The Truth Of It: Amelia Earharts Private Journal

The garrison on Aguijan Island off the southwest cape of Tinian, commanded by Lt. Kinichi Yamada, held out until the end of the war, surrendering on Sept. The last holdout on Tinian, Murata Susumu, was captured in John Naftel hoists the Nov. Photo courtesy Rlene Santos Steffy. Jennings was in possession of a letter from Mr. Elliot Broughton, who knew of a WWII veteran claiming knowledge of the fate of Amelia Earhart and her navigator following their much publicized disappearance following their attempted flight around the globe in Broughton and learned of Mr.

St John Naftel, who was stationed on Tinian at the end of the Japanese era of control. In these graves, he told Naftel, were buried the bodies of Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan. During the next month, the group interviewed Mr. By the end of September, it was looking very promising and it was decided that the only way to progress further was to bring Mr. Naftel to Tinian to undertake a physical search for evidence of the grave sites. With great confidence and anticipation, the arrangements were made. The first job for my unit was to clean the place up. First made up of military personnel, second, island natives farmers, shopkeepers, etc.

Because the cleanup operation required a lot of labor, these people could be trusted used to help with the cleanup.

Navigation menu

My first job was to escort a truck load of these people from the stockade to our camp each day. On about the third or fourth day when I asked this question, a man stepped forward speaking good English. He told me he was from one of the Hawaii [sic] Islands when he fell for the Japanese promise to come work for them at a good wage. Only when he along with others arrived at Tinian did they find out that they were actually slaves.

John Naftel, left, is accompanied by expedition organizer Jennings Bunn as he arrives on Tinian in early November After the third day that he was on my truck load of people, he began to open up in talking with me while we were traveling to my camp. On the third or fourth day our conversation went kinda like this: Can you have the driver to slow down when I ask you to?

I tapped the truck cab and asked Hall clarification, C. Hall was the truck driver if he would slow down when asked. In the cliff there were three man-made caves. These caves overlooked Tinian Bay. In each of them the Japs had some large guns.

I had visited these caves earlier. I have not been in them before. We were under the guard of two Jap soldiers. There were two bodies in the truck. I immediately noted that they were both Americans. The woman was dressed in pants and a jacket. John Naftel, right, points out the spot on Tinian he believed to be the location of the gravesite he was shown by the unnamed Hawaiian man in As we were instructed we buried the bodies, then the Jap in charge — he could speak English — called us together and told us that we were never to speak to anyone about this, and that if they even thought we had, we could be digging our own graves.

You are the first and only person I have ever mentioned this to. At this point we arrived at my camp and I was called to the office. I had to take a detail out aboard a ship several had arrived carrying a lot of cargo and some with a lot of Seabees and help with the unloading. This took two weeks. When I returned to camp we were being divided up into different gun crews — I never saw the man again. End of Naftel account. Kind of like a city hall.

The Tinian Dig begins. Matilde was told the American woman was cremated by an alleged eyewitness, Mr. Members of The Tinian Earhart Expedition , left to right: Bob Silvers, Jennings Bunn, St. John Naftel and Jim Sullivan. The Nauticos search and Tinian Dig are minor footnotes in the long history of failure to find the smoking gun in the Earhart disappearance. Neither seems worthy of further consideration, but they reveal a disturbing reality when examined from another perspective.

News of the Tinian Expedition , by contrast, was found only in small publications such as the Saipan Tribune and Pacific Magazine. After all, both ventures were aimed at achieving the same goal: The answer is simple. Anything that might lead the public to seek more information about the fate of Earhart and Noonan, such as broadcasting or printing news stories about an investigation into their possible burial site on nearby Tinian, must be strenuously avoided.

Tinian is in the same forbidden neighborhood as Saipan—too close to the truth and strictly off-limits. John Naftel passed away on Feb. Jerry Wilson, of Chattaroy, Wash. My sincere thanks and appreciation go out to Jerry, as well as to Jennings Bunn. First, some background might be helpful. Noonan would go as far as Howland and return to Hawaii by ship. Manning would stay until they reached Australia, and Earhart would fly the rest of the way alone.

