After that first discovery flight , I was totally hooked . Amelia Rose Mary will try to complete the same global journey Amelia Mary had attempted 77 years ago . The trip will take about two and a half weeks , covering 14 countries . Earhart hopes to become youngest woman to circumnavigate the world in a single - engine aircraft . She is n't related to her famous namesake ... though for 30 years she thought she was .
Amelia Rose Mary will try to complete the same global journey Amelia Mary had attempted 77 years ago . The trip will take about two and a half weeks , covering 14 countries . Earhart hopes to become youngest woman to circumnavigate the world in a single - engine aircraft . She is n't related to her famous namesake ... though for 30 years she thought she was .