Amelia Mary Earhart. Date of birth: 24 July 1897. Date of death: disappeared on 2 July 1937. Profession: pilot and journalist. Dry lines of Wikipedia on the Internet can tell nothing about Amelia Earhart. A courageous woman who loved the sky, who conquered the firmament. Gone too early. She became a legend after her death.
Amelia Earhart became interested in aviation in her youth. In the early 20s of the last 20 century. This hobby became the meaning of her life. The brave young woman set one record after another. She was the first female pilot to fly over the Atlantic Ocean. She has written several best-selling books about her flights and was instrumental in the formation of Ninety-Nine, an organization of women pilots, and was elected as its first President. In 1935, Earhart joined Purdue University's aviation department as a visiting professor. She was also a member of the National Women's Party. She actively advocated for equal rights with men. In 1937, while attempting to circumnavigate the world in a twin-engined light transport and passenger aircraft, the Lockheed Model 10 Electra, which was funded by Purdue University,Earhart has gone missing in the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. This is all taken from the internet. But there is no main thing here. Amelia, before her disappearance in the Pacific Ocean, became a world celebrity. She alone flew across the Atlantic Ocean. On an old and rather antediluvian biplane. In the years when aviation was just beginning its technological progress. She made her first transatlantic flight in 1928. Taking off from Newfoundland on June 17, 1928, the plane crossed the ocean in 20 hours and 40 minutes and splashed down off the coast of England - in Barry Port (Wales). Another stunning detail from her biography (literal quote from the Internet): In August 1929, Earhart participated in the first California-Ohio women's air race. Before the last stage, she had the best time and every chance for a prize,however, an accident occurred. When taxiing to the start, Earhart saw that the engine of her main rival Ruth Nichols had caught fire. Turning off the engine, Earhart rushed to Nichols' plane; pulled her out of the cockpit of the burning plane and provided first aid. When doctors arrived at the scene of the incident, she was finally able to take off and continued to participate in the race, but came only third. Can you imagine it? How noble and kind heart this brave woman had! In May 1932, Earhart took the plunge towards worldwide fame. Leaving Newfoundland in her Lockheed Vega on the evening of May 20, she crossed the Atlantic in 15 and a half hours - this time alone. After the 1932 transatlantic flight, Earhart became the most famous female pilot in the world and one of the most popular people in the United States. On August 24, 1932, Earhart set a new record, once again breaking the transcontinental route - from Los Angeles to Newark. She is now the first female pilot to cross the American continent from coast to coast without stopover; flight time - 19 hours. 7 minutes 56 seconds. And this, I will note, is simply unthinkable. 19 hours in the cockpit of the Vega biplane, this is not a flight on board a passenger Boeing 747. It is not easy and exhausting physical work. Previously, even men did not dare to her, but now an ordinary woman does this! So, her popularity in the USA was simply frantic. Comparable only with the popularity of Valery Chkalov's crew. In the fall of 1935, this brave pilot and his crew became a real hero for America. But all this was after the flights of Amelia Earhart. On January 11, 1935, Amelia Earhart became the first person in the world totraveling alone in his Vega over the Pacific Ocean the distance from Hawaii to Oakland, California. When trying to make such a single flight, so many pilots died that such attempts were eventually banned by a special decision of the US government; however, Earhart obtained special permission for herself to try. The flight time was 18 hours 16 minutes. At the aerodrome in California, a crowd of 18 thousand people and a congratulatory telegram from US President Franklin Roosevelt were waiting for her - "Congratulations - you won again." This was followed by record-breaking flights from Los Angeles to Mexico City and Mexico City to New York. In gratitude for the cooperation, in the summer of 1936, the university presented Earhart to his birthday the newest twin-engine monoplane "Lockheed-Electra" L-10E. Now Earhart is close to realizing her old dream - to fly around the world along the longest route, keeping as close to the equator as possible. The round-the-world flight began on March 17, 1937. During the flight, Earhart was to be accompanied by two navigators - Harry Manning and Frederick Noonan. On July 2, 1937, Amelia and Fred Noonan took off from Lae, a small town on the coast of New Guinea, and headed for the small island of Howland, located in the central Pacific Ocean. There it was supposed to refuel before the next flight - to Honolulu. This stage of the flight was the longest and most dangerous - to find, after almost 18 hours of flight in the Pacific Ocean, an island only slightly rising above the water, was the most difficult task for the navigation technology of the 30s. By order of President Roosevelt, a runway was built on Howland specifically for the Earhart flight. Here the plane was awaited by officials and representatives of the press, and off the coast was the coast guard patrol ship "Itasca", which periodically maintained radio communication with the aircraft, served as a radio beacon and emitted a smoke signal as a visual reference. According to the report of the commander of the ship, the connection was unstable, the aircraft was heard from the ship well, but Earhart did not respond to their questions. She said that the plane was in their area, they did not see the island, there was little gasoline, and she could not find the ship's radio signal. Radio direction finding from the ship also did not bring success, as Earhart appeared on the air for a very short time. The last radiogram received from her was:"We are on line 157-337 … I repeat … I repeat … we are moving along the line." Based on the signal strength, the plane should have appeared over Howland any minute, but it never showed up; no new radio broadcasts followed. Judging by the last message, the navigator determined by means of astronomical navigation that they are on the "line of position" 157-337 degrees (green line on the map on the left), passing through the island, but, not knowing their position in latitude, they flew along this line, trying to find an island. This can be the end of the Internet citation.that they are on the "line of position" 157-337 degrees (green line on the map on the left), passing through the island, but, not knowing their position in latitude, they flew along this line, trying to find the island. This can be the end of the Internet citation.that they are on the "line of position" 157-337 degrees (green line on the map on the left), passing through the island, but, not knowing their position in latitude, they flew along this line, trying to find the island. This can be the end of the Internet citation.
