"The Enduring Mystery of Amelia Earhart's Disappearance Maybe Finally Coming To an End". [Note 12] Another flyer, Jacqueline Cochran, who was said to be Earhart's rival, also became her confidante during this period. The equipment originally used a long trailing wire antenna. Nuclear scientists are ready to finally solve the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart, by using neutrons on a piece of wreckage found in the Pacific Ocean. ', "Newly Discovered Amelia Earhart Letter Shows Her Wild Side. [163] Earhart's only training on the system was a brief introduction by Joe Gurr at the Lockheed factory, and the topic had not come up. Earhart". [2][Note 1] Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The plane would have carried enough fuel to reach Howland with some extra to spare. [250][251][Note 51][252][Note 52] Saipan is more than 2,700 miles away from Howland Island, however. ", "Model, Static, Pitcairn PCA-2 ("Beech-Nut"). But no ...read more, Theory #1: Earhart ran out of fuel, crashed and perished in the Pacific Ocean. Lloyd followed a route similar to the one taken by Earhart.[282]. [54], After Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927, Amy Guest (1873–1959) expressed interest in being the first woman to fly (or be flown) across the Atlantic Ocean. Ballard considered that it was plausible that Bevington's 1937 photo shows landing gear. In October 2018, documents discovered at the National Archives and Records Administration showed USS Bushnell had a Brandis and Sons sextant with USNO serial number 1542 in 1938–1939, well after Earhart's disappearance. Earhart made an unusual condition in the choice of her next schooling; she canvassed nearby high schools in Chicago to find the best science program. The Electra had been equipped to transmit a 500 kHz signal that Itasca could use for radio direction finding, but some of that equipment had been removed. The next record attempt was a nonstop flight from Mexico City to New York. [221][222] According to the analysts who viewed it, "a blurry object sticking out of the water in the lower left corner of the black-and-white photo is consistent with a strut and wheel of a Lockheed Electra landing gear. Lange glaubte man, Amelia Earhart sei 1937 beim Absturz ihrer Maschine über dem Pazifik gestorben. Earhart began whistling into the microphone to provide a continual signal for them to home in on. Amelia Earhart ... or Irene Bolam? ", Quote: "... the judge nevertheless adored his brave and intelligent granddaughter and in her [Earhart's] love of adventure, she seemed to have inherited his pioneering spirit.". [37] While staying in the hospital during the pre-antibiotic era, she had painful minor operations to wash out the affected maxillary sinus,[35][36][37] but these procedures were not successful and Earhart subsequently suffered from worsening headaches. Although Earhart had gained fame for her transatlantic flight, she endeavored to set an "untarnished" record of her own. Despite an extensive […] Purdue University established the Amelia Earhart Fund for Aeronautical Research at $50,000 to fund the purchase of the Lockheed Electra 10E. [216], During World War II, US Coast Guard LORAN Unit 92, a radio navigation station built in the summer and fall of 1944, and operational from mid-November 1944 until mid-May 1945, was located on Gardner Island's southeast end. [111] Putnam had already sold his interest in the New York-based publishing company to his cousin, Palmer Putnam. [8][9], During an attempt at becoming the first female to complete a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. A competing theory argues that when they failed to reach Howland Island, Earhart and Noonan were forced to land in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. During Earhart and Noonan's approach to Howland Island, the Itasca received strong and clear voice transmissions from Earhart identifying as KHAQQ but she apparently was unable to hear voice transmissions from the ship. Ordinarily, the receiver covered four frequency bands: 188–420 kHz, 550–1500 kHz, 1500–4000 kHz, and 4000–10000 kHz. New footage, acquired after 10 years of negotiations, may help shed light on … "[183], Beginning approximately one hour after Earhart's last recorded message, the USCGC Itasca undertook an ultimately unsuccessful search north and west of Howland Island based on initial assumptions about transmissions from the aircraft. This delayed the occupation of their new home for several months. We will repeat this on 6210 kilocycles. [224][225] TIGHAR has sent a number of expeditions to Nikumaroro looking for evidence, although they have found nothing conclusive; expeditions include ones in 2007, 2010, 2012, and 2017. [184] Four days after Earhart's last verified radio transmission, on July 