }}

Earhart took her first flying lesson on June 2, 2004, and obtained her private pilot certificate in a Cessna 172. In December 2011, she recreated her namesake's transcontinental flight from Oakland, California to Miami, Florida in a Cirrus SR22, as a completion of her instrument training hours.{{cite web |last=Grady |first=Mary |url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/AmeliaEarhartFliesACirrus_205917-1.html |title=Amelia Earhart Flies A Cirrus |publisher=Avweb.com |date=December 21, 2011 |access-date=2014-06-01 |archive-date=June 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601073908/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/AmeliaEarhartFliesACirrus_205917-1.html |url-status=live }}

In July 2013, she was awarded the Amelia Earhart Pioneering Achievement Award by the Atchison, Kansas Chamber of Commerce. The award is given to the woman who carries on Amelia Earhart's spirit.{{cite web |url=http://www.atchisonkansas.net/index.php/chamber-events/amelia-earhart-festival/todays-pioneers/ |title=Today's Pioneers |publisher=Atchison Chamber of Commerce |access-date=2014-02-08 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221223034/http://www.atchisonkansas.net/index.php/chamber-events/amelia-earhart-festival/todays-pioneers/ |url-status=live }}

In partnership with Denver's Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Earhart completed a circumnavigation of the globe in a single-engine airplane with her copilot, Shane Jordan.{{cite web |author=Nina Bahadur |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/29/amelia-rose-earhart-flying-across-world_n_4690107.html |title=Meet Amelia Rose Earhart, The Woman Flying Around The World In 17 Days |publisher=HuffPost |date=January 29, 2014 |access-date=2014-02-08 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221025429/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/29/amelia-rose-earhart-flying-across-world_n_4690107.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url = http://www.flywithamelia.org/press/Amelia%20Rose%20Earhart%20Takes%20Flight_Oshkosh%20Announcement.pdf|title = Amelia Rose Earhart Takes Flight; Announces Plans to Retrace Namesake's Legendary Around the World Adventure|access-date = 12 February 2014|last = Earhart|first = Amelia Rose|date = n.d. |publisher = flywithalelia.org |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134034/http://www.flywithamelia.org/press/Amelia%20Rose%20Earhart%20Takes%20Flight_Oshkosh%20Announcement.pdf |archive-date = 22 February 2014}}Griggs, Mary Beth, [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/another-amelia-earhart-trying-fly-around-world-180951816/#9KDESYkYZ613doJ3.99 "Another Amelia Earhart is Trying to Fly Around the World"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922162350/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/another-amelia-earhart-trying-fly-around-world-180951816/#9KDESYkYZ613doJ3.99 |date=September 22, 2024 }} Smithsonian Magazine, June 20, 2014, retrieved June 21, 2014 Her route was to fly across the US, then south into the Caribbean, northeast Brazil, the South Atlantic Ocean, then the African continent, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Islands, and the Pacific Ocean before returning to California.{{citation |url=http://www.getconnected.aero/2014/05/ebace-2014-satellite-connectivity-help-recreate-amelia-earharts-flight/ |title=EBACE 2014: Connectivity to help relay Amelia Earhart's flight |first=Steve |last=Nichols |date=May 21, 2014 |publisher=Get Connected |access-date=June 21, 2014 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714134832/http://www.getconnected.aero/2014/05/ebace-2014-satellite-connectivity-help-recreate-amelia-earharts-flight/ |url-status=live }} retrieved June 21, 2014 Earhart and Jordan started the global circumnavigation flight on June 26, 2014, departing Oakland, California at 8:19 am Pacific Standard Time in a single engine Pilatus PC-12 NG. They made 17 stops during the 24,300 nautical-mile trip over 108 flying hours, landing back in Oakland without incident on July 11, 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/amelia-earhart-namesake-complete-historic-flight-article-1.1836534 |title=Amelia Earhart's namesake to attempt legendary pilot's flight around the world |publisher=NY Daily News |date=June 19, 2014 |first=Nina |last=Golgowski |access-date=2014-06-23 |archive-date=June 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620020854/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/amelia-earhart-namesake-complete-historic-flight-article-1.1836534 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ameliaearhartproject.com/faq/ |title=Frequently Asked Questions and Facts – The Amelia Project |publisher=Ameliaearhartproject.com |access-date=2014-06-23 |archive-date=June 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625055223/http://www.ameliaearhartproject.com/faq/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nightly-news/modern-day-amelia-earhart-sets-off-to-circle-the-globe-290122307897 |title=Modern-Day Amelia Earhart Sets Off to Circle the Globe |work=NBC News |access-date=2014-06-27}}{{citation |url=http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N58NG |title=N58NG |publisher=FlightAware |access-date=June 26, 2014 |archive-date=June 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626223813/http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N58NG |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=Joshua Hubbard |url=http://www.9news.com/story/news/2014/06/25/amelia-earhart-flight-around-world/11346715/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140625161647/http://www.9news.com/story/news/2014/06/25/amelia-earhart-flight-around-world/11346715/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 25, 2014 |title=Amelia Earhart to start global flight on Thursday |publisher=9news.com |date=June 25, 2014 |access-date=June 25, 2014 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/ameliaroseearhart |title=Amelia Rose Earhart |publisher=Facebook |access-date=2014-06-25}}Silva, Shayla (3 July 2014), [http://www.flyingmag.com/pilots-places/pilots-adventures-more/pilot-named-amelia-earhart-flies-around-world-honorary-flight#srPL8rJ4wVVx1xx5.99 Pilot Named Amelia Earhart Flies Around the World in Honorary Flight] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711032925/http://www.flyingmag.com/pilots-places/pilots-adventures-more/pilot-named-amelia-earhart-flies-around-world-honorary-flight#srPL8rJ4wVVx1xx5.99 |date=July 11, 2014 }}, Flying Magazine, retrieved 4 July 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jump-in.com.au/show/today/videos/3661627397001/ |title=Amelia Earhart Queen of the skies on Australian "Today" show |access-date=July 7, 2014 |archive-date=July 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101809/http://www.jump-in.com.au/show/today/videos/3661627397001/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Henry K. |url=http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2014/07/11/amelia-rose-earhart-completes-round-the-world-flight/ |title=Amelia Rose Earhart completes round-the-world flight – SFGate Blog |publisher=Blog.sfgate.com |access-date=2014-07-12 |archive-date=July 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713135937/http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2014/07/11/amelia-rose-earhart-completes-round-the-world-flight/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.kitv.com/news/woman-named-after-aviation-pioneer-retraces-flight/26892904#!bdwdm0 |title=Woman named after aviation pioneer retraces flight | More Local News – KITV Home |publisher=Kitv.com |date=2014-07-03 |access-date=2014-07-12}} On July 9, as she and Jordan were flying over Howland Island (the island Amelia Mary Earhart was searching for during her 1937 disappearance) she announced, via Twitter, the names of the first recipients of the Fly With Amelia Foundation flight training scholarships.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Amelia__Earhart |title=Amelia Earhart (Amelia__Earhart) on Twitter |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2010-04-15 |access-date=2014-07-12 |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715085622/https://twitter.com/Amelia__Earhart |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/ameliaroseearhart |title=Amelia Rose Earhart Facebook page |website=Facebook |access-date=June 25, 2014}}{{cite interview |title=Amelia Rose Earhart Completes Namesake's Around-the-World Flight |url=http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/07/14/amelia-rose-earhart-completes-namesake%E2%80%99s-around-world-flight |access-date=2014-07-15 |work=Fox News Insider |date=2011-07-06 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714235438/http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/07/14/amelia-rose-earhart-completes-namesake%E2%80%99s-around-world-flight |url-status=dead }}{{citation |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/amelia-rose-earhart-pilot_n_5585998.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000046/ |title=How Pilot Amelia Rose Earhart Is Breaking Through The Glass Ceiling Of Aviation |publisher=HuffPost Live |first=Rahel |last=Gebreyes |date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-16 |archive-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725200018/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/amelia-rose-earhart-pilot_n_5585998.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000046/ |url-status=live }}

She is in the second youngest woman to fly around the world, following Richarda Morrow-Tait, who was the first.{{cite book|title=Around-the-World Flights: A History|last=Stinson|first=Patrick M.|date=2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786462827|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PaLLtQ3tO_gC&pg=PA187|page=187|access-date=August 24, 2017}}

In 2023, she co-wrote and self-published her first book, titled Learn to Love the Turbulence.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti5LdGTN5Io My name is Amelia Rose Earhart and I flew a plane around the world: Book Announcement!] YouTube

In 2025, she appeared in Matthew Syed's BBC Radio 4 series Sideways, discussing taking risks.{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - Sideways, 71. Tempting Fate |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027tzx |website=BBC |access-date=12 February 2025}}