Amelia Earhart buys her first plane

To complete her image transformation, she also cropped her hair short in the style of other female flyers.[34] Six months later, Amelia purchased a second-hand bright yellow Kinner Airster biplane which she nicknamed "The Canary." On October 22, 1922, Earhart flew the Airster to an altitude of 14,000 feet (4,300 m), setting a world record for female pilots. On May 15, 1923, Earhart became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license (#6017)[35] by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).

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