Answer: Neta Snook had many ‘firsts’ of her own. She had attended a flying school close to her home town and became the first woman aviator in Iowa. She was the first woman to graduate from the Curtiss Flying School of Aviation, and also the first woman to set up her own flying school based at Kinner Field, Los Angeles. It was at the Kinner Field that Neta Snook first met Amelia. Neta was taken by how elegant Amelia looked, while she herself was dressed in dirty, greasy overalls, but was impressed by Amelia and immediately took a liking to her. Amelia asked Neta if she would teach her, and it was agreed that Amelia would become her pupil. Neta was then aged 24, just one year older than Amelia, but she was exactly the instructor that Amelia needed. Neta had already built up a lot of flying experience across the USA with her barnstorming show.
Amelia’s father was shocked at the cost of the lessons but Amelia was so keen to learn that she took a job to help pay for lessons with Neta. It was quite an exciting time for both Neta and Amelia and after the first lesson on 3 January, 1921 which lasted 20 minutes, they became great friends, with Neta often visiting Amelia’s family. During that time Neta also taught Amelia to drive a car and allowed her to have her flying lessons on credit.
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