Local Earhart author is flying high (2) Oct 29, 2009
And, five years later, near the end of a round-the-world flight, came what would become her epitaph: She and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared, somewhere in the clouds between New Guinea and Howland Island in the mid-Pacific, never to be seen or heard again ... Her achievements will stand out more strongly," she added.Her mother provided much of the inspiration for Butler s interest in aviation, and for the book itself.Butler s mother was a pilot in the 1930s, the author recalled, an unusual... (Lake Wales News, FL)
David Denby: Tales of Amelia Earhart, Valery Gergiev, and the Paris Opera Ballet. Oct 26, 2009
But somewhere near her mid-Pacific goal of Howland Island she and her navigator, Fred Noonan (Christopher Eccleston), disappeared ... The scenes of missed communications between Earhart and the radio operators stationed off Howland Island are an anguished reconstruction of what feels like simple technical inadequacy, yet the filmmakers don t dramatize this final flight as the half-insane event that it was. (New Yorker)
New Biopic: Amelia Earhart Must Be Rolling in Her Watery Grave Oct 25, 2009
The tense final scenes posit a theory about what happened to Earhart over the Pacific that's in line with the conclusion reached by most of her biographers: a combination of chance mishaps and faulty communications between Earhart and a Coast Guard ship stationed below resulted in her plane running out of fuel before she could locate the tiny landing strip built for her on Howland Island. The audience is spared from witnessing the actual impact, but watching the series of decisions and missteps... (Slate)
Amelia Earhart's scarf flying to space Oct 24, 2009
"The other thing he told us is that he has the coordinates for Howland Island," shared Smith, referencing the island that Earhart was trying to find and land at when she disappeared. "He is going to try to take a picture of [the island] as they overfly it in the space shuttle.". (MSNBC -- Technology)
Amelia Earhart Paid Two Visits Here Oct 23, 2009
Earhart's mysterious disappearance off Howland Island in the Pacific fostered rumors -- and cult status ... "But to me, the thought that she got as far as Howland Island is doubtful.". (The Pilot Newspaper)
Weak script and lethargic acting ground 'Amelia' Oct 23, 2009
And, five years later, near the end of a round-the-world flight, came what would become her epitaph: She and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared, somewhere in the clouds between New Guinea and Howland Island in the mid-Pacific, never to be seen or heard again. Though no evidence could be found to confirm it, they. (Fresno Bee)
DISAPPEARANCE: Reporter's diary adds clue Oct 21, 2009
For nearly 18 hours, Earhart's twin-engine Lockheed Electra drummed steadily eastward over the Pacific, and as sunrise etched a molten strip of light along the horizon, navigator Fred J. Noonan marked the time and calculated the remaining distance to Howland Island. The date was July 2, 1937, and the pair were near the end of a 2,550-mile trek from Lae, New Guinea, the longest and most perilous leg of a much-publicized "World Flight" begun 44 days earlier in Oakland. (USA Today -- Life)
Search for Amelia Earhart expands to theaters this week Oct 20, 2009
There's the Earhart Light, a navigational day beacon on Howland Island, the tiny amoeba-shaped atoll of coral and guano in the Pacific Ocean that Earhart and her navigator, , were aiming for, but never found, in their attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The Earhart Light is crumbling but it's still standing. (USA Today)
Winging itAmelia Earhart never had a plan. She didn’t have a career path or... Oct 19, 2009
On July 2, she and Noonan took off from New Guinea for their next stop on Howland Island, 1,800 miles southwest of Honolulu. They had almost circled the entire world. (New York Post -- News)
Missing Woman Sep 7, 2009
The life of Amelia Earhart : The New Yorker. Post, TIGHAR (The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery), The Earhart Project, Nikumaroro, Islands, Carl Allen, Herald Tribune, Eugene Vidal, Bureau of Air Commerce, (Pres. (New Yorker)
Amelia Earhart Biography Aug 29, 2009
She tried to circle the globe along the equator, but she and her navigator failed to show up on Howland Island in the Pacific. Her Lockheed 10E Electra was never found. (Suite101.com)
Why Can't Women Be More Like Amel... Jul 24, 2009
If she hadn t crashed in 1937 somewhere around Howland Island, chances are she would have become the first woman to circumnavigate the world. She already held the distinctions of being the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo, the first person to fly solo between Honolulu and Oakland, the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the first woman to fly an autogyro, which is a crude helicopter thing -- not a sex toy or automatic Greek sandwich. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
