After flying for the first time, Earhart with her yellow Canary went 14,000 feet up in the sky. This was the world altitude record for a woman pilot back then. The aeronautic authorities soon gifted Earhart with her official pilot’s license in the year 1923. She was the 16th woman to receive this. She soon went on to become the first lady pilot to cross the U.S. nonstop, from coast to coast in a plane.