Amelia Earhart stands June 14, 1928 in front of her bi-plane
called 'Friendship' in Newfoundland. One of the greatest
mysteries of modern American history centers on aviation pioneer
Amelia Earhart. Though she disappeared somewhere over the South
Pacific on July 2, 1937, there is still much interest and
speculation surrounding the fate of Earhart and her navigator,
Fred Noonan. To this day, neither body has been found, nor has
the wreckage of her Lockheed Model 10 Electra. But even after 75
years, evidence is still being discovered – new analysis of an
old photo showing part of her plane has allowed researchers to
narrow their search area from tens of thousands of square miles
to a much smaller area. Armed with this information and led by
an expert team of researchers (including Robert Ballard, the man
who found the Titanic and the Bismarck), The International Group
for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) will conduct a search of
the Republic of Kiribati’s Nikumaroro island scheduled to begin
in July. So coul