hyÂ·perÂ·kiÂ·netÂ·ic. adjective. Having or exhibiting hyperkinesia or hyperactivity. Wildly fast-paced or excited; frenetic: a hyperkinetic sales pitch.
On October 22, 1922, she flew her plane to 14,000 feetâthe world altitude record for female pilots. On May 15, 1923, Amelia Earhart became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license by the world governing body for aeronautics, The Federation Aeronautique.
The fate of pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart has remained a mystery for decades. After achieving worldwide fame by becoming the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic, Earhart vanished along with her navigator, Fred Noonan, over the Pacific Ocean on 2 July 1937.