A distant relative of famed aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart is recreating her historic flight around the globe, in hopes she'll inspire others to fly off in the spirit of their dreams. Amelia Rose Earhart, a 30-year-old TV weather reporter and news anchor at Denver's Kusa, shares her famous relative's name - and her passion, too. Amelia Rose will join Patrick Carter, an adventurer and businessman from Fayetteville, Ark., on a 100-hour flight next summer that is designed to approximate Amelia Earhart's original 1937 trip, the Detroit Free Press reports. The female aviation pioneer made it three-quarters of the way along her...
- 8/1/2013
- by Andrea Billups
- PEOPLE.com
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