... one of the few women pilots of the time. Amelia got her first plane in 1922. Amelia called her new plane the Canary. She got it before she ever flew a plane by herself. The new airplane was light weight and had an air-cooled engine. The airplane was called the Canary because ... of its yellow color. She never did fly the Canary solo. She had her first crash in the Canary when she was with Neta Snook. Amelia did not ... woman's air derby. Amelia set a speed record July 6, 1929, and she set an altitude record April 8, 1931. In August 1932, Amelia set a woman's non-stop transcontinental sp...

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