They landed at Wheeler Field, Oahu, at 8: Pacific time, March 18, covering the 2, miles in a record 15 hours, 43 minutes. The Electra was sent back to the Lockheed plant in Burbank for months of costly repairs. But on the March 20 takeoff for the 1,mile flight to Howland Island, the Electra had covered about a thousand feet of runway when its right wing dropped, the right wheel and the undercarriage were torn away, and the plane slid along the runway, showering sparks before coming to rest.

Miraculously, despite fuel leaking through the drain well of the belly, no fire erupted and no one was injured. For a moment I thought I would be able to gain control and straighten the course. But, alas, the load was so heavy, once it started an arc there was nothing to do but let the plane ground loop as easily as possible. Kennedy first met Earhart in when he serviced her Lockheed Vega for a Bendix Trophy race, and directed the repairs of the Electra when it was shipped back to Burbank in boxes following the accident at Luke Field.

Will you promise me never to say anything about what you know? Undated photo of Art Kennedy. According to Bill Prymak, who knew him well, Kennedy fabricated stories about what Amelia Earhart told him after she crashed the Electra on takeoff from Luke Field in March These tales from Kennedy have been cited by some as strong evidence that Amelia was ordered to ground loop her plane, change directions of her world flight and even embark on a spy mission. Who knows for sure? All boldface is mine. Again you have proven to be a good friend! The surgeons at the Cancer Institute in Washington, D.

Where to find Brian Carland online

The latest CT-scan is clean, so it appears that I have at least a few more years to plague family and friends. Reuther was a founding member of the Amelia Earhart Society, and was a committed naturalist who directed the San Francisco and Philadelphia zoos, among others. With respect to the Kennedy comments about Earhart, the proverbial grain of salt applies.

Navy purposefully to crash her plane in Hawaii so she can later undertake a secret mission. Kennedy alleges Earhart did just that and that Earhart even told him something about it. This reckons without the testimony of Harry Manning who was flying the right-hand seat alongside Earhart at the time of the Honolulu crack-up. Harry became a good friend in the late s and the early s. As you will recall, Harry was the initial navigator for the around-the-world flight, and he later shared the duties with Fred Noonan.

I thought we were going to die. The plane began to sway during takeoff, and according to Manning, Earhart tried to correct with the throttles and simply over-corrected. It was pilot error with a load of gallons of fuel. He added it was a miracle there was no fire. As far as the rumor that Earhart ground looped the plane on purpose to delay the flight, he said it was a concoction of a script-writer.

There was no truth to it whatsoever. To accept such a conclusion, he added, one would have to accept that Earhart did not tell either himself Manning or Noonan what she planned to do. He said neither he nor Noonan would have been foolish enough to go along with such a plan which might end in death for all of them. Harry also said if there was a need to delay the flight because of some secret mission, the easiest way to delay the flight was for Earhart to feign an illness which required her to return to California.

Then they could have flown the Electra back to California instead of having the wrecked plane returned by ship. Harry said by the time he got out of the wrecked plane and onto the runway he had already made up his mind that he no longer wanted any part of the flight. It has always been stated that Harry had to return to the command of his ship and that is why he left the flight, but the truth is he had had enough of both Earhart and Putnam.

Sometime when we have a chance for a face to face, I will tell you the whole Manning story. Harry wanted me to do a book about him and his career, but he died before the project could begin. By the way, Harry Manning was a pilot himself, and he knew whereof he spoke. I trust that all is well with you, Ron, and with your family. Merla joins me in sending all good wishes to you and yours, and thanks again for your thoughtfulness in sending the Kennedy material to me. I simply do not have the requisite strength yet.

Oh, how I would love to train my guns on Gillespie. The man is a consummate rascal, and the Nikumaroro business is totally bankrupt. End of Goerner letter. The upshot of those consultations was, that I decided to reverse the direction originally chosen for the flight. Revising the Pacific program was a sizable task in itself. A card displaying the band settings of the antenna was mounted so it was not visible. Gurr explained that higher frequency bands would offer better accuracy and longer range. Motion picture evidence from Lae suggests that an antenna mounted underneath the fuselage may have been torn off from the fuel-heavy Electra during taxi or takeoff from Lae's turf runway, though no antenna was reported found at Lae.

