Amelia Rose Earhart (born 1983 in Downey, California, United States) is an American private pilot and former reporter for NBC affiliate KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado. In 2013 Earhart started the Fly With Amelia Foundation, which grants flight scholarships to girls aged 16–18. Earhart took her first flying lesson on June 2, 2004, and obtained her private pilot certificate in a Cessna 172. In December 2011, 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.