I think I'd like to learn to fly. — Amelia Earhart · Smartyfair

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I think I'd like to learn to fly. — Amelia Earhart · Smartyfair

I think I'd like to learn to fly.

Amelia Earhart1897–1937 · aviator · 1900s USAAmelia Earhart was a pioneering pilot who became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.7 quotes

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What turned up: The Fun of It (1932), Chapter 2 'Aviation and I Get Together' — primary text on Wikisource, her own recollected words to her family.
Work: The Fun of It
Occasion: 1932
Sources checked: en.wikisource.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026Wikisource full-text transcription of The Fun of It, Chapter 2, verbatim quoted sentence; original reads '"I think I'd like to learn to fly," I told the family casually that evening' — closing comma normalized to a period for standalone use.

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