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... occasions in the city down to the reception to General Balbo on the arrival of the Mtalian air squadron in the Lough and of Amelia Earhart’s landing near Culmore from the first solo flight by a woman across the Atlantic. And there are gl;xmesolpohfiml(msim All ...

Published: Tuesday 05 May 1970
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 245 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Amelia Earhart is ‘alive in America’

... Amelia Earhart is ‘alive in America’ Amelia Earhart, the woman pilot who flew to Northern Ireland in May, 1932, and who disappeared with her plape over the Pacific in 1937, is alive and at present lving in America, according to two former American air ...

Published: Tuesday 10 November 1970
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 343 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Still no memorial to Amelia Earhart

... Still no memorial to Amelia Earhart The 40th anniversary of the epic feat of Miss Amelia Earhart, the first woman aviator to conquer the Atlantic in one hop, whose histroy-making flight ended almost at a country cottage doorstep near Londonderry, has ...

Published: Wednesday 31 May 1972
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 193 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

‘l FLEW FROM- AMERICA”

... asked the tall fair, closecropped young woman with the blackened face. ‘“Who are you,”” got the stunning answer “I‘m, Amelia Earhart, and-I flew from America.” But still there is no memorial to this historic event and nothing to ‘“‘Mark the o:rot. There ...

Published: Wednesday 31 May 1972
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 106 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

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... America. Shirley is not certain whether they will film on location in Ireland or not. I pointed cut she could hardly have Amelia Earhart land in California and call it Galway. I don't know. We filmed 'The Inn of the Sixth Happiness' in Spain and pretended ...

Published: Sunday 07 April 1974
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 276 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

In short

... short Earhart plaque wanted A CALL has been made for the erection of a plaque to commemorate the lauding near Culmore of Amelia Earhart, the first trans- Atlantic woman solo pilot. The suggestion comes from the Foyle Tourism Association. It would like the ...

Published: Tuesday 10 June 1975
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 239 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Tourist Board Gets List Of Derry Conference Facilities

... adjacent to the Guildhall. The Association is anxious to have a plaque erected at or near the site of the landing place of Amelia Earhart, the first trans-Atlantic woman solo pilot, who touched down adjacent to the Culmore Road. A call is made for the erection ...

Published: Tuesday 17 June 1975
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 686 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

. Hail and farewell to the Bellamys

... serve anyway. 1t was the age of Prohibition in America, of jazz and the Charleston, of lone aviators like Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart, of the first talkies from Hollywood, of votes for women. The series has alternately pleased and annoyed me. Just as you ...

Published: Saturday 06 September 1975
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 583 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

IMPROVING TOURISM

... for the summer season at short notice. Projects planned include the erection of a monument to Commemorate the landing of Amelia Earhart on the outskirts of Londonderry after her historic trans-atlantic flight in the early years of aviation; the erection ...

Published: Wednesday 29 October 1975
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 166 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

%/ZZW@/%/J For more than 60 years Mr. Alex Davis worked loyally in the Londonderry firm of William Adair and Sons,

... commanded the Italian flight of flying boats which flew to America for the world’s fair and on route landed on the Foyle. When Amelia Earhart who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from west to east, landed in a field off Culmore Road it was Alex ...

Published: Wednesday 28 January 1976
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 541 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

MAKING DERRY A PLEASANT PLACE

... operated by the Association during the tourist season. Additionally there are plans to commemorate the landing by Miss Amelia Earhart, the first woman pilot to fly the Atlantic from west to east, landing near Culmore Road in 1932. Plans have also been ...

Published: Wednesday 24 March 1976
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 472 | Page: 54 | Tags: none

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... 6.45. The Archers. 7.0. News Desk. 7.30, It's Your Line 101.580 44111 The Nationalised Industries 8.30. The Search For Amelia Earhart . An American journalist's discovery of the true story of her disappearance. 9.30. Kaleidoscope. 9.59, Weather 10.0. The ...

Published: Wednesday 14 April 1976
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 948 | Page: 12 | Tags: none