_{“It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and not at all interesting,” she said}

After becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, Amelia decided to stay in the spotlight. She flew a solo flight from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast in the same year.

After forming the “Ninety Nines,” a now famous women pilots organization, and becoming its first president, Amelia married George Palmer Putnam, a New York publisher. Four years later, after many amazing feats and awards, Amelia planned her most amazing feat yet, a trip around the world.

On June 1, 1937, Amelia and her navigator, Fred Noonan, left in a Lockheed Electra 10E plane to circumnavigate the globe. It was only a short time after this that the last transmission was recieved from Amelia,"KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you, but cannot see you... gas is running low..."; After her last contact, Amelia has never been seen or heard from again.