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Intrepid aviator to be honoured A FULL-LENGTH portrait of intrepid aviator Amelia Earhart will be unveiled in ..

... Intrepid aviator to be honoured A FULL-LENGTH portrait of intrepid aviator Amelia Earhart will be unveiled in Burry Port on Sunday to mark the 60th anniversary of her historic transatlantic flight Tle painting by Llanelli artist Mel Tonge takes pride ...

Published: Friday 17 June 1988
Newspaper: Llanelli Star
County: Carmarthenshire, Wales
Type: | Words: 2641 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

-9 n 32 STAR Thursday June 18 1998 1 Honouring Amelia: Los George whoso efforts have largely led to the

... townsfolk turned out en-masse to witness a magnificent achievement and Amelia Earhart into their hearts v Powerful portrait: An earty portrait of daredevil flier Amelia Earhart AMELIA EARHART'S plan The Friendship three-motored Fbkker seaplane was originally ...

Published: Thursday 18 June 1998
Newspaper: Llanelli Star
County: Carmarthenshire, Wales
Type: | Words: 1211 | Page: 34 | Tags: none

STAR Thursday August 13 1998 7 Doors closed at Earhart centre Locked out: Australian visitor Haydn Hancock Is ..

... Haydn Hancock Is disappointed not to'hava soon inside the celebrated Amelia Earhart Centre TOURISTS are flocking to Burry Port from all over the world hoping to visit an Amelia Earhart museum but are leaving disappointed after finding the gates locked ...

Published: Thursday 13 August 1998
Newspaper: Llanelli Star
County: Carmarthenshire, Wales
Type: | Words: 850 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

34 STAR Thursday June 18 1998 How the newspapers of the day reported the Earhart landing LLANELLY HONOURED IN THE

... Guardian raportod tno historic landing The editor of the York received a seven-word cablegram soon after the landing from Amelia Earhart stating 'I arrived I am happy -naturally!' Three women had already lost their lives attempting the same In telegram written ...

Published: Thursday 18 June 1998
Newspaper: Llanelli Star
County: Carmarthenshire, Wales
Type: | Words: 530 | Page: 36 | Tags: none

STAR Thursday June 18 1998 31 Star souvenir marking Amelia Earhart's historic Atlantic flight Today Burry Port ..

... STAR Thursday June 18 1998 31 Star souvenir marking Amelia Earhart's historic Atlantic flight Today Burry Port Iscelebrat- ship ran out of fuel en route There will be a giant barbeque ' Ing 70th anniversary of Southampton from North America live music ...

Published: Thursday 18 June 1998
Newspaper: Llanelli Star
County: Carmarthenshire, Wales
Type: | Words: 159 | Page: 33 | Tags: none

STAR Thursday June 25 1998 A special centre opens to mark the 70th anniversary Amelia Earhart's historic ..

... STAR Thursday June 25 1998 A special centre opens to mark the 70th anniversary Amelia Earhart's historic landing in Burry Port to w Cheers: Reg Sinclair remembers historic landing Despite the dank and dismal weather residents of Burry Port still journeyed ...

Published: Thursday 25 June 1998
Newspaper: Llanelli Star
County: Carmarthenshire, Wales
Type: | Words: 620 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

2 The Star Friday March 18 1988 Choir’s flair shines out from this cloud COR Meibion Llanelli have once again

... shouting words of welcome Amelia Earhart responded with a huge smile and waved back to us and we actually heard her shouting a big ‘Hallo’ Having written all this we were not certain at that particular moment that it was Amelia Earhart’s plane but we felt pretty ...

Published: Friday 18 March 1988
Newspaper: Llanelli Star
County: Carmarthenshire, Wales
Type: | Words: 2143 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

STAR Thursday August 12 1999 Newsroom - 778586y News Andrea displays real girl power! A LLANELLI woman proved ..

... celebratory launch of the Amelia Earhart anniversary last year and further £175000 was spent on clearing adjacent dereliction and works The curator of the centre which also doubles museum to the woman aviator Amelia Earhart received letter last week ...

Published: Thursday 12 August 1999
Newspaper: Llanelli Star
County: Carmarthenshire, Wales
Type: | Words: 1259 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

STAR Thursday August 20 1998 19 An enterprising local saw Amelia Earhart's landing in Burry Port as an ..

... STAR Thursday August 20 1998 19 An enterprising local saw Amelia Earhart's landing in Burry Port as an opportunity to make some money but it wasn't to be w Tt was on Monday morning that the news flashed around the Xschool that an aeroplane had crashed ...

Published: Thursday 20 August 1998
Newspaper: Llanelli Star
County: Carmarthenshire, Wales
Type: | Words: 1228 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

30 The Star Thursday June 21 1990 Llanelli dance fans’ treat IT is a pointer to the success achieved in

... into Burry port on Sun day to commemorate one of the most famous episodes in the town’s history It was 62 years ago that Amelia Earhart landed her plane Friendship in the Burry Estuary to complete the first Atlantic crossing by a woman flier Amelia was under ...

Published: Thursday 21 June 1990
Newspaper: Llanelli Star
County: Carmarthenshire, Wales
Type: | Words: 1175 | Page: 30 | Tags: none