On Jan. 11, 1935, the aviator Amelia Earhart began a trip to Oakland, Calif., from Honolulu that she would complete the next day, becoming the first person to fly to the United States mainland ...

Amelia Earhart stands June 14, 1928 in front of her bi-plane called "Friendship" in Newfoundland. Earhart (1898 - 1937) disappeared without trace over the Pacific Ocean in her attempt to fly ...

It's the coldest of cold cases, and yet 70 years after Amelia Earhart disappeared, clues are still turning up. ... His role as an AP reporter on the Earhart story was part of family history.

Exclusive: Inside the search for Amelia Earhart’s airplane. Many attempts have been made to discover the famed aviator's fate, but never with the technological tools at Robert Ballard's disposal.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her ...

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