New Expedition Seeks to Locate Amelia Earhart’s Lost Aircraft
Purdue University, where the legendary aviator served as a faculty member, is funding the project.
Purdue University, where the legendary aviator served as a faculty member, is funding the project.
Deep-sea exploration company says it had cleared nearly 7,700 square miles in the ocean floor search for the Lockheed Electra 10-E.
The bequest honors Josephine Wood Wallingford, who was the youngest woman to hold a pilot certificate when the organization was created in 1929.
Experts are expected to discuss where they believe Amelia Earhart’s Electra is now and evidence behind why it disappeared.
The Hemlock Films script follows the story of the 20 women who took part in the California-to-Ohio air race.
Deep Sea Vision has a fuzzy underwater image it thinks is Amelia Earhart’s Electra, but it plans to go back and look to be sure.
The Earhart Hangar Museum in Kansas in the running for Best New Museum in a USA Today readers’ choice poll.
Members of Amelia Earhart’s family are expected to be in attendance at the grand opening of the museum, which has the world’s last remaining Lockheed Electra 10-E.
Unquestionably, Amelia Earhart has left an indelible mark on aviation. Known for a number of aviation feats, not limited to being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, the famed aviator’s triumphs inspire pilots (and future pilots) nearly a hundred years later. And for almost as long as she’s been a household […]
Amelia Earhart wasn’t the only woman to test her mettle in an airplane. She also wasn’t the only one to find a watery grave.