“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.” Amelia Earhart was a legendary American aviator who conquered the skies and set many records from 1922 to 1937, including being the first individual to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. In 1937 while attempting to successfully circumnavigate the globe, Earhart vanished and never reappeared. The United States enacted a massive hunt for her costing millions of dollars and spanning various continents to no avail. Eighty years later her mysterious disappearance and the lack of her plane wreckage still captivates individuals as the mystery remains unsolved. There are many theories as to what happened to Amelia Earhart. The most credible theory is the crash and sink theory. Another theory which is very popular is the one that states that might have died as a castaway. The most intriguing theory is the spy theory.
The prevailing theory after her disappearance was discovered was that her plane crashed and sank near in the Pacific Ocean near Howland …show more content…
The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery theorizes that Earhart survived a rough landing on a remote atoll in the Pacific but died soon after. The theory also goes that while stuck on the reef , Earhart and Noonan unsuccessfully attempted to radio for help. Their plane was eventually washed into the ocean by rising tides, leaving them alone on the uninhabited island of Nikumaroro, or Gardner Island, about 350 miles south of Howland Island. In October 1937, months after Earhart and Noonan went missing, Colonel Service Cadet Officer Eric Bevington took an image of the shoreline of Gardner Island. TIGHAR claims that a blurry form in the photo could be landing gear parts from Earhart’s Electra. They also claim that a skeleton of a castaway that was found on the island in 1940, tested decades later, is consistent with a female of Earhart’s height and ethnic
The prevailing theory after her disappearance was discovered was that her plane crashed and sank near in the Pacific Ocean near Howland …show more content…
The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery theorizes that Earhart survived a rough landing on a remote atoll in the Pacific but died soon after. The theory also goes that while stuck on the reef , Earhart and Noonan unsuccessfully attempted to radio for help. Their plane was eventually washed into the ocean by rising tides, leaving them alone on the uninhabited island of Nikumaroro, or Gardner Island, about 350 miles south of Howland Island. In October 1937, months after Earhart and Noonan went missing, Colonel Service Cadet Officer Eric Bevington took an image of the shoreline of Gardner Island. TIGHAR claims that a blurry form in the photo could be landing gear parts from Earhart’s Electra. They also claim that a skeleton of a castaway that was found on the island in 1940, tested decades later, is consistent with a female of Earhart’s height and ethnic