Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved"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."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
Preface | 11 |
TRAGEDY NEAR HOWLAND ISLAND | 13 |
IN THE SHADOW OF HISTORY | 32 |
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