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The first female aviatrix to fly by herself across the Atlantic Ocean, Amelia Earhart was trying for a second "first" by flying around the world when she disappeared in 1937. Earhart's legacy continues today, not just as one of the most famous of all female pilots, but as a crusader for women's rights, as an author (who penned memoirs about her pioneering flights), and as a proud leader of a group called the Ninety-Nines, an all-female flight club.
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The loss of Amelia Earhart has stirred-up controversy ever since her mysterious disappearance while crossing the Pacific in 1937. When Elgen Long made his record round-the-world flight in 1971, he duplicated Earhart's approach to Howland Island. The result inspired him to investigate the facts surrounding her last flight to discover the truth of what actually happened.
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On this last flight Amelia Earhart had with her Fred Noonan, a top navigator. No pilot had flown the world at the equator, the longest way around, at 27,000 miles, for a very good reason: it was dangerous. Amelia Earhart said,
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Famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart came to Purdue in 1935 after meeting Purdue President Edward C. Elliott at a luncheon in New York, at a time when Elliott was seeking to attract more women to the university. Earhart served as a career counselor for women students during the 1935-36 school year. Earhart was interested in Purdue because of its airport and the university's early research in aeronautical engineering. After Earhart expressed the desire to pilot a flying laboratory, the Purdue Research Foundation became the depository for monetary donations from friends and manufacturers. The university then used the funds to purchase her twin-engine Lockheed 10-E Electra, and she was given use of the airport as a base for her world flight. Earhart was expected to publish a book on her research, with the proceeds from the book and research to be put toward further aeronautical research.
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During the 1970s when conspiracy theories circled the Amelia Earhart mystery, Elgen Long and his wife, Marie, set out to discover the truth. Elgen's aviation expertise (and his own experience from flying around the world, setting fifteen world records and firsts) told him that the most probable explanation for her disappearance lay in the navigation and communications surrounding Earhart’s last flight. After over thirty-five years of research, Elgen and Marie plotted the most likely area where Earhart would have ditched her Lockheed Electra. Already the search has begun.
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On July 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart, Fred Noonan and the Lockheed Electra they were flying were lost in the Pacific Ocean. Almost as tragic as her loss on that July day is that today, it seems as though that last flight is all she is remembered for. Yet there is so much more.
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