Amelia Rose Earhart a second genealogical search in 2013 found there was no traceable connection. Earhart took her first flying lesson on June 2, 2004, and obtained her private pilot licence in a Cessna 172. In 2012, she recreated her namesake's transcontinental flight from Oakland, California to Miami, Florida in a Cirrus SR22, as a completion of her instrument training hours. In July 2013 she was awarded the Amelia Earhart Pioneering Achievement Award by the Atchison, Kansas Chamber of Commerce. The award is given to the woman who carries on Amelia Earhart's spirit. In partnership with Denver’s Wings Over the Rockies Air and
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight of a hands-on education area. Interest in the story of Amelia Earhart, especially with the release of "Amelia" in 2009, led film reviewers to recall the earlier Earhart portrayals. Rosalind Russell had played "an Earhart-esque flier in 1943's "Flight for Freedom"" and Susan Clark starred in the 1976 miniseries, "Amelia Earhart". Following closely the contemporary Earhart biographies that had appeared, "Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight" dramatized Earhart's final flight to the extent that more myth than fact comes through. Reviews of the performances in "Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight" were mixed, with some observers noting that the depictions were not