George Putnum helped to discover Amelia and selected her on behalf of Mrs. Guest to make the transatlantic flight, that first made her famous.  Amelia and George grew closer after the 1928 flight when Amelia was working on her book, Our Flight in the Friendship, and she began to rely heavily on his advice in the matter.  Shortly after, in 1930, Putnum divorced his first wife after a year-long separation, and proposed to Amelia, who declined.  The two were always consumed in different projects, and only when they were working on the same thing could they find time to be together.  Both Amelia and George were known for their persistence of will, and after five times of saying no, Amelia agreed to marry him in a hangar at Lockheed.  She said yes, patted his arm, boarded a plane and flew away.      "I was well aware of Amelia’s unwillingness to have her wings clipped by conventional marriage vows.  With characteristic honesty she wrote a note to GP which she gave on their wedding morning." (Morrissey, 117).

(Butler, 251)

"Many well intentioned friends of both GP and Amelia prophesied a short and rocky voyage on the matrimonial sea.  They said that the spoiled, talented son of wealthy parents and the independent, mature young woman who had soared to fame though pure coincidence were certain to become incompatible before long." (Morrissey, 117).      During their marriage George put all of his projects on hold and made Amelia his career.  A their first year together came and went, and after that they remained together.