There's a new Amelia Earhart — literally — taking to the skies

There's a new Amelia Earhart — literally — taking to the skies
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It's 1937 all over again: Amelia Earhart just left Oakland, California, in her single engine plane, ready to circle the globe.

This Amelia Earhart is no relation to the aviation pioneer who disappeared in the Pacific while attempting to circumnavigate the world, but is instead a 31-year-old traffic and weather reporter looking to follow in the footsteps of her namesake. "I did to a certain extent feel like I needed to become a pilot," she told NBC News.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.