Amelia Earhart

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There are many theories as to what became of Amelia Earhart. There are three most prominent and probable theories.

1) Some believe she crash landed in the ocean. The plane she was flying would have sunk within minutes, and as life rafts had been removed from the plane to save space/reduce weight, it is likely she and her companion on the trip, Fred Noonan, would have drowned. However, there have been multiple radar searches over miles of the sea floor around Howland Island (her intended destination) to know avail.

2) Another theory is that she crash landed in the jungles of New Britain, somewhere near the Mevelo River. During World War II, an Australian patrol of soldiers found a plane in the jungle in that area. It was badly corroded and damaged. It had two engines which matched the type on Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10E, the model of the plane she was flying. They pulled an identification tag off the plane and continued onward. Later they passed this identification plate up their chain of command, and determining that it was neither Australian or Japanese military, the Australians passed it onto the Americans. The Americans also determined it did not belong to their military and determined that it was a civilian aircraft. The tag has since been lost but the report the soldiers made had a note, "ref. 600 H/P. S3H/1 C/N 1055". This could match Amelia Earhart's plane, as her plane had a construction number (C/N) 1055, and had two Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S3H1 Wasp engines rated at 600 horsepower (600 H/P. S3H/1) Moreover, there were no other planes of that type reported missing in the area around New Guinea and New Britain around that time. These specifications fit her Lockheed Electra 10E, however it does not conclusively prove that the plane was hers, as the soldiers did not get a serial number on the plane. Earhart's serial number was NR 16020. The plane's location has since been lost and many attempts have been made and continue to be made to find the plane again. However, Earhart had left from Lae in Papua New Guinea and reached Howland Island it is believed. However, it is very hard to see and with the weather conditions the way they were, it is believed she could not find it. For her to have crashed in New Britain, she would have had to turned around and flown 3500 km back towards Lae, with already a low amount of gas (we believe that she was low on gas).

3) Another theory, and perhaps the most accepted one, is that when she was unable to find Howland, she instead flew southeast towards what was then called Gardner Island (now called Nikumaroro). This fits one of her transmissions where she stated that she could not find Howland and was flying instead along the 157/337 line of position, as it would give her the greatest chance of finding land soon (already being short on fuel and in need of a landing spot). Gardner Island was in that line's path, is much more visible from the air than Howland would have been, and had a flat reef that a pilot could easily have made an emergency landing on. The place had not been inhabited in 40 years, however when the a search plane flew overhead the island a couple weeks after the disappearance, it could see signs of recent habitation. However, not receiving any signal or sign of a person when circling overhead, they decided that nobody was there, and investigated no further. Later however a group known The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) theorized that this island was where Earhart crashed, and so they did work scouring the island for clues. In one area, they found a skeleton matching her height, as well as what appeared to be where someone had made a camp. There were crude tools made from pieces of sophisticated technology (parts of an aircraft), a piece of aluminum sheeting (possibly a part of the plane), a clear piece of Plexiglas with the curvature and thickness matching that of the window of her Electra, among other aircraft debris. There was also the sole of a woman's shoe of the type that she was known to wear, however it was a size 9 and it is believe she wore a size 6. There were a piece of a sextant eyepiece (an aerial navigational tool) found at the scene. Original examinations of the skeleton determined it belonged to a man, however later examinations (1998) determined it was that of a woman of European descent. The height also matched her's. Moreover, a transmission heard, one of the last transmissions believe to be from her, was believed to have been taken from the ground, and she could be heard saying "ship of a reef". On Gardner Island at that time, there was the wreckage of S.S. Norwich, which ran aground there 8 years earlier and was a distinct feature of the Island.

Amelia Earhart met Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt at the White House in 1933. == ==

no one really knows but i do she was flying in her plane and she flew it in this triangle things and she vanished and probaly went back in time or forward in time u never know but i think she is still alive

Amelia Earhart was a women's right activist. She spoke at universities and encouraged women to do what they want. Earhart was a flapper-girl, doing brave things for women in a time when most were stay at home wives. Earhart was kind of an unofficial activist, she inspired women to do what they want by just doing what she wants.

There is some evidence(Letters from amelia) by Jean Backus, that she had a bout with Pleurisy in the ealry twenties. Obviysly peole do not brag about illnesses or potential handicapping situations. There is a lot of interesting material in this book that is not very well documented, lilke an accident-rescue sequence that involved Earhart and another aviatrix, possibly Louise Thaden- I have fialed to substantiate that one, which cetainly would have made the papers.

Look at her previous pictures before going to California and then afterwards, then form your own opinion. But now, they're much smaller. I truly think she went back to "natural" for the Colorado audience...

In the very late nineties or around 2000. The death received little publicity. she died in Connecticut. Her name was Muriel Earhart Morrissey. She wrote two books about her (Courageous sister).

According to one biographer, yes, (Briand- daughter of the stars) The name is of course Germanic. It is closer to Honest Buck than a winged circulatory organ as Ehre is honor and hart is a male deer! Other writers have suggested she may have practiced the Episcopal religion her sister, who died fairly recently, was an Episcopalian. an interesting question. My Dad was something of an Earhart fan having met her once (in 36) at a book-signing fete. He told me- when I was a young man I had the hots on her, like you do with Gina Lollobrigida- but, I actually got to meet her. As her husband was a publisher, book promos could easily be arranged, this being one way John Q Public can have close encounters with celebrities. Dad, Of course, was of the Lutheran faith, He assumed Amelia was.

That was her intent. She flew because she could and changed the world.

