Earhart at the controls of her Lockheed Model 10 Electra. Photo: AFP Earhart at the controls of her Lockheed Model 10 Electra. Photo: AFP
Earhart at the controls of her Lockheed Model 10 Electra. Photo: AFP
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Amelia Earhart’s disappearance: a tiny Pacific atoll and its smoking gun

  • Earhart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, vanished on a 1937 attempt to fly around the globe
  • Theories have abounded as to her fate, but an American organisation believes it has found the answer hidden in decades-old 16mm film footage

Topic |   Aviation
Julian Ryall
Julian Ryall

Updated: 12:29pm, 6 Mar, 2019

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Earhart at the controls of her Lockheed Model 10 Electra. Photo: AFP Earhart at the controls of her Lockheed Model 10 Electra. Photo: AFP
Earhart at the controls of her Lockheed Model 10 Electra. Photo: AFP
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