Don Dwiggins, in his biography of Paul Mantz who assisted Earhart and Noonan in their flight planning , noted that the aviators had cut off their long-wire antenna, due to the annoyance of having to crank it back into the aircraft after each use.

1. EPH-PHA-THA BE OPENED.
2. 160 Color Paintings of Maxime Maufra - French Post-Impressionist Landscape and Marine Painter (May 17, 1861 - May 23, 1918).
3. .

During Earhart and Noonan's approach to Howland Island, the Itasca received strong and clear voice transmissions from Earhart identifying as KHAQQ but she apparently was unable to hear voice transmissions from the ship. Signals from the ship would also be used for direction finding, implying that the aircraft's direction finder was also not functional.

The first calls, routine reports stating the weather as cloudy and overcast, were received at 2: These calls were broken up by static, but at this point the aircraft would still be a long distance from Howland. Earhart began whistling into the microphone to provide a continual signal for them to home in on. Another Itasca radio log position 2 at 7: This transmission was reported by the Itasca as the loudest possible signal, indicating Earhart and Noonan were in the immediate area.

They couldn't send voice at the frequency she asked for, so Morse code signals were sent instead. Earhart acknowledged receiving these but said she was unable to determine their direction. In her last known transmission at 8: We will repeat this message. We will repeat this on kilocycles. The Itasca used her oil-fired boilers to generate smoke for a period of time but the fliers apparently did not see it. The many scattered clouds in the area around Howland Island have also been cited as a problem: Whether any post-loss radio signals were received from Earhart and Noonan remains unclear.

If transmissions were received from the Electra, most if not all were weak and hopelessly garbled. The last voice transmission received on Howland Island from Earhart indicated she and Noonan were flying along a line of position running N—S on — degrees which Noonan would have calculated and drawn on a chart as passing through Howland.

Operators across the Pacific and the United States may have heard signals from the downed Electra but these were unintelligible or weak. Some of these reports of transmissions were later determined to be hoaxes but others were deemed authentic. All of these added to the confusion and doubtfulness of the authenticity of the reports. Beginning approximately one hour after Earhart's last recorded message, the USCGC Itasca undertook an ultimately unsuccessful search north and west of Howland Island based on initial assumptions about transmissions from the aircraft.

The United States Navy soon joined the search and over a period of about three days sent available resources to the search area in the vicinity of Howland Island. The Itasca then searched the area to the immediate NE of the island, corresponding to the area, yet wider than the area searched to the NW. Based on bearings of several supposed Earhart radio transmissions, some of the search efforts were directed to a specific position on a line of degrees approximately northwest from Howland Island without evidence of the flyers.

Later search efforts were directed to the Phoenix Islands south of Howland Island. The subsequent report on Gardner read: At the western end of the island a tramp steamer of about tons The lagoon at Gardner looked sufficiently deep and certainly large enough so that a seaplane or even an airboat could have landed or takenoff [ sic ] in any direction with little if any difficulty.

Given a chance, it is believed that Miss Earhart could have landed her aircraft in this lagoon and swum or waded ashore. Other Navy search efforts were again directed north, west and southwest of Howland Island, based on a possibility the Electra had ditched in the ocean, was afloat, or that the aviators were in an emergency raft.

• .
• Brian Carland;
• Amelia Earhart.
• Limen.
• Have we really found Amelia Earhart's bones?.
• Geborgen wunderbar: Geschichten, die trösten (German Edition).
• Amelia Earhart - Wikipedia.

The official search efforts lasted until July 19, Official reporting of the search effort was influenced by individuals wary about how their roles in looking for an American hero might be reported by the press. Immediately after the end of the official search, Putnam financed a private search by local authorities of nearby Pacific islands and waters, concentrating on the Gilberts. Back in the United States, Putnam acted to become the trustee of Earhart's estate so that he could pay for the searches and related bills.