Once as she landed in a field, the crowd rushed toward her and she turned and faced the plane. Her copilot asked what she was doing and Earhart answered: "I'm putting on makeup." -- Always the girl.

Yet Amelia's Lockheed Electra was within 75 miles of her target Howland Island when her radio cut out.

US CGC Itasca Chief Radioman Leo Bellarts 30, was on watch that morning and said: "In the early morning, signals came in pretty good. I actually did go outside and stand right out the radio shack and thought I would hear a motor any second. Her voice was loud and clear; sounded frantic on her last transmission. Then it cut off."

The US then sent nine ships, 66 aircraft, and well over 3,000 sailors and airmen. They covered well over 250,000 sq. miles of open sea and every island within a 650 mile radius of Howland.

Amelia Earhart was an American heroine, a record-breaking aviatrix, and a celebrity world wide.

You Search for what you want to keep; you Hunt for what you want to catch.

Taken from, The Hunt For Amelia Earhart

Douglas Westfall, historic publisher, Specialbooks.com

Amelia Earhart was a risk-taker. She had been challenging herself for years, repeatedly participating in flying events and making difficult trips by air, such as her flight across the Atlantic in 1928. Prior to her June 1937 attempt at an around-the-world trip, she had sometimes undertaken flights that put her life in danger; she was doing what no other woman aviator had ever accomplished. It was in early 1937 when she decided she wanted to try to be the first woman to fly around the world.

She began her preparation in March 1937, by making her first practice attempt at a long distance flight; unfortunately, that effort was not only unsuccessful, but worse yet, it seriously damaged her plane. Undaunted, she was determined to try again, as she had confidence in her ability to make one last amazing flight. She had her twin-engine plane repaired and rebuilt, and took off from Miami on June 1st, with her navigator Fred Noonan. As we know today, she did not complete that flight; but the fact that she was unsuccessful was not in any way due to a lack of preparation nor a lack of courage on her part. She died doing what she loved most.

SHe was Amelia "Amy" Otis Earhart of Atchison, Kansas

Amelia Earhart was a very famous and inspiring American aviatrix. One of her main accomplishments was becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic as well as the Pacific. She had many other innovative achievements, including speed and altitude records. Amelia also had the notable achievement of inspiring thousands of woman in generations to come to follow their dreams.

Apart from Aviation she had some interest in Fashion design, the color yellow, and also Photography. Unconfirmed sources hold she was involved in the design and marketing of an advanced from of photometer shortly before her last mission. This may have been marketed as the Earhart Photometer. I"ve been a shutterbug since l97l and quite up ont he classics, have never seen one. Beleilved to have a rotating screen and was hand held like a Russian Ripidion (RO religious article used in blessing congregations).The base of the instrument had the controls and dials setting for film speed, and had the rotating photocell above that on a circular pivot. the instrument was hand held, as described before. Again I"ve never seen one. May have been marketed under another name after the fatal year ofl937 (like maybe Explorer Light meter)

Yes, some people are still looking for her because her death was a mystery.

The Electra project was launched on St. Patrick"s day of l937 from Oakland, California. there is some linkage with General Joseph Stilwell as a possible advisor or mentor.He did make a phone call to Amelia on the morning of the flight.

It did not make any significant change in that. Aircraft were evolving and changing every month.

She was and do not misread this in a modern light like sponsors for the Yankees or sports car races, sponsored in part by the Gulf Oil Company ( fuel) and to a lesser extent by the Purdue University, as there were some techical experiments and modifications to the Electra- somtimes nicknamed the Flying Laboratory by this Engineering college, who has some of her medals and awards on display.

She worked as a nurse's aide for world war one and some other jobs that I don't know. Sry:(

One Biographer who has gone into the spiritual aspects hinted she was Lutheran as Earhart, orignally Ehrhart is a German name, and is closer to (Honest Buck) inthe sense of hart meaning a deer rather than a winged circulatory organ. It is known her sister who died well within the past ten years(Muriel) was of the Episcopalian Faith.The subejct is genrally ignored or toned down. It was rumored there wee more or less secret religious maneuvers to provide somethiogn akin to a safe house in the Orient with the ghoal of getting her to change her religion. there were the so-called Spellman-Cochran tapes, never made public and probably erased on the deaths ofThe two participants. From what surviives of her writings, she doen;'t seem toget religious in light chatter. it"s one of the many mysteries of Amelia. UPDATE The adult Amelia Earhart was certainly not much enthusiastic to discuss publicly her religious views. It must be explained, probably just by her personality - as she valued her privacy and simply didn't consider such topics as a matter of public discussions, and rather treated it as a purely private thing. It is known however that in all cases when the situation somehow required this, she always characterized herself as a Protestant; she belonged to the Episcopalian Church. In her young years she attended the St. Clement's Episcopal Church in St. Paul. She was a member of the Altar Guild there and belonged to the group of activists who helped to keep the Church in proper order. Also she was a member of the Junior Auxiliary, and her St. Paul friend Marian Blodgett remembered later that A.E. was specially enthusiastic about this kind of church activity and loved to sing in the choir very much. Later in school, in her senior year, she was a Secretary and Treasurer of the Christian Endeavour.

Amelia's flight took more than 20 hours 40 minutes!

**It took Amelia 20 hours and 40 minutes to fly from Nova Scotia to Wales during her first flight as a passenger not the actual pilot. Her first trans-Atlantic solo flight, flying from New Jersey and landing in Northern Ireland took her 15 hours.

on July 2,1937

in 1920
Amelia Earhart received her pilot's licence (#6017) by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) on 15 May 1923, the 16th woman to have done so.
On May 15, 1923, Earhart became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license.