Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart (born July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937, declared dead January 5, 1939)[source?] was an American aviator, one of the first women to fly a plane long distances. She was the first woman to fly a plane by herself across the Atlantic Ocean. She broke many records and showed how air travel had moved forward. She also wrote books, most of them were about her flights. Earhart vanished over the South Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937 while trying to fly around the world. She was declared dead on July 3, 1937.
Many theories stand in place about Amelia's end. Some believe she was a spy for the U.S. government and was captured by the Japanese on Gardner Island, others say she faked her death. The most plausible though is many researchers believe, which is that the Electra ran out of fuel and that Earhart and Noonan ditched at sea. The "crash and sink" theory is often the most widely accepted explanation of Earhart’s and Noonan’s fate.[1]
However, there is a range of documented, archaeological, and anecdotal evidence supporting the hypothesis that Earhart and Noonan found Gardner Island, uninhabited at the time, landed the Electra on a flat reef near the wreck of a freighter, and sent sporadic radio messages from there. It has been surmised that Earhart and Noonan might have survived on Nikumaroro for several weeks before succumbing.[2][3]
Amelia Earhart Media
Childhood portrait of Amelia Earhart
1963 U.S. Postal stamp honoring Earhart
Earhart in evening clothes
Earhart perched atop the dome of Low Memorial Library at Columbia in 1920. Earhart recalled in a 1933 interview, that "The first adventure I had at Columbia was in the air. I climbed to the top of the Library and then I descended into the intricate tunnels."
L–R: Neta Snook, Earhart's Kinner Airster and Amelia Earhart, c. 1921
Amelia Earhart, Los Angeles, 1928 X5665 – 1926 "CIT-9 Safety Plane"
Photo of Amelia Earhart prior to her transatlantic crossing of June 17, 1928
Commemoration Stone for Amelia Earhart's 1928 transatlantic flight, next to the quay side in Burry Port, Wales
Earhart walking with President Hoover in the grounds of the White House on January 2, 1932
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References
- ↑ Long, Marie K.; Long, Elgen M. (2000). Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved. Simon and Schuster. p. 216. ISBN 0-7432-0217-1.
- ↑ Billings, David 2000. Aircraft search project in Papua New Guinea. Wings Over Kansas. [1]
- ↑ Pyle, Richard. Diary a clue to Amelia Earhart mystery. democraticunderground.com via Associated Press, 1 April 2007. Retrieved: 10 December 2010.
Other websites
- Official Amelia Earhart Website Archived 2008-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Amelia Earhart at Find a Grave
Media related to Amelia Earhart at Wikimedia Commons
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