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Finding Amelia : the true story of the Earhart disappearance
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Finding Amelia : the true story of the Earhart disappearance

Author: Ric Gillespie; International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery.
Publisher: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography   Visual material : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Since the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan during a flight over the Central Pacific, their fate has remained one of history's most debated mysteries. This book offers  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Amelia Earhart
Material Type: Biography, Videorecording, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource, Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Ric Gillespie; International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery.
ISBN: 1591143195 9781591143192 9781591143192
OCLC Number: 69593929
Notes: "TIGHAR, The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery."
Description: xiv, 276 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Contents: An airport in the ocean : American Equatorial Islands--
Kamakaiwi Field : preparations for the first world flight attempt --
Hawaiian debacle : the Luke Field accident --
Reversals : preparations for the second world flight attempt --
Not for publication : crossing the South Atlantic --
Stand to sea : preparations for the flight to Howland Island --
The long road to Lae : delays on the way to New Guinea --
"Denmark's a prison" : confusion and frustration in Lae --
Lost : communications failure on the flight to Howland Island--
Probably down : the last in-flight radio messages --
The search begins : the first day --
"Think It Is Plane?" : the first night --
Hoaxes and hopes : the second day --
Voices : the second night --
Negative results : the third day --
Bearings : the third night --
Betty's notebook : the fourth day --
281 North : the fourth night --
The most likely place : Colorado arrives --
Signs of recent habitation : the search of the Phoenix Group --
"We will find Amelia tomorrow" : Lexington's search --
Banquo's Ghost : explaining failure.
Responsibility: Ric Gillespie.
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