mistices in November 1918.In her words she said: "There for the first time I realized what the World War meant."She also told about the horrible things that she saw like men without arms or legs, blind men, and even Paralyzed men.In the fall of 1919 Amelia enrolled as a pre- med student at Columbia University . She did well in her studies but decided to rejoin her parents in California where they reunited.A few Months after they reunited Amelia's father took Amelia to her very first "aerial meet". She was now quite interested in flying and the next day, she got a helmet boarded a plane and the moment she took off she knew she was born to fly Amelia soon began taking lessons from a pioneer aviatrix named Anita Snook . She had her lesson at Kinner field near long beach. Anita had restored a "canuck".. which is an old Canadian plane.In July Amelia purchased a her first airplane which she named "the Canary". She had lots of accidents due to the instability of planes back then. But by October 1922 Amelia began attempting to set a women's altitude record of 14,000, which was broken a few weeks later by an aviator named Ruth Nichols.Amelia Sold her "Canary" a little later and bought a canary-yellow car to drive her Mother cross-country to Boston ,which was quite a novelty back then. People loved to ask questions about the road and the fact that it was bright yellow was just part of the excitement.Amelia later took a job as a "novice" social worker and later became an employee. She joined the Boston Chapter of the National Aeronautic Association. The Boston Globe called her "one of the best women pilots in the United States." She always supported aviation, especially for Women.Then, on April 27,1926, her life would never be the same. She got a call from Captain H.H. Raily who asked her if she would like to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.She immediately became a celebrity and her life in front of a camera started. The press was al...