6, 1937, the captain of the battleship Colorado received orders from the Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District to take over all naval and coast guard units to coordinate search efforts. ", A 'bogus photo,' decades of obsession and the endless debate over Amelia Earhart, "San Matean Says Japanese Executed Amelia Earhart. The Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarships (established in 1939 by The Ninety-Nines), provides scholarships to women for advanced pilot certificates and ratings, jet type ratings, college degrees, and technical training. ", https://www.everythingzoomer.com/arts-entertainment/2015/05/14/harry-shearer-simpsons-mr-burns/, "Hilary Swank to play Amelia Earhart: Mira Nair to direct biopic from Ron Bass script. [Note 30] During a test flight at Lae, Earhart could hear radio signals, but she failed to obtain an RDF bearing. Early in 1936, Earhart started planning a round-the-world flight. Goerner's book was immediately challenged, but the. Noonan also navigated the China Clipper on its first flight to Manila, departing Alameda under the command of Captain Ed Musick, on November 22, 1935. Gurr explained that higher frequency bands would offer better accuracy and longer range.[164]. "[81], During this period, Earhart became involved with The Ninety-Nines, an organization of female pilots providing moral support and advancing the cause of women in aviation. ", "The Perils of Flying Solo: Amelia Earhart and Feminist Individualism", "A/E11/M-129, Earhart, Amy Otis, 1869–1962. Have been unable to reach you by radio. [31][Note 5][32], During Christmas vacation in 1917, Earhart visited her sister in Toronto. Hundreds of articles and scores of books have been written about her life, which is often cited as a motivational tale, especially for girls. [194] As the plane closed with Howland, it expected to be in radio contact with Itasca. [265], The theory that Earhart may have turned back mid-flight has been posited. [196] Rear Admiral Richard R. Black, USN (Ret. ", "Cousin: Japanese captured Amelia Earhart", "Japanese Blogger Points Out Timeline Flaw In Supposed Earhart Photo", "Smithsonian Curator Weighs In on Photo That Allegedly Shows Amelia Earhart in Japanese Captivity", "Aircraft Search Project in Papua New Guinea. ", "Dorothy Binney Putnam Upton Blanding Palmer 1888–1982. Initially, Johnson recommended a more efficient flight plan that had a lower altitude for the first 6 hours. [129], With the aircraft severely damaged, the flight was called off and the aircraft was shipped by sea to the Lockheed Burbank facility for repairs.[130]. [257] Campbell cites claims from Marshall Islanders to have witnessed a crash, as well as a U.S. Army Sergeant who found a suspicious gravesite near a former Japanese prison on Saipan. One look at the rickety "flivver" was enough for Earhart, who promptly asked if they could go back to the merry-go-round. All of these added to the confusion and doubtfulness of the authenticity of the reports. ...read more, Aviatrix. Five years later in 1914, he was forced to retire and although he attempted to rehabilitate himself through treatment, he was never reinstated at the Rock Island Railroad. A court order declared Earhart legally dead in January 1939, 18 months after she disappeared. After flying with Earhart, Roosevelt obtained a student permit but did not further pursue her plans to learn to fly. Most historians hold to the simple "crash and sink" theory, but a number of other possibilities have been proposed, including several conspiracy theories. Amelia Earhart's original pilot license is permanently housed at the Museum of Women Pilots in Oklahoma City. In 2001, another commemorative flight retraced the route undertaken by Earhart in her August 1928 transcontinental record flight. He also played the role of "decoy" for the press as he was ostensibly preparing Earhart's Vega for his own Arctic flight. Her shyly charismatic appeal, independence, persistence, coolness under pressure, courage and goal-oriented career along with the circumstances of her disappearance at a comparatively early age have driven her lasting fame in popular culture. That tragic end was the result of a … The life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart - YouTube. Record breaker. [Note 3], Earhart was the daughter of Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart (1867–1930) and Amelia "Amy" (née Otis; 1869–1962). They have faded giving them a sepia appearance.". Letter, Hooven to Goerner, December 5, 1966. [147], Whichever receiver was used, there are pictures of Earhart's radio direction finder loop antenna and its 5-band Bendix coupling unit. ", "Timeline: Equal Rights Amendment, Phase One: 1921–1972. This is one of the … Earhart apparently did not understand the limitations