"Who Was Amelia Earhart?" ch. 5

Why did Amelia decide to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?

• She was paid $20,000

• She said, "When a great adventure is offered you -- you don't refuse it, that's all."

• She thought it was a good job for a woman.

• She wanted to see the ocean from the sky.

The airplane Amelia flew across the Atlantic was called

• the Yellow canary

• the Yellow Peril

• the Spirit of St. Louis

• the Friendship

On June 17, Amelia sent a cable to George Putnam telling him the Friendship was taking off. It said

• "Violet, Cheerio! A.E. "

• "I'm off now.A.E."

• "Goodbye, George, see you soon. A.E."

• "We are on our way, George! A.E."

On the flight across the Atlantic,

• Amelia and Wilmer took turns flying the plane

• they ran out of fuel

• Amelia wrote notes in her journal

• they landed in Spain

Although Amelia did not actually pilot the Friendship, she became

• the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean

• married to Wilmer Stultz

• a much better writer, since she had a lot of practice

• airsick for the first time in her life

Amelia did not actually fly the plane, but she became an instant hero because

• she found a new island in the Atlantic Ocean and named it the Friendship

• people though she was very brave

• women wanted her to get married

• she discovered she did not like tea

On her return to America, Amelia was met with

• many proposals of marriage

• Charles Lindbergh shaking her hand

• parades and speeches

• the discovery that she liked all the attention

Giving speeches gave Amelia the realization that

• she would be paid and could buy another airplane

• she could travel all over the world

• she could do tricks in her airplane

• she would have to give a special name to her new dog

Amelia's manager, George Putnam, set up lots of public appearances for Amellia. She also

• created a new line of hats for women to wear to parties

• wanted to become a scientist

• learned to be a great chef and made cakes in the shape of airplanes

• became an editor for "Cosmopolitan" magazine and wrote a column about aviation

In the flight over the Rocky Mountains, Amelia

• flew with a man in the plane for safety

• entered the Women's Air Derby flying from Santa Monica, California, to Cleveland, Ohio

• had trouble with the flight path

• flew in her first airplane, the Canary