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... Holland. The club will be displaying amodel Lockhead Vega built to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the historic landing by Amelia Earhart in a field at Ballyamett after her solo flight from the USA. ...

Published: Tuesday 26 May 1992
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 110 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

By lAN STARRETT

... a woman of Amelia’s height (sft 7 ins). Mr Thompson said: “From that, Gillespie is inferring that they could belong to Amelia Earhart, but I must say that Gillespie has come up with a few other things in the past that have not proved to be true.” He said ...

Published: Monday 07 December 1998
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 119 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Touchdown in Derry

... was Chief Joseph Earhart Sardo, the cousin of Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. The fact that this famous adventurer landed near Derry is commemorated by the Amelia Earhart Cottage, Ballyarnet. The award is a replica of ...

Published: Friday 12 May 1995
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 384 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Earhart centre attacked

... trans-Atlantic attack which was also by vandals in Derry. air crossing. condemned by the area's Fein ‘The attack on the Amelia Amelia Earhart landed at Earhart centre, on the Ballyarnett in 1933 after an SDLP an councillors. Sinn outskirts of the city, was historic ...

Published: Tuesday 05 August 1997
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 121 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Site for Miss Earhart plaque

... written to Londonderry Rural Council suggesting a site for the proposed plaque to be erected to mark the place where Miss Amelia Earhart landed in May, 1932, after her record breaking flight from Newfoundland in the pioneer days of trans-Atlantic aviation ...

Published: Wednesday 05 March 1969
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 114 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

Ballyarnett Racecourse Society Ballyarnett Country Park Thursday, 21st May ‘92 11.30 a.m. — Tour of the Centre ..

... O’Halloran REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FREE CAR PARKING FROM RACECOURSE ROAD For further information: — TEL. AMELIA EARHART CENTRE 354040 This event is sponsored by Derry City Council Heritage & Museum Service ...

Published: Tuesday 19 May 1992
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 108 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

E ntertainment Impact 92 takes flight

... been organised to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the landing on the outskirts of Londonderry of famous female aviator Amelia Earhart, making her the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. To commemorate that historic milestone in aviation history ...

Published: Saturday 09 May 1992
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 348 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

New Lights

... directions with less difficulty. . $ - EGU The Mayor of Derry, Councillor Jim Guy, unveiling a plaque to officially open the Amelia Earhart lounge at Eglinton airport. Included, from left, are Aiderman John McNickle, member of airport committee, Mr. Colm Geary ...

Published: Friday 03 June 1988
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 140 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR GAMES

... staging the Northern Ireland v. Loy the U.S. Golden Gloves international boxing event at the Guildhall on 3rd June and the Amelia Earhart International Air Race from London to Derry on 7th June, 1986. ...

Published: Tuesday 14 January 1986
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 138 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

L ambeg man takes to the air

... air y Lambeg man was smong _ the trophy winners in the recent air ~ace from London to Eglinton in connection with the Amelia Earhart -¢lebrations. He is 22-year-old Mr. v.gel Smith, son of Mr. Mrs. Raymond ventnor Park, Smith Lambeg Mr. Smith, who was ...

Published: Friday 04 June 1982
Newspaper: Ulster Star
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 120 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Twenty-one years old Brendan Murphy, from Heron Way, Clooney, Waterside, Derry, took part in the grand final of ..

... grand final of a cross-channel cookery competition in London last week, creating a dish for his favourite personality — Amelia Earhart. The competition called “Cooking For A Star” was organised by Britain's National Association of Youth Clubs and Oxoo. ...

Published: Friday 12 July 1985
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 118 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

qulZz Imen Science huff’s Swiss honour

... Fiona McSherry, 23, from Newry, has retumed from a presentation ceremony in Switzerand at which she was awarded a Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship worth 6,000 dollars. The fellowships are awarded annually to women studying aerospace and engineering subjects ...

Published: Wednesday 06 October 1993
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 128 | Page: 8 | Tags: none