Question

Factors that inspired amelia to become an aviatorand the difficulties that she faced.

Answer 1

The factors that inspired Amelia Earhart to become an aviator are :

1. Her parents encouraged her to take up various activities.

2. An event at an airshow in Los Angeles in 1920 inspired her to take up aviation as a career. Her father paid the famous aviator Frank Hawks $ 10 to take her on her first flight, a 10 minute jaunt.

Some of the difficulties she had to face on her solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932 were :

1. Leaking gasoline

2. The plane going into a spin

3. A broken altimeter