Editing Amelia Earhart (section)

== Records and achievements ==

[[File:Amelia-dressed-to-fly (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Photo from Earhart's pilot license #6017 that is permanently housed at the [[Ninety-Nines Museum of Women Pilots]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140223115528/http://museumofwomenpilots.com/MusuemNews.html "Museum News & Events"] ''Museum of Woman Pilots'', Oklahoma City (archived). accessed: September 24, 2017.</ref><ref name="6017@npg.si.edu" />]]

* Woman's world altitude record: 14,000&nbsp;ft (1922)
* First woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean (1928)
* Speed records for 100&nbsp;km (and with {{convert|500|lb|abbr=on}} cargo) (1931)
* First woman to fly an autogyro (1931)
* Altitude record for autogyros: 18,415&nbsp;ft (1931)
* First woman to cross the United States in an autogyro (1931)
* First woman to fly the Atlantic solo (1932)
* First person to fly the Atlantic twice (1932)
* First woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross (1932)
* First woman to fly nonstop, coast-to-coast across the U.S. (1932)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/aearhart/timeline.php|title=Amelia Earhart Collection|website=collections.lib.purdue.edu|access-date=November 1, 2020|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126163245/http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/aearhart/timeline.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Women's speed transcontinental record (1933)
* First person to fly solo between Honolulu, Hawaii, and Oakland, California (1935)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earhart-flies-from-hawaii-to-california | title=Amelia Earhart flies from Hawaii to California &#124; January 11, 1935 }}</ref>
* First person to fly solo from Los Angeles to Mexico City (1935)
* First person to fly solo nonstop from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey (1935)
* Speed record for east-to-west flight from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii (1937){{sfn|Sloate|1990|pp=116–117}}
* First person to fly solo from the [[Red Sea]] to [[Karachi]] (1937)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morton |first=Michael Quentin |date=December 2021 |title=They Couldn't Stop Amelia Earhart |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/they-couldnt-stop-amelia-earhart-180979368/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207102453/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/they-couldnt-stop-amelia-earhart-180979368/ |archive-date=2024-02-07 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref>