Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart was one of the most popular celebrities of her time, and one whose story still resonates with the public today. Partly because of her mysterious disappearance as well as being the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Earhart is also well known for her activism and being one of the earliest supporters of the equal rights movement and being a member of the National Women’s Party as well as setting many records, and even writing bestselling books about her flying experiences as well as encouraging many young women to chase their dreams.
When Amelia Mary Earhart saw her first plane at the age of 10 at a state fair, she did not at all occur to her this was something she was even remotely interested …show more content…
After departing Miami, Florida on June 1 where they embarked on a journey through stops in the Caribbean, Central America and South America. West Africa, East Africa and then South Asia, India and eventually to South East Asia where repairs were made on some of the long distance instruments of her aircraft. After a stop in Darwin, Australia Amelia Earhart continued eastward to Lae, New Guinea, arriving there on June 29. This would be their last stop. Sadly, Amelia was only 2 stops short of returning safely to Oakland, California after a brief stop in Howland Island, and Honolulu. On July 2, 1937, midnight GMT, Earhart and Noonan took off for the final time, their destination was Howland Island, 2200 miles away, the longest over-water leg of the trip. To aid in radio communications, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca was stationed off Howland Island in case of an emergency. The Lockheed Electra took off from Lae in the morning hours. 8 hours later she called in to Lae for the last time. At 7:30, indicating the gas was running …show more content…
Ultimately, Gardner Island (now Nikumarorowas identified as a possible location for a landing an aircraft running out of fuel
In 2012, a photograph taken in October 1937 of the reef at Nikumaroro showed what experts observed determined was 'a blurry object sticking out of the water in the lower left corner of the black-and-white photo that was consistent with a strut and wheel of a Lockheed Electra landing gear.
In July 2007, an editor at Avionews in Rome compared the Gardner Island hypothesis to other non-crash-and-sink theories and called it the "most confirmed" of them. TIGHAR (The Earhart’s Project) research into the Electra’s vanishing produced a variation of documented archaeological and anecdotal evidence to support this
Amelia Mary Earhart was one of the most popular celebrities of her time, and one whose story still resonates with the public today. Partly because of her mysterious disappearance as well as being the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Earhart is also well known for her activism and being one of the earliest supporters of the equal rights movement and being a member of the National Women’s Party as well as setting many records, and even writing bestselling books about her flying experiences as well as encouraging many young women to chase their dreams.
When Amelia Mary Earhart saw her first plane at the age of 10 at a state fair, she did not at all occur to her this was something she was even remotely interested …show more content…
After departing Miami, Florida on June 1 where they embarked on a journey through stops in the Caribbean, Central America and South America. West Africa, East Africa and then South Asia, India and eventually to South East Asia where repairs were made on some of the long distance instruments of her aircraft. After a stop in Darwin, Australia Amelia Earhart continued eastward to Lae, New Guinea, arriving there on June 29. This would be their last stop. Sadly, Amelia was only 2 stops short of returning safely to Oakland, California after a brief stop in Howland Island, and Honolulu. On July 2, 1937, midnight GMT, Earhart and Noonan took off for the final time, their destination was Howland Island, 2200 miles away, the longest over-water leg of the trip. To aid in radio communications, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca was stationed off Howland Island in case of an emergency. The Lockheed Electra took off from Lae in the morning hours. 8 hours later she called in to Lae for the last time. At 7:30, indicating the gas was running …show more content…
Ultimately, Gardner Island (now Nikumarorowas identified as a possible location for a landing an aircraft running out of fuel
In 2012, a photograph taken in October 1937 of the reef at Nikumaroro showed what experts observed determined was 'a blurry object sticking out of the water in the lower left corner of the black-and-white photo that was consistent with a strut and wheel of a Lockheed Electra landing gear.
In July 2007, an editor at Avionews in Rome compared the Gardner Island hypothesis to other non-crash-and-sink theories and called it the "most confirmed" of them. TIGHAR (The Earhart’s Project) research into the Electra’s vanishing produced a variation of documented archaeological and anecdotal evidence to support this