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Travel My Hometown In L. Travel The last artists crafting a Thai royal treasure. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who set many flying records and championed the advancement of women in aviation.
She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first person ever to fly solo from Hawaii to the U. During a flight to First woman to make a transatlantic flight In Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger with pilots Wilmer Stultz and Luis Gordon. With this feat she gained international attention, providing an opportunity for her to become a On July 2, , near the end of her pioneering flight around the world, Amelia Earhart vanished somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.
But no Theory 1: Earhart ran out of fuel, crashed and perished in the Pacific Ocean. Many experts believe Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan got slightly off course en route to a refueling Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator who rose to international fame in after becoming the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean in his monoplane, Spirit of St.
Mike Like Like. Doug Mills November 16, at pm Reply. Doug Like Liked by 1 person. William H. Trail November 16, at pm Reply. All best, William Like Like. Jennings Bunn Like Liked by 2 people. So much trickery in those days. It started with the Question Mark. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
Email required Address never made public. Name required. Castro, P. Box , Saipan MP Thank you. Even as a child, Amelia had the look of someone destined for greatness. In this photo, she seems to be gazing at events far away in time and space. Who can fathom it? This is a priceless portrait of our heroine at the tender age of 7.
She seems to be peering into timelessness, as if she can actually see the amazing adventures that are in store for her — and us. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address: Follow. Arrival at Londonderry, Ireland, May 21, Earhart had spent the last 15 hours tossed by dangerous storms over the North Atlantic, contending with failing machinery and sipping a can of tomato juice to calm her queasy stomach.
Acclaim at Londonderry Another great photo of Amelia, as she prepares to take off from Derry, Northren Ireland, and fly on to London, where worldwide fame awaited. After a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes during which she contended with strong northerly winds, icy conditions and mechanical problems, Earhart landed in a pasture at Culmore, north of Derry, Northern Ireland.
The landing was witnessed by Cecil King and T. The sensational account revealed details of her life as an year-old on Saipan, but the true picture of what she actually saw that day remains in question. Was it a seaplane or a landplane in trouble that landed at Tanapag Harbor? Manuel Aldan on Saipan, June This story, which announced Thomas E. Devine returned to Saipan in and located the gravesite shown to him by the Okinawan woman in August , but did not share his find with Fred Goerner.
Instead Devine planned to return to Saipan by himself, but he never again got the opportunity. Thomas E. On November 13, , the Japan Times reported, for the first time, the shocking claims of Mrs. Sugita, the eleven-year-old daughter of the civilian chief of police on Saipan in , told the Japan Times in that Japanese military police shot Amelia Earhart as a spy there. Michiko Sugita, Japanese national, Earhart witness Mrs. Sugita corresponded with Thomas E. Return to sender. This story appeared at the top of page 1 in the July 13, edition of the Bethlehem Pennsylvania -Globe Times.
Courtesy Woody Peard. Chester W. In late March , a week before his meeting with General Wallace M. Greene Jr. To the Marshallese people, the Earhart disappearance is not a mystery, but an accepted fact. A rare sepia photo of Amelia in , highlighting her freckles.
Follow Following. In many ways, the Earhart obsession says more about the searchers than the searched. It was published on Oct. If Amelia Earhart had made it, the world would have hailed her as a hero.
But by disappearing while trying to circumnavigate the globe, she became something much more enigmatic and enduring: a mystery. The mystery may never be solved, which is probably just as well. Among them:. President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew the Japanese had imprisoned her but kept quiet about it.
What is it about a mystery that intrigues us so? Is it the answer, or the question? Probably neither. The puzzling out of the question is the point, and it can lead to obsession. Our century has specialized in such obsessions, most of them cloaked in conspiracy theories.
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