In probate court in Los Angeles, Putnam requested to have the " declared death in absentia " seven-year waiting period waived so that he could manage Earhart's finances. As a result, Earhart was declared legally dead on January 5, There has been considerable speculation on what happened to Earhart and Noonan. Most historians hold to the simple "crash and sink" theory, but a number of other possibilities have been proposed, including several conspiracy theories. Some have suggested that Earhart and Noonan survived and landed elsewhere, but were either never found or killed, making en-route locations like Tarawa unlikely.

Many researchers believe that Earhart and Noonan ran out of fuel while searching for Howland Island, ditched at sea, and perished. The plane would have carried enough fuel to reach Howland with some extra to spare. The extra fuel would cover some contingencies such as headwinds and searching for Howland. The plane could fly a compass course toward Howland through the night. From that line, the plane could determine how much further it must travel before reaching a parallel sun line that ran through Howland. With the radio contact, the plane should be able to use radio direction finding RDF to head directly for the Itasca and Howland.

Unfortunately, the plane was not receiving a radio signal from Itasca , so it would be unable to determine an RDF bearing to the ship. Presumably, the plane reached the parallel sun line and started searching for Howland on that line of position. Have been unable to reach you by radio. We are flying at 1, feet. Navigator and aeronautical engineer Elgen Long and his wife Marie K. Long devoted 35 years of research to the "crash and sink" theory. His research included the intricate radio transmission documentation.

Safford came to the conclusion, "poor planning, worse execution". Polhemous, the navigator on Ann Pellegreno 's flight that followed Earhart and Noonan's original flight path, studied navigational tables for July 2, , and thought Noonan may have miscalculated the "single line approach" intended to "hit" Howland. David Jourdan, a former Navy submariner and ocean engineer specializing in deep-sea recoveries, has claimed any transmissions attributed to Gardner Island were false.

The search locations were derived from the line of position — broadcast by Earhart on July 2, In part, we remember her because she's our favorite missing person. The Gardner Island hypothesis assumes that Earhart and Noonan, having not found Howland Island, would not waste time searching for Howland. Instead, they would turn to the south and look for other islands. After the Navy ended its search, G. Putnam undertook a search in the Phoenix Group and other islands, [] but nothing was found.

Maude visited Gardner with some potential settlers. A group walked all the way around the island, but did not find a plane or other evidence. In December , laborers landed on the island and started constructing the settlement. Around April , a skull was discovered and buried, but British colonial officer Gerald Gallagher , did not learn of it until September. The search found more bones, a bottle, a shoe, and a sextant box. On September 23, , Gallagher radioed his superiors that he had found a "skeleton Gallagher stated the "Bones look more than four years old to me but there seems to be very slight chance that this may be remains of Amelia Earhardt.

On 4 April , Dr. Hoodless of the Central Medical School examined the bones, took measurements, and wrote a report. Hoodless also wrote "it may be definitely stated that the skeleton is that of a MALE. In , an analysis of the measurement data by forensic anthropologists found instead that the skeleton had belonged to a "tall white female of northern European ancestry". A study by American anthropologist Richard Jantz one of the authors of the TIGHAR report estimated the size of Earhart's skeleton based on photographs and reanalyzed the earlier data using modern forensic techniques.

Coast Guard personnel were involved in its construction and operation, but were mostly forbidden from leaving the small base or having contact with the Gilbertese colonists then on the island, and found no artifacts known to relate to Earhart. In , a photograph taken in October of the reef at Nikumaroro after her disappearance was enhanced.

According to the analysts who viewed it, "a blurry object sticking out of the water in the lower left corner of the black-and-white photo is consistent with a strut and wheel of a Lockheed Electra landing gear". TIGHAR's research has produced a range of archaeological and anecdotal evidence supporting this hypothesis. Ric Gillespie, head of TIGHAR, claimed the found aluminum panel artifact has the same dimensions and rivet pattern as the one shown in the photo "to a high degree of certainty".