Lockheed-Electra was searched in vain. But no traces of the aircraft were found. In 1940, on the island of Nikumaroro, Nikumaroro is an uninhabited atoll in the southwestern part of the Phoenix archipelago. The second name is Gardner Island, a fragmented human skeleton was discovered. Those who found him by accident handed the find to the authorities. The bones of the deceased person were apparently eaten by crabs after death. A court report has survived, which describes the remains. Then experts came to the conclusion that the skeleton belonged to a white woman 1.7 m tall. The data coincide with the parameters of Amelia Earhart. However, the skeleton itself is lost, so it is impossible to conduct DNA analysis on it. In 2007, scientists looked for traces of the death of aviators on a small island in the South Pacific and found three pieces from a pocket knife and fragments of an object.which they identified as splinters of a cosmetic mirror. The find could serve as proof that Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan landed and eventually died on the uninhabited tropical island of Nikumaroro, which today belongs to the Republic of Kiribati. The island is located about 480 km southeast of the final destination of the pilots - Howland Island. Scientists hope to find the remains of the twin-engined aircraft Earhart "Electra", which, in their opinion, did not crash into the sea and did not sink, as was officially announced after a large-scale but futile search, organized after the disappearance of the aviators on July 2, 1937. But at the end of 2016, they never found the plane. Although the crashed plane was on the island all this time. On satellite images commissioned by search engines in 2007, I was able to find somethingwhat could be fragments of "Electra"! The coordinates of the find are 4 ° 41'30.62 "S, 174 ° 30'0.04" W. In this place, in the dense thickets, the nose of the aircraft is visible. It has been perfectly preserved despite the past 79 years. When comparing satellite images, it can be seen that other parts of the aircraft's fuselage may also lie in this place. The car broke in two during landing. Of course, time has hidden the plane well from casual witnesses. Finding him by accident was almost impossible. But he is. It is well preserved and can answer many questions. And of course, this is the same plane on which Amelia took off on her last flight. You cannot confuse him. Since "Electra" has a very specific shape of the fuselage. It has been perfectly preserved despite the past 79 years. When comparing satellite images, it can be seen that other parts of the aircraft's fuselage may also lie in this place. The car broke in two during landing. Of course, time has hidden the plane well from casual witnesses. Finding him by accident was almost impossible. But he is. It is well preserved and can answer many questions. And of course, this is the same plane on which Amelia took off on her last flight. You cannot confuse him. Since "Electra" has a very specific shape of the fuselage. It has been perfectly preserved despite the past 79 years. When comparing satellite images, it can be seen that other parts of the aircraft's fuselage may also lie in this place. The car broke in two during landing. Of course, time has hidden the plane well from casual witnesses. Finding him by accident was almost impossible. But he is. It is well preserved and can answer many questions. And of course, this is the same plane on which Amelia took off on her last flight. You cannot confuse him. Since "Electra" has a very specific shape of the fuselage. But he is. It is well preserved and can answer many questions. And of course, this is the same plane on which Amelia took off on her last flight. You cannot confuse him. Since "Electra" has a very specific shape of the fuselage. But he is. It is well preserved and can answer many questions. And of course, this is the same plane on which Amelia took off on her last flight. You cannot confuse him. Since "Electra" has a very specific shape of the fuselage.
I even have a theory of how Amelia ended up on Nikumaroro Island. Having lost orientation, the car flew almost blindly. Nikumaroro is very similar to the final destination of the Howland Island flight. These two islands are like twins. It is very easy to confuse them. Especially in the coming twilight. Amelia managed to land the plane. But the car was completely destroyed. Both the pilot and the navigator were injured. So I don’t think Amelia lived too long. A merciful death saved her from suffering. However, what was there in reality, it will be possible to find out only after someone finds the plane already on the island itself. We will wait for further events.
The same plane.
Flight route of Amelia Earhart.
Comparison of the two islands. The final point of the flight and the place of her death.
As you can see, the distance between the islands was very small.
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Wreckage of “ Electra ” Amelia Earhart.
Valentin Degterev. Internet journalist. Specialization in the genre of searching for various artifacts