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Amelia Mary Earhart (/ ˈ ɛər h ɑːr t / AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer.On July 2, 1937, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world.
Fred Noonan is mentioned in the song "Amelia" on Bell X1's 2009 album Blue Lights on the Runway, which contemplates the last moments and the fates of Amelia Earhart and Noonan. The first ballad written about Amelia and Fred was written and sung by "Red River" Dave McEnerney in 1938 called "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight".
Amelia Rose Earhart (born January 18, 1983) [2] is an American private pilot and former reporter for NBC affiliate [3] KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado. In 2013, Earhart started the Fly With Amelia Foundation , which grants flight scholarships to girls aged 16–18.
In his 1966 book The Search for Amelia Earhart, San Francisco radio newscaster Fred Goerner, who died in 1994, laid out a case that Earhart had been captured by the Japanese. After failing to find ...
George Palmer Putnam (September 7, 1887 – January 4, 1950) was an American publisher, writer and explorer. Known for his marriage to (and being the widower of) Amelia Earhart, he had also achieved fame as one of the most successful promoters in the United States during the 1930s.
An Oregon-based archeologist is the latest scientist attempting to find Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane and solve the baffling 88-year mystery surrounding her and flight navigator Fred Noonan ...
Amelia Earhart poses with her Lockheed Vega, the aircraft that helped many pilots in the late 1920s and 1930s set flying records. The Vega could fly fast and had a long range, which is why Earhart ...
Amelia is a 2009 biographical film about the aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. The film stars Hilary Swank as Earhart, and co-stars Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston and Joe Anderson. The film was directed by Mira Nair and based on The Sound of Wings by Mary S. Lovell. [2]