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Amelia Earhart as a child. The Earhart children seemed to have a spirit of adventure and would set off daily to explore their neighborhood. [16] As a child, Amelia Earhart spent hours playing with sister Pidge, climbing trees, hunting rats with a rifle, and sledding downhill. [17] Some biographers have characterized the young Amelia as a tomboy ...
Muriel Earhart Morrissey. Muriel Earhart Morrissey (December 29, 1899 – March 2, 1998), the younger sister of aviator Amelia Earhart, was a high school teacher, author, and activist. [1] After her sister disappeared on a flight across the Pacific in 1937, Earhart spent decades biographing Amelia's life and managing her legacy. [2]
Fred Noonan. Frederick Joseph Noonan (born April 4, 1893 – disappeared July 2, 1937, declared dead June 20, 1938) was an American flight navigator, sea captain and aviation pioneer, who first charted many commercial airline routes across the Pacific Ocean during the 1930s. [ 2] As the flight navigator for famed aviator Amelia Earhart in their ...
Gillespie never intended, though, to search for one of the most famous pilots of all time. Like many people, he had believed that on a long flight around the world, Amelia Earhart and her copilot ...
The mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart has made little progress in recent years. A group searching for the plane’s whereabouts believe a photo may offer the next clue worth pursuing.
Tony Romeo went home and began to research Earhart, and wondered why the plane hadn’t yet been found. “She didn’t fly off the edge of the earth, she wasn’t abducted by UFO’s, we can rule ...
George P. Putnam. 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.
Amelia Earhart is photographed with her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, the aircraft she used in her attempted flight around the world. Earhart and the plane went missing on July 2, 1937.