Distant relative of Amelia Earhart plans two-week flight around the world
Distant relative of Amelia Earhart plans two-week flight around the world
Amelia Earhart, a Denver traffic anchor on KUSA who is named after the legendary pilot, says the 28,000-mile flight around the world 'is one of the true flying adventures that's really going to propose a challenge.'
Amelia Earhart plans to complete her legendary namesake's doomed final flight around the globe in just two weeks.
Back in 1937, trailblazing aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart, 39, mysteriously disappeared over the South Pacific, but her legacy still inspires women (and men) to soar past boundaries.
Next summer, her distant 30-year-old relative hopes to become the youngest woman to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engine aircraft.
"I really started thinking about the possibility of flying around the world when I was 18. My flight training intensified over the last two to three years, so it was time to take it to the next level," Amelia Rose Earhart told the Daily News.
Earhart and co-pilot Patrick Carter will fly the Pilatus PC-12 NG - cited as one of the safest single-engine turboprop planes on the market - roughly 28,000 miles around the world in 14 days, making only 14 stops. Her proposed adventure begins and ends in Oakland, Calif.
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