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Earhart and her customized Lockheed Electra. Probably the most famous use of the Electra was the highly modified Model 10E flown by Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. In July 1937, they disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean during an attempted round-the-world flight. [6]
In January, ocean exploration company Deep Sea Vision suggested the search might finally be over after crewmembers stumbled upon what they believed was Earhart’s Lockheed 10-E Electra plane in ...
A sonar image captured by Deep Sea Vision, an underwater scanning company, that may show the remains of Amelia Earhart’s lost Lockheed 10-E Electra aircraft in the Pacific Ocean (Deep Sea Vision)
To date, no one has found definitive evidence of Earhart, Noonan or the Lockheed Electra. However, people following the facts of the flight should have the edge. Earhart’s flight plan was well ...
Panelists, along with employees of the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, pose for a picture in front of Muriel, the museum’s Lockheed Electra 10-E.
Purdue University established the Amelia Earhart Fund for Aeronautical Research and gave $50,000 to fund the purchase of a Lockheed Electra 10E airplane. [129] In July 1936, Lockheed Aircraft Company built the airplane, which was fitted with extra fuel tanks and other extensive modifications. [ 130 ]
These would be consistent with a Lockheed Electra 10E, such as that flown by Earhart, although they do not contain enough information to identify the wreck in question as NR16020. [58] Pacific Wrecks, a website that documents World War II-era aircraft crash sites, notes that no Electra has been reported lost in or around Papua New Guinea. Ric ...
Amelia Earhart is seen with her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, the last plane she flew before declared missing at sea. - GL Archive/Alamy Stock Photo Earhart’s mysterious disappearance