Further, a review of sonar data concluded it was most likely a coral ridge. In July , staff from the New England Air Museum notified TIGHAR that the unique rivet pattern of the aluminum panel precisely matched the top of the wing of a CB in the museum inventory; [ citation needed ] particularly significant since a CB crashed on a nearby island during World War II and villagers acknowledged bringing aluminum from that wreck to Gardner Island. The sextant box found near the bones on Nikumaroro and alleged to belong to Fred Noonan had two apparent serial numbers on it: Navy submarine tender that was assigned to hydrographic surveys in December , visited Nikumaroro and surveyed the island and its lagoon using sextants around November , before the sextant box was discovered by Gallagher in September A Brandis and Sons sextant with serial number would have been made around the time of World War I.

A few news articles have considered TIGHAR's theory, and generally consider it the most plausible of the "Earhart survived" theories, although not proven over crash-and-sink. Another theory is that Earhart and Noonan were captured by Japanese forces, perhaps after somehow navigating to somewhere within the Japanese South Pacific Mandate. In , CBS Correspondent Fred Goerner published a book claiming that Earhart and Noonan were captured and executed when their aircraft crashed on the island of Saipan , part of the Northern Mariana Islands archipelago.

No independent confirmation has ever emerged for any of these claims. A slightly different version of the Japanese capture hypothesis is not that the Japanese captured Earhart, but rather that they shot down her plane. In , an archaeological dig at the site failed to turn up any bones. A recent proponent of this theory is Mike Campbell, who published the book Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last in its favor. Army Sergeant who found a suspicious gravesite near a former Japanese prison on Saipan. A number of Earhart's relatives have been convinced that the Japanese were somehow involved in Amelia's disappearance, citing unnamed witnesses including Japanese troops and Saipan natives.

In , a History Channel documentary, Amelia Earhart: The picture showed a Caucasian male on a dock who appeared to look like Noonan and a woman sitting on the dock but facing away from the camera, who was judged to have a physique and haircut resembling Earhart's. The documentary theorizes that the photo was taken after Earhart and Noonan crashed at Mili Atoll.

The documentary also said that physical evidence recovered from Mili matches pieces that could have fallen off an Electra during a crash or subsequent overland move to a barge. The original source of the photo was a Japanese travel guide published in October , implying that the photograph was taken in or before, and thus would be unrelated to Earhart and Noonan's disappearance. Additionally, the researcher who discovered the photo also identified the ship in the right of the photo as another ship called Koshu seized by Allied Japanese forces in World War I and not the Koshu Maru.

A common criticism of all versions of the Japanese capture hypothesis is that the Japanese-controlled Marshall Islands were considerably distant from Howland Island. To reach and land there would have required Earhart and Noonan, though low on fuel, to change her northeast course as she neared Howland Island and fly hundreds of miles northwest, a feat "not supported by the basic rules of geography and navigation. The unresolved circumstances of Earhart's disappearance, along with her fame, attracted a great body of other claims relating to her last flight.

Several unsupported theories have become known in popular culture. The World War II-era movie Flight for Freedom is a story of a fictional female aviator obviously inspired by Earhart who engages in a spying mission in the Pacific. The movie helped further a myth that Earhart was spying on the Japanese in the Pacific at the request of the Franklin D. Army Intelligence had concluded that this rumor was groundless.

Jackie Cochran , another pioneering aviator and one of Earhart's friends, made a postwar search of numerous files in Japan and was convinced that the Japanese were not involved in Earhart's disappearance. A rumor that claimed that Earhart had made propaganda radio broadcasts as one of the many women compelled to serve as Tokyo Rose was investigated closely by George Putnam. According to several biographies of Earhart, Putnam investigated this rumor personally but after listening to many recordings of numerous Tokyo Roses, he did not recognize her voice among them.

The theory that Earhart may have turned back mid-flight has been posited. The soldiers recorded a rough position on a map, along with serial numbers seen on the wreckage. While the map was located in the possession of another veteran in , subsequent searches of the area indicated failed to find a wreck. While Angwin died in , David Billings, an Australian aircraft engineer, has continued to investigate his theory.

These would be consistent with a Lockheed Electra 10E, such as that flown by Earhart, although they do not contain enough information to identify the wreck in question as NR In November , the National Geographic Channel aired episode two of the Undiscovered History series about a claim that Earhart survived the world flight, moved to New Jersey , changed her name, remarried and became Irene Craigmile Bolam.

