... her fellow pioneers of the air. her career was a brief one. She died a crash near her home in Boston three months later. Amelia Earhart’s exploits, prior to her fatal venture in 1937. placed her the front rank of pilots, men or women. She was the first woman ...

... specially noted for their exploits are the Ninety-Nines, a nationally recognised group of women fliers organised by the late Amelia Earhart (well remembered In Derry, where she landed), before her tragic disappearance eighteen years ago. There are branches in ...

... strange figure with the blackened face in the little red plane: Who are you? Where did you come from? and was told: I'm Amelia Earhart and I flew from America. That history-making happy landing—the arrival of a space ship on another planet would be not ...

... Men's Terylene and Wool sports Trousers 65/- Two-Piec£ 6-19-6 Sports Suits A. L. Rosborough and Sons 58 Carlisle Road Miss Amelia Earhart being greeted after her arrival in 1932 by the Mayor of Londonderry, Senator Dudley McCorkell, who was later Knighted ...

... Bishop's Lodge, formerly known as The Elms, was the residence of the late Mr. Frank Mc- Clune , it was to their house ' that Amelia Earhart went to telephone to Londonderry Post Office about a cable to her husband, announcing her successful flight across the ...

... he held the position of inspector, Northern Ireland, for 11 years. One of the mény memories he recalls, is, when Miss Amelia Earhart crossed the Atlantic on a solo flight and landed at Ballyarnett, Londonderry. Her plane had to be defuelled to prevent ...

... AMELIA EARHART'S ANCESTORS CAME FROM LONDONDERRY [‘HE astounding fact has now emerged that when the intrepid Amelia Earhart in her little red plane fluttered to earth in a lush paddock on the outskirts of Londonderry 30 years ago after her historymaking ...

... warning to the powers that be in Londonderry that the stage is coming when Londonderry will actually have to prove that Amelia Earhart did land in Londonderry, and put the city into the headlines of the world’s Press. About three years ago the “Sentinel” ...

... FOR PRESENTATION TO CITY He said in his letter: “The field in question is that in which Miss Amelia Earhart landed following her trans-Atlantic flight in 1932, The field measures approximately twenty acres and will be on offer by public auction on Thursday ...

... Derry Londonderry. June 21. 1962 EDITOR'S NOTE . (Since we featured the story in ‘the “Sentinel” (June 20) about Miss Amelia Earhart and the research by her biographer, Mrs. Clara Studer, we have received very many photographs of Miss Earhart and her ...

... letter read: “It was indeed thoughtful of you to advise us of the possibility of obtaining that piece of land where Miss Amelia Earhart landed afier her historic flight in 1932. . “Unfortunately, the Embassy is not in a position to acquire land for the purpose ...

... Derry. It will be recalled | represented. that it was on the Gallagher farm | A considerable number of at Springfield that Amelia Earhart | breeders of both cattle and sheep chose to land after her famous solo | in Co. Donegal continue to be trans-Atlantic ...