of the RDF equipment. [140], Around 3 pm Lae time, Earhart reported her altitude as 10000 feet but that they would reduce altitude due to thick clouds. [211][212] Yet, despite the errors and speculative assumptions of Jantz's research, TIGHAR Executive Director Ric Gillespie appeared on BBC World News shortly after the findings were announced to state, "This is quantification of data. From the given coordinates, the great circle distance is 4,124 kilometres (2,563 mi; 2,227 nmi). Michael Everette, TIGHAR, Electra radios, TIGHAR, Electra radios; Gillespie, highlights, Radio logs, Position 1 first heard Earhart at, Hoodless states, "The bones included:– (1) a skull with the right zygoma and malar bones broken off: (2) mandible with only four teeth in position: (3) part of the right scapula: (4) the first thoracic vertebra: (5) portion of a rib (? Fashion entrepreneur? The landing was witnessed by Cecil King and T. Sawyer. [30] Throughout her troubled childhood, she had continued to aspire to a future career; she kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about successful women in predominantly male-oriented fields, including film direction and production, law, advertising, management, and mechanical engineering. The planes saw signs of recent habitation and the November 1929 wreck of the SS Norwich City, but did not see any signs of Earhart's plane or people. After receiving training as a nurse's aide from the Red Cross, she began work with the Voluntary Aid Detachment at Spadina Military Hospital. Tap to unmute. Safford came to the conclusion, "poor planning, worse execution". [210] Hoodless also wrote "it may be definitely stated that the skeleton is that of a MALE. She received the United States Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment. "Old Bessie" started out as a Vega 5 built in 1928 as c/n 36, but was modified with a replacement fuselage to become a 5B. But over three expeditions since 2002, the deep-sea exploration company Nauticos has used sonar to scan the area off Howland Island near where Earhart’s last radio message came from, covering nearly 2,000 square nautical miles without finding a trace of the wreckage of the Electra. The later typewritten note has the word medieval incorrectly spelled. The 157/337 radio transmission suggests they flew a course of 157° that would take them past Baker Island; if they missed Baker Island, then sometime later they would fly over the Phoenix Islands, now part of the Republic of Kiribati, about 350 nautical miles (650 km) south-southeast of Howland Island. She wrote magazine articles, newspaper columns, and essays, and published two books based upon her experiences as a flyer during her lifetime: "Earhart" redirects here. [13] She was of part German descent. Juli 1897 in Atchison, Kansas; verschollen am 2. FDR himself had to respond to accusations that the search was justified. A study conducted by renowned USF forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle revealed that a partial skull discovered in the Tarawa archives[215][Note 50] was likely too small to be Earhart's; the DNA results were inconclusive. [161] Near Howland, Earhart could hear the transmission from Itasca on 7500 kHz, but she was unable to determine a minimum, so she could not determine a direction to Itasca. The transmitter had been modified at the factory to provide the 500 kHz capability. Earhart Light (also known as the Amelia Earhart Light), a navigational day beacon on Howland Island (has not been maintained and is crumbling). Earhart was also unable to determine a minimum during an RDF test at Lae. Earhart stood her ground as the aircraft came close. The plane had a modified Western Electric model 20B receiver. https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/what-happened-to-amelia-earhart. The USCGC Itasca was on station at Howland. Pioneer. 4: The Airplane Returns to Earth", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcqb26Lz6V8, "The Bevington Object: What's Past is Prologue", "Pieces of Amelia Earhart's plane located? Hoodless offered to make more detailed measurements if needed, but suggested any further examination be done by the Anthropological Department at Sydney University. [162][Note 33]. See. Amid ongoing controversy, spanning more than 80 years of debate among researchers and historians, the crash-and-sink theory remains the most widely accepted explanation of Earhart’s fate. Amelia was the second child of the marriage after an infant was stillborn in August 1896. [270] Irene Bolam, who had been a banker in New York during the 1940s, denied being Earhart, filed a lawsuit requesting $1.5 million in damages and submitted a lengthy affidavit in which she rebutted the claims. [117] Manning was not only a navigator, but he was also a pilot and a skilled radio operator who knew Morse code. ", "Amelia Earhart Survived by Colonel Rollin Reineck, USAF (ret. [55] There is a commemorative blue plaque at the site. His research included the intricate radio transmission documentation. She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first person ever to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. [274][275], The home where Earhart was born is now the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum and is maintained by The Ninety-Nines, an international group of female pilots of whom Earhart was the first elected president. The evaluation of the scrap of metal was featured on an episode of History Detectives on Season 7 in 2009.