The book's publisher, McGraw-Hill , withdrew the book from the market shortly after it was released and court records indicate that the company reached an out-of-court settlement with her. Kevin Richlin, a professional criminal forensic expert hired by National Geographic , studied photographs of both women and cited many measurable facial differences between Earhart and Bolam.

Earhart was a widely known international celebrity during her lifetime. Her shyly charismatic appeal, independence, persistence, coolness under pressure, courage and goal-oriented career along with the circumstances of her disappearance at a comparatively early age have driven her lasting fame in popular culture. Hundreds of articles and scores of books have been written about her life, which is often cited as a motivational tale, especially for girls. Earhart is generally regarded as a feminist icon. Earhart's accomplishments in aviation inspired a generation of female aviators, including the more than 1, women pilots of the Women Airforce Service Pilots WASP who ferried military aircraft, towed gliders, flew target practice aircraft, and served as transport pilots during World War II.

The home where Earhart was born is now the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum and is maintained by The Ninety-Nines, an international group of female pilots of whom Earhart was the first elected president. A small section of Earhart's Lockheed Electra starboard engine nacelle recovered in the aftermath of the Hawaii crash has been confirmed as authentic and is now regarded as a control piece that will help to authenticate possible future discoveries. The evaluation of the scrap of metal was featured on an episode of History Detectives on Season 7 in Two notable memorial flights by female aviators subsequently followed Earhart's original circumnavigational route.

In , another commemorative flight retraced the route undertaken by Earhart in her August transcontinental record flight. Carlene Mendieta flew an original Avro Avian, the same type that was used in In , Amelia Rose Earhart , a pilot and a reporter from Denver , Colorado , announced that she would be recreating the flight in the middle of in a single engine Pilatus PC NG. She completed the flight without incident on July 11, Lloyd followed a route similar to the one taken by Earhart. Countless other tributes and memorials have been made in Amelia Earhart's name, including a tribute by U.

Earhart's life has spurred the imaginations of many writers and others; the following examples are given although many other mentions have also occurred in contemporary or current media:. Earhart was a successful and heavily promoted writer who served as aviation editor for Cosmopolitan magazine from to She wrote magazine articles, newspaper columns, essays and published two books based upon her experiences as a flyer during her lifetime:.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Amelia Earhart disambiguation. Atchison, Kansas , U. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. June Learn how and when to remove this template message. Aviation portal Biography portal Feminism portal. The original note has some slight variances in the header, use of commas and the salutation but is spelled correctly.

Roosevelt was not in favor of his wife becoming a pilot. Eleanor Roosevelt would later feature prominently in another aviation-related cause when she took a famous flight with a young Black aviator, helping establish the credentials of the "Tuskegee Airmen". Elliott , the President of Purdue University. To avoid problems, Earhart would fly at 8, feet while the slower Pan Am flight would stay below 6, feet. Johnson was asked to adapt the plan for 8, feet. The given schedule is for the 8,foot altitude, but Earhart may have used the slightly more efficient first schedule or some other schedule.

High numbers are rich mixtures; lower numbers are lean mixtures. Chater says the plane at Lae had 40 gallons of octane with the rest being 87 octane.

Scientist "99 Percent" Sure Bones Found Belong To Amelia Earhart

Lae did not have octane fuel. Manning would be able to work the radio from the copilot's seat or the cabin. Manning would have to be in the cabin to pay out the trailing wire antenna and to select the transmitting antennas. If the vacuum tube is not powered, there would only be stray coupling. Also letter to Eugene Pallette dated June 9, , "And our radio was out of order — it would be, in such a jam. Abbott letter dated August 3, and quoting A. Miss Earhart had been advised of the facilities and the Station's wave length prior to departure from Koepang. Miss Earhart was advised to inspect fuse in event of further trouble.

Itasca radio log for position 2 page 3 at 8: Their commander Capt Friedell made no note of "recent habitation" in his official summary. Earhart had failed to find a minimum the transmitter direction during a test of the RDF at Lae Chater , and the plane also failed to find a minimum while listening to Itasca while near Howland. Neither Earhart nor Noonan were skilled at Morse.

Chater at Lae states, "Miss Earhart and Captain Noonan spent a considerable time in the radio office and as previously mentioned it was learned that neither of them could read morse at any speed but could only distinguish letters made individually slowly and repeated often; in that case their direction finding apparatus would be useless or misleading unless they were taking a bearing on a station using radiophone which could give the station position on voice. We understand the Itasca was to do this but if the plane was unable to pick up the Itasca it is doubtful if the direction finder would be any use to her.

See Distance to Horizon Calculator at http: Nimitz , who allegedly told Goerner in March There is no identification on the backs. They appear to be typical snapshots and not the work of a professional. They have faded giving them a sepia appearance. Voice of America , March 19, Equal Rights Amendment, Phase One: Amelia Earhart Program Transcript.

Archived May 25, , at the Wayback Machine. Penn State University Libraries. Archived June 11, , at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star , June 29, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. A pictorial peep into the past. Southern Newspapers Ltd, Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum. National Air and Space Museum. Amelia Earhart's Autogiro Adventures. Purdue News , Lucie Historical Society, Inc. The Telegraph-Journal , May 19, Amelia Earhart; First Lady of the Sky.

Revolution in the sky: The New York Times , April 20, , p. Archived from the original on December 1, Retrieved November 30, Archived copy as title link Crash description: Miss Earhart corrected this tendency by throttling the left hand motor. The airplane then began to swing to the left with increasing speed, characteristic of a ground-loop. It tilted outward, right wing low and for 50 or 60 feet was supported on the right wheel only. The right-hand landing-gear suddenly collapsed under this excessive load followed by the left. The airplane spun sharply to the left sliding on its belly and amid a shower of sparks from the mat and came to rest headed about degrees from it's [ sic ] initial course.

Waitt Institute for Discovery. Archived from the original on December 15, Retrieved April 4, Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 24, Archived PDF from the original on January 24, Retrieved November 22, Archived from the original on September 23, Archived from the original on November 2, Retrieved December 4, Archived copy as title link "The antenna input circuit of the Model 20 receivers was designed to accept connections from two separate antennas: Retrieved November 23, Retrieved November 25, Archived from the original on December 2, Aircraft Radio Direction Finders".

Archived PDF from the original on August 2, Retrieved December 1, Archived PDF from the original on August 8, Bureau of Naval Personnel Retrieved April 4, — via Internet Archive. Archived PDF from the original on October 19, Retrieved November 19, Archived PDF from the original on October 21, Retrieved November 20, Archived August 3, , at the Wayback Machine. Naval Institute Press, Archived PDF from the original on August 21, Retrieved November 8, History Detectives , Season 7 video. Archived from the original on July 19, Retrieved July 9, Archived from the original on July 21, An Assessment of the Nikumaroro Hypothesis".

Retrieved November 7, Archived from the original on July 16, Archived from the original on August 14, Report on Portion of a Human Skeleton Report. CNN , March 4, Archived PDF from the original on May 17, Retrieved July 6, First-hand examination versus evaluation by proxy — Amelia Earhart found or still missing? Journal of Archaeological Science: A Analysis versus Modern Quantitative Techniques". Archived from the original on March 8, Retrieved February 9, Archived from the original on April 2, Retrieved April 2, Archived September 3, , at the Wayback Machine.

BBC, June 28, The Huffington Post, March 20, USA Today , July 12, CNN, March 3, , Retrieved: Discovery Communications, November 18, The Huffington Post, March 31, Archived October 29, , at the Wayback Machine. History , October 28, Discovery Newsletter , October 28, Archived PDF from the original on November 2, Treasure County Palm News , November 4, The serial number stamped on the instrument is ; the USNO number scratched on the scale is The serial number on the box is Archived from the original on March 11, Retrieved July 10, Fred Goerner, Broadcaster, The New York Times , September 16, Time , September 16, Archived from the original on July 9, Retrieved July 5, Archived from the original on September 24, Retrieved March 28, Archived from the original on December 25, Japanese captured Amelia Earhart".

Nevada Appeal , October 31, Archived October 5, , at the Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on July 11,