... Amelia Earhart poses amid the throngs who came to cheer was ready. She donned jodphurs and leather flying suit. The only ration she had with her was one can of tomato soup which she later punctured and sipped throuzh a straw. “1 didn’t bother much about ...

... IT IS one of those paradoxes of history that itis not the deeds of Amelia Earhart but the mystery surrounding her disappearance that continues to generate enormous interest. R Researchers still dig for the “truth” of herill - fated, round - the - world ...

... FROM an ovel‘n;ght sensation in 1928, Amelia Earhart become a living legend in less than ten years. Then she prepared to undertake her greatest challenge — a roundthe-world flight of some 29,000 miles. Already she had achieved more than any other woman ...

... Nines club founded by Amelia Earhart will be coming, around that time, to the United Kingdom on tour. And strenuous eftorts are being made to bring them to Londonderry. One ot the main events of the week-end is the Amelia Earhart Air Race trom London to ...

... Fliers in tribute to Amelia THIS weekend is the 50th anniversary of Amelia Earhart’s Ristoric solo flight from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to Londonderry. To mark the event, a host of jubilee celebrations are m‘guhn glwein the city, goy Londonderry City ...

... Good news for air race An English firm, Quench Dispensers has agreed to sponsor the prize money in the 1984 Amelia Earhart Air Race, totalling £3,000. This is the third air race and takes place on Saturday, May 12, from London to Londonderry — the start ...

... Record entry A record entry of 21 aircraft has been received for Saturday’s Amelia Earhart commemoration race from Hatfield in London to Londonderry and two of the competitors are from Ulster. They are Mr John Dolan of Lifford who will be flying a Sesna ...

... New evidence FEarhart mystery THE mystery began on July 2, 1937, the day aviator Amelia Earhart vanished over the Pacific Ocean during a pioneering attempt to circle the globe at the e?uator. Nearly five decades later, the disappearance of Earhart and ...

... the helm in this new run of the series. 7-30 NUACHT and News for the Dea! 7-35 LIVING SANDS OF THE SAHARA 8-05 THE WOMEN Amelia Earhart. Starring Susan Clark, John Forsythe, and Stephen Macht. 9-30 KELLOGGS CITY CENTRECYCLING GRAND PRIX 10-30 | CAN HEAR ...

... Derry lays on special air event LONDONDERRY is organising a special air race, starting from London. to mark the flight by Amelia Earhart across the Atlantic 50 years ago. More than 30 competitors are expected to take part in the race on May 22. It could become ...

... Bid to solve pilot Earhart death riddle THE leader of an American team hoping to solve the 52-year-old mystery of where Amelia Earhart crashed said yesterday he believes her plane went down on an uninhabited island and she died of thirst three days later ...

... capitals for the softly - spoken, sentle - mannered heroine. And — quite by accident — Londonderry had become a part of the Amelia Earhart story providing a memory to be handed down through succeedin, generations for those few who were there when she dropped ...