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AMELIA EARHART

... AMELIA EARHART Reported to be Alive in Japan WASHINGTON, d a y.— Official sources have no knowledge of reports that Amelia Earhart, American airwoman who disappeared on a world flight in 1937 and was later declared legally dead, is alive in Japan. The ...

Published: Tuesday 13 April 1943
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 77 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Not Amelia Earhart

... Not Amelia Earhart The curious farmer who quickly arrived on the scene was probably rather disappointed that the touchdown was not of the Amelia Earhart variety. “What's wrong with you. son,” he asked. ““I've run out of petrol,” said Hugh. A tractor trip ...

Published: Friday 03 February 1984
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 250 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

AMELIA EARHART

... AMELIA EARHART 1898 — Born 24th July, in Atchison, Kansas. 1918 — Became a nurse in Toronto and developed her interest in flying. 1920 — Left university and went to Los Angeles where she began flying lessons. 1928 — Became the first woman to cross the ...

Published: Friday 08 May 1992
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 170 | Page: 48 | Tags: none

No Amelia Earhart plaque

... No Amelia Earhart plaque The Northern Ireland Tourist Board has informed Londonderry Rural District Council about difficulties regarding the erection of a commemorative plaque to Miss Amelia Earhart who landed her plane near the city after flying solo ...

Published: Wednesday 11 December 1968
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 92 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

Amelia Earhart Lighthouse

... Amelia Earhart Lighthouse ' On remote Howland Island, a tiny dot in the Pacific between Hawaii and Samoa, construction has been started on a lighthouse which is to be a memorial to fiiu Amelia Earhart, the famous American airwoman, who disappeared in the ...

Published: Saturday 29 January 1938
Newspaper: Lurgan Mail
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 165 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

AMELIA EARHART COTTAGE

... AMELIA EARHART COTTAGE This exhibition centre commemorates the historic first female solo flight across the Atlantic by Amelia Earhart. The cottage is located in parklands on the outskirts of the city. Admission is free and general enquiries can be directed ...

Published: Wednesday 29 July 1998
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 47 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Amelia Earhart Exhibition

... Amelia Earhart Exhibition The North-West Archaeological and Historical Society has announced that a talk on the history of aviation in the North-West is to be given by local historian and author Charles Gallagher, in Magee College, on May 10, as part ...

Published: Friday 04 May 1984
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 124 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Amelia Earhart commemoration

... Amelia Earhart commemoration The Northern Ireland Tourist Board is prepared to share the cost _qf proyiding a commemorarive plaque at the site near the .any where Miss Amelia Earhart, landed her plane after com pleting her solo fli?hf across thle Atlantic ...

Published: Wednesday 25 October 1967
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 104 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

LIFE OF AMELIA EARHART

... LIFE OF AMELIA EARHART Airwoman who was a Loner Amelia Earhart wrote her name large tho annals of aviation the fifteen years or so that elapsed between the time she learned to fly and her last flight in 1937, when she started out across the Pacific and ...

Published: Saturday 09 March 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 263 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

AMELIA EARHART IN DERRY

... AMELIA EARHART IN DERRY After landing, Amelia stayed briefly in the McLoughlin cottage, which formerly stood on the site of the present exhibition centre. She rested in a nearby farmhouse and was later driven into Derry to despatch a telegram to her husband ...

Published: Friday 08 May 1992
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 88 | Page: 48 | Tags: none

AMELIA EARHART COMMEMORATION

... AMELIA EARHART COMMEMORATION Members of the Foyle Tourism Association in Derry are planning to put Derry on the world tourism map next year with a period of special events to mark the historic landing of Amelia Earhart just outside the city fifty years ...

Published: Friday 19 June 1981
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 368 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Amelia Earhart 1897-1997

... Amelia Earhart 1897-1997 ...

Published: Friday 25 July 1997
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 3 | Page: 10 | Tags: none