Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She held many records for altitude and distance and was interested in aviation from a young age after seeing her first airplane. In 1932, she broke several records by being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, the first person to do it twice, and setting the record for the longest nonstop distance flown by a woman. In 1937, Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during an attempted around-the-world flight, and it was concluded that her plane likely crashed after running out of fuel.