Amelia Earhart’s Transatlantic Crossing
In Londonderry, Ireland on 21 May 1932, Amelia Earhart landed her plane after flying solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Posts tagged: Amelia Earhart
The Amelia Earhart Case: Maybe Hillary Clinton Can Solve It?
The Secretary of State gives valuable face time to Earhart enthusiasts.
Amelia Earhart’s Finger Bone
According to this story from Discovery.com, a bone fragment found on the uninhabited Pacific island of Nikumaroro may be part of Amelia Earhart’s finger.
Amelia Earhart and her finger disappeared 73 years ago while attempting an around-the-world flight with navigator Fred Noonan.
Bessie Coleman, You Wonderful Aviator, Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday to Bessie Coleman, who was born on this day in 1892.With Black History Month coming up, it’s only natural to toss Coleman an extra salute. She was a rare bird.
The ‘Horsey Incisors’ of Hilary Swank
It’s Oscar season and you know what that means: Time to wheel Hilary Swank out for her annual viewing. In ‘Amelia,’ she plays the legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, and those big, horsey incisors of hers may at last have met their match.Ty Burr reviews the new movie Amelia.
Book Review: ‘Duchess of Death’
2 billion copies sold worldwide.Affairs, betrayal, and heartbreak.Novels translated into 105 languages.A bizarre 11-day disappearance in 1926 that has never been explained.So reads the breathless back cover of Duchess of Death, the nifty new biography of Agatha Christie by Richard Hack.