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.
President Hoover, with whom she met today, presenting Amelia Earhart with the Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society on June 21st of this year for her Transatlantic solo flight. Earhart and Anita Pollitzer did most of the talking, with the President paying close attention to what they had to say.