Checking in on Amelia, Remembering Amelia

73 Years Later, Amelia Earhart Flies Again * Mashable | Taking after her famous aviator namesake, Amelia Rose Earhart took off Thursday to become the youngest woman to fly a single-engine airplane around the world.  In spite of their nearly identical names — the original Amelia Earhart's middle name was Mary — there is no biological relation. But that didn't stop the modern-day Earhart from pursuing similar passions...

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Track Amelia Earhart's Flight Around the World * NBC News | A 31-year-old pilot took off from Oakland, California, Thursday, flying a single-engine plane and hoping to make history. And her name just happens to be Amelia Earhart (no relation to her famous namesake). The modern-day Earhart is planning to recreate the same journey; an around-the-world flight that's expected to take nearly three weeks....


World flight by namesake honors aviation hero Amelia Earhart * fdlreporter | These days when Amelia Rose Earhart walks on the airport tarmac with a group of young children, it doesn't matter how many adults are around, she said they all become children again.  In an instant, they are nine years old again, spreading their wings to catch the air and light high above the clouds guided by an infinite horizon of patchy green fields and blue water....

Video: Could this long forgotten picture and a battered sheet of aluminium FINALLY solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance? * Daily Mail | A photograph forgotten for almost 80 years could hold the key to solving the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart. The picture, taken immediately before the legendary aviator launched her ill-fated attempt to circumnavigate the globe from Miami in June 1937, shows a distinctive patch of aluminum bolted to the side of her Lockheed Model 10 Electra....


The Legend of Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance by The National Air and Space Museum | The mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance somewhere over the Pacific Ocean in July 1937 during her around-the-world flight attempt persists to the present day, and is especially alive and well on the Internet. If you were to Google the term “Amelia Earhart Disappearance,” for example, the list of hits would be about 1,950,000 items! Some websites, too numerous to mention, are filled with crank conspiratorial ideas. One...