Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart: the mystery solved Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long
Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c1999.
ISBN: 0684860058
DDC: 629.13092
LCC: TL540
Summary:
When Amelia Earhart disappeared on July 2, 1937, she was flying the
longest leg of her around-the-world flight and was only days away
from completing her journey. Her plane was never found, and for more
than sixty years rumors have persisted about what happened to her.
Now, with the recent discovery of long-lost radio messages from
Earhart's final flight, we can say with confidence that she ran out
of gas just short of her destination of Howland Island in the Pacific
Ocean. Authors Elgen M. and Marie K. Long spent more than twenty-five
years researching the mystery surrounding Earhart's final flight
before finally determining what happened. They draw on authoritative
sources to take us inside the cockpit of the Electra plane that
Earhart flew and recreate the final flight itself. Because Elgen Long
began his own flying career not long after Earhart's disappearance,
he can describe the equipment and conditions of the time with a vivid
first-hand accuracy. As a result, this book brings to life the
primitive conditions under which Earhart flew, in an era before
radar, with unreliable communications, grass landing strips, and
poorly mapped islands.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Tragedy Near Howland Island -- 2. In the Shadow of History -- 3.
The Legend Begins -- 4. Preparations for the World Flight -- 5. The
Flight to Honolulu -- 6. The Crash at Honolulu -- 7. Preparing for
the Second World Flight -- 8. World Flight Resumes - Oakland to Miami
-- 9. World Flight - Miami to Dakar -- 10. World Flight - Dakar to
Singapore -- 11. World Flight - Singapore to Lae, New Guinea -- 12.
Preparing for the Lae-to-Howland Flight -- 13. The Itasca and Howland
Island -- 14. The Search for Earhart -- 15. Examining the Evidence --
16. Solving the Mystery -- Flight Log for Earhart's
Around-the-World-Flight -- The Electra's Fuel Consumption.
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