[277]. "[72], Earhart subsequently made her first attempt at competitive air racing in 1929 during the first Santa Monica-to-Cleveland Women's Air Derby (nicknamed the "Powder Puff Derby" by Will Rogers), which left Santa Monica, California on August 18 and arrived at Cleveland, Ohio on August 26. On May 15, 1923, Earhart became the 16th woman in the United States to be issued a pilot's license (#6017)[46] by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Her duties included preparing food in the kitchen for patients with special diets and handing out prescribed medication in the hospital's dispensary. "[171] Earhart's transmissions seemed to indicate she and Noonan believed they had reached Howland's charted position, which was incorrect by about five nautical miles (10 km). Amelia Earhart Residence Hall opened in 1964 as a, Crittenton Women's Union (Boston) Amelia Earhart Award recognizes a woman who continues Earhart's pioneering spirit and who has significantly contributed to the expansion of opportunities for women. [139] The Electra also loaded 900 gallons of fuel for the shorter Honolulu to Howland leg (with only Earhart, Noonan, and Manning on board), but the airplane crashed on take off; the crash ended the first world flight attempt. She added, "... maybe someday I'll try it alone. [207], Around April 1940, a skull was discovered and buried, but British colonial officer Gerald Gallagher did not learn of it until September. Gallagher's administrative office had been located in Tarawa. On July 2, 1937, midnight GMT, Earhart and Noonan took off from Lae Airfield (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}06°43′59″S 146°59′45″E / 6.73306°S 146.99583°E / -6.73306; 146.99583)[135] in the heavily loaded Electra. [160] Nevertheless, Elgen Long's interpretations have led Jourdan to conclude, "The analysis of all the data we have – the fuel analysis, the radio calls, other things – tells me she went into the water off Howland. [174][175][Note 36], The last voice transmission received on Howland Island from Earhart indicated she and Noonan were flying along a line of position (running N–S on 157–337 degrees) which Noonan would have calculated and drawn on a chart as passing through Howland. ", "Lockheed Model 10E Electra c/n: 1055 Reg: NR16020. One of the highlights of the day was a flying exhibition put on by a World War I ace. It is not certain, but it is likely that the dorsal antenna was only connected to the transmitter (i.e., no "break in" relay), and the ventral antenna was only connected to the receiver. [13] Their upbringing was unconventional, as Amy Earhart did not believe in raising her children to be "nice little girls". However, Earhart's 1930 pilot's license states she was 5 feet 8 inches (173 cm) and 118 pounds (54 kg). At 7:42 AM, Earhart reported, "We must be on you, but cannot see you – but gas is running low. [19] The girls kept "worms, moths, katydids and a tree toad"[20] in a growing collection gathered in their outings. A separate automatic radio direction finder receiver, a prototype Hooven Radio Compass,[144] had been installed in the plane in October 1936, but that receiver was removed before the flight to save weight. Other Navy search efforts were again directed north, west and southwest of Howland Island, based on a possibility the Electra had ditched in the ocean, was afloat, or that the aviators were in an emergency raft. Itasca had its own RDF equipment, but that equipment did not work above 550 kHz,[137] so Itasca could not determine the direction to the Electra's HF transmissions at 3105 and 6210 kHz. ", "The Hall of Fame of the Air; An illustrated newspaper feature from 1935 – 1940. From the beginning, however, debate has raged over what actually happened on July 2, 1937 and afterward. ", "Amelia Earhart's pilot's license, leather and paper, Issued May 16, 1923 (One Life: Amelia Earhart). [139] Neither Earhart nor Noonan were capable of using Morse code. Facing another calamitous move, Amy Earhart took her children to Chicago, where they lived with friends. Another Itasca radio log (position 2) at 7:42 am states: KