Flying Firsts and a Mystery: Who Was Amelia Earhart?
創下各種飛行先例及謎團：Amelia Earhart是何方神聖？
Amelia Earhart was an American female pilot known for breaking records and for her mysterious disappearance.
Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Kansas. From a young age, she liked to do things that girls weren't expected to do at that time. For example, Earhart played basketball and did a course in car repair.
In January 1921, Earhart started flying lessons with another early female pilot, Neta Snook. Later that year Earhart bought her first airplane — a bright yellow biplane she called "Canary."
In December 1921, Earhart got her flying license. And then in October 1922, she became the first woman to fly solo above 14,000 feet, or more than 4 kilometers high.
In 1932, Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the United States without stopping, taking 19 hours to go from Los Angeles to New Jersey.
In 1935, she became the first person to fly alone from Hawaii to California.
Earhart's final flight was never completed. In 1937, she was trying to become the first person to fly around the world by following the equator — a distance of about 47,000 kilometers. However, Earhart and her navigator, Frederick Noonan, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2. Earhart, Noonan and their airplane were never found.
Amelia Earhart 是一位1897年生於美國堪薩斯州的女飛行員。她從小時候起，她就喜歡做當時女生不被大眾預期會做的事。 例如，打籃球和參加汽車維修課。後來，Amelia成為第一位獨自飛越美國，且中途沒有停歇的女性。然而，她並未完成最後一次的飛行。1937年，Amelia和她的導航員Frederick Noonan消失於太平洋之上，連飛機都沒有被尋獲。
mysterious
strange and difficult to understand
神秘的
Police are looking into several mysterious deaths in the area.
警方正在調查該區域的數起死亡。
disappearance
the fact of someone or something being lost
失蹤
The disappearance of the cruise ship remains a mystery.
這艘郵輪的失蹤仍是一個謎團。
biplane
a type of airplane with two main pairs of wings placed one above the other
雙翼飛機
Biplanes like the Sopwith Camel were used on the Western Front during World War I.
像是Sopwith Camel的雙翼飛機以前在一戰期間用於西方戰線。
References:
https://engoo.com/app/daily-news/article/flying-firsts-and-a-mystery-who-was-amelia-earhart/-fwslPC1Eeu2Sq_P5xsa0Q
Picture credit:
Amelia Earhart, Seated in Airplane, Checking Equipment." 1937. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
