U.S Navy had used Earhart's disappearance as an excuse to send aircraft over the Marshall Islands where it was suspected that the Japanese were building military installations in violation of a League of Nationals mandate.Copyright 1998-2004 by TIGHAR.
2.The search for Amelia Earhart: An Overview. TIGHAR THE EARHART PROJECT.
The very first theory about what happened to Amelia was conjured by the captain of the coast Guard cutter Itasca which was waiting for her at Howland Island. Commandar Warner k.Thompson decided that she probably ran out of gas shortly after contact was lost and that she had gone down at sea somewhere to the Northwest. He went and looked but found nothing. Copying 1998-2004 by TIGHAR.
3.Amelia Earhart's Disappearance. Int. Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery Finds Coast Guard Diary.
3.Amelia Earhart's Disappearance. Int. Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery Finds Coast Guard Diary.
The other major theory about what happened is that when Amelia could not find Howland, she turned her plane north and ended up in the Marshall Islands then held by the Japanese. It was there they say she was held as a prisoner of by war by Japanese and eventually met her death. Apr 2, 2007.
4.Pioneering Woman Aviator, Lost on Flight over the Pacific.
She became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic on June 18-19, 1928. The flight was the brainchild of Amy Guest, a wealthy, aristocratic American expatriate living in London. Aware of the huge publicity that would accrue to the first woman to fly the Atlantic, the 55 year old Mrs. Guest had purchased a Fokker F7 trimotor from Commander Richard Byrd, to make the flight herself. Her family objected, and she relented, as long as the "right sort" of woman could make the flight. The "right sort" would take a good picture, be well-educated, and not be a publicity-seeking gold-digger. The Guest family hired George Putnam, a New York publicist who had promoted Lindbergh's book We, to look for a suitable women pilot. He selected the little-known Amelia Earhart, and introduced her as "Lady Lindy". Copyright 2008, by Acepilots.com. All rights reserved.
5.Pioneering Woman Aviator, Lost on Flight over the Pacific.
Her last flightIn 1937 Amelia Earhart attempted an around-the-world flight. Flying a custom-built Lockheed Model 10E Electra, equipped with extra-large gas tanks, shewould follow a'close to the Equator' route, thus going one better than Wiley Post's northern, mid-latitude route route. In her first effort, in March of 1937, she flew west, but a crash in Hawaii abrubtly ended that trip.Copyright 2008, by Acepilots.com. All rights reserved.
6.The Ninety-Nines. Amelia Earhart-A timeline.
"Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.
Amelia Earhart to George Putnam, 1935".The Ninety-Nines, Inc. ©1996-2007 All Rights Reserved
Updated 7/18/07
7.The Ninety-Nines. Amelia Earhart- A Timeline.
1917 Volunteers as a nurse at Spadina Military Convalescent Hospital in Toronto, Canada, for the "walking wounded" of World War One.The Ninety-Nines, Inc. ©1996-2007 All Rights Reserved
Updated 7/18/07
8.The Ninety-Nines. Amelia Earhart- A Timeline.
1933Participates in the National Air Races in Los Angeles, CaliforniaBreaks her own North American transcontinental record with a flying time of 17 hours, 7 minutes, 30 seconds Wins the Harmon Trophy.The Ninety-Nines, Inc. ©1996-2007 All Rights Reserved
Updated 7/18/07.
9.Amelia Earhart's Last Flight.Unknown.
Conspiracy Theories AppearShortly after the end of the war Jacqueline Cochran, a pilot and friend of Earhart, traveled to Japan to investigate the role of Japanese women in the hostilities. While there she claimed she'd discovered several files on Earhart which later disappeared. Later, in 1965, retired Air Force Major Joseph Gervias came to the conclusion that Cochran had actually discovered Earhart herself and smuggled her back into the U.S.. There Earhart set up residence in New Jersey under a new name. The woman he named as Earhart denied Gervias' assertions.Copyright Lee Krystek 1999. All Rights Reserved.
She became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic on June 18-19, 1928. The flight was the brainchild of Amy Guest, a wealthy, aristocratic American expatriate living in London. Aware of the huge publicity that would accrue to the first woman to fly the Atlantic, the 55 year old Mrs. Guest had purchased a Fokker F7 trimotor from Commander Richard Byrd, to make the flight herself. Her family objected, and she relented, as long as the "right sort" of woman could make the flight. The "right sort" would take a good picture, be well-educated, and not be a publicity-seeking gold-digger. The Guest family hired George Putnam, a New York publicist who had promoted Lindbergh's book We, to look for a suitable women pilot. He selected the little-known Amelia Earhart, and introduced her as "Lady Lindy". Copyright 2008, by Acepilots.com. All rights reserved.
5.Pioneering Woman Aviator, Lost on Flight over the Pacific.
Her last flightIn 1937 Amelia Earhart attempted an around-the-world flight. Flying a custom-built Lockheed Model 10E Electra, equipped with extra-large gas tanks, shewould follow a'close to the Equator' route, thus going one better than Wiley Post's northern, mid-latitude route route. In her first effort, in March of 1937, she flew west, but a crash in Hawaii abrubtly ended that trip.Copyright 2008, by Acepilots.com. All rights reserved.
6.The Ninety-Nines. Amelia Earhart-A timeline.
"Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.
Amelia Earhart to George Putnam, 1935".The Ninety-Nines, Inc. ©1996-2007 All Rights Reserved
Updated 7/18/07
7.The Ninety-Nines. Amelia Earhart- A Timeline.
1917 Volunteers as a nurse at Spadina Military Convalescent Hospital in Toronto, Canada, for the "walking wounded" of World War One.The Ninety-Nines, Inc. ©1996-2007 All Rights Reserved
Updated 7/18/07
8.The Ninety-Nines. Amelia Earhart- A Timeline.
1933Participates in the National Air Races in Los Angeles, CaliforniaBreaks her own North American transcontinental record with a flying time of 17 hours, 7 minutes, 30 seconds Wins the Harmon Trophy.The Ninety-Nines, Inc. ©1996-2007 All Rights Reserved
Updated 7/18/07.
9.Amelia Earhart's Last Flight.Unknown.
Conspiracy Theories AppearShortly after the end of the war Jacqueline Cochran, a pilot and friend of Earhart, traveled to Japan to investigate the role of Japanese women in the hostilities. While there she claimed she'd discovered several files on Earhart which later disappeared. Later, in 1965, retired Air Force Major Joseph Gervias came to the conclusion that Cochran had actually discovered Earhart herself and smuggled her back into the U.S.. There Earhart set up residence in New Jersey under a new name. The woman he named as Earhart denied Gervias' assertions.Copyright Lee Krystek 1999. All Rights Reserved.
