Comments on: Amelia Earhart, the First Aviatrix who Flew Solo across the Atlantic Ocean http://www.successstories.co.in/amelia-earhart-the-first-aviatrix-who-flew-solo-across-the-atlantic-ocean/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Douglas Westfall http://www.successstories.co.in/amelia-earhart-the-first-aviatrix-who-flew-solo-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-16903 Douglas Westfall Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:17:06 +0000 http://www.successstories.co.in/?p=7640#comment-16903 So, where do we go from here? The ten Steps to where’s Amelia.

Amelia’s Lockheed Electra was within 75 miles of her target Howland Island when her radio cut out. The US sent nine ships, 66 aircraft, and well over 3,000 sailors and airmen. They covered well over 250,000 sq. miles of open sea and every island within a 650 mile radius of Howland.

Step 1
US CGC Itasca Chief Radioman Leo Bellarts 30, was on watch that morning and said: “In the early morning, signals came in pretty good. I actually did go outside and stand right out the radio shack and thought I would hear a motor any second. Her voice was loud and clear; sounded frantic on her last transmission. Then it cut off.”

Amelia Earhart was an American Heroine, a record-breaking aviator, and a celebrity world wide; but Earhart was not a spy — she was a decoy.

Taken from, The Hunt For Amelia Earhart
Douglas Westfall, historic publisher, Specialbooks.com

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