... person to fly from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey. 1937 — On 2nd July Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared without trace over the Pacific, while on the final leg of an around the world trip. ...

... Amelia Earhart On Monday the pupils of Form 3A, at Foyle and Londonderry College presented a cheque for almost £2OO to Blue Peter's Operation Pipe-line. The donation was received by Libby Hunter of Radio Foyle. Although the Third World and its associated ...

... years ago, after she had completed the first sol. transatlantic flight. Miss Earhart is an American heroine today, many years after her mysterious disappearance during a later flight. cottage when she landed and there she asked if she could wash the oil ...

... America in 1965, She looked very much like Miss Earhart would look at the age of 72 but she denles she is Miss Earhart. She claims to have belonged to the Ninety- Nines and Zonta organisations, which Miss ...

... that Amelia decided to remain in Toronto to help at the hospital. But Amelia had one unfulfilled ambition — she wanted to fly around the world. On July 2, 1937, she set out on what was to be her last flight. On the last lap of her historic ...

... tribute by Amelia Earhart ‘double’ One of the competitors in Saturday's London to Londonderry Air Race, 32 year old New Jersey aviatrix, Miss Grace McGuire — Miss Earhart’s “double” — who plans to complete the Pacific flight from which ...

... Studer, an American, who with Miss Earhart’s sister, is working on a biography of Amelia Earhart “I was delighted to discover this fact,” she told a “Sentinel” reporter. . On July 2 it will be 25 years since Miss Earhart went down in her ...

... two hours. Amelia’s life ended in an attempt to fly around the world. On July 2, 1937, during this flight, Amelia’s radio contact was lost and after 15 days exhaustive search the Navy sadly admitted defeat and tq this day the manner of ...

... Captain Harry with Amelia before her final AMELIA EARHART believed that preparations were responsible for two-thirds of the success of any long and dangerous flight So she prepared with greater diligence than ever before for the round-the-world venture to the ...

... prophetically entitled ‘Last Flight’ It was almost finished when she decided to attempt to set a Round The World record in a revolun-tionary all-metal aircraft built by Lockheed and christened the Electra She chose as her flight companion - Fred Noonan - ...

... sight the machine which would make her a world celebrity engage her whole life and encompass her death Edwin Earhart was transfixed the miracle man-made flight and tried to interest his daughters in spectacle But Amelia could not be distracted from fussing ...

... education the Earhart daughters But it was less of a blow to Amelia than to her sister All that Amelia wanted to do was continue her flying Both her parents were opposed but they had brought up their daughters to be independent and Amelia was a stubborn ...