By Ashley Collman PUBLISHED: 14:19 EST, 1 August 2013 | UPDATED: 15:33 EST, 1 August 2013 A TV anchor named after Amelia Rose Earhart plans to recreate the famous female pilot's 1937 attempt to fly around the world. The 30-year-old Denver traffic and weather reporter announced the plan at the 2013 Aviation show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin yesterday with co-pilot Patrick Carter. Rose Earhart, who recently discovered she was distantly related to her namesake, said she wanted to recreate the flight in order inspire adventure in others. Inspired: Amelia Rose Earhart, named after the first female pilot, will recreate the aviatrix's 1937 plan to fly around the world next summer
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Denver traffic and weather reporter Amelia Rose Earhart, 30, plans to retrace the first female pilot's 1937 fight around the world
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She will take off from Oakland, California next June with co-pilot Patrick Carter
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In addition to sharing a name with the famous pilot, the reporter also found that they are distantly related
The two will start their journey next June in Oakland, @placeholder, and spend about 100 hours tracing the 28,000 miles of Earhart's original flight.