Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was born in 1897 in Atchinson, Kansas and showed an early interest in typically male activities like rifle shooting. In her adulthood, she moved to California where she became fascinated with airplanes and received her pilot's license in 1923. Her greatest achievement was becoming the first pilot ever to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in 1935. In 1937, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to fly around the world, the first pilot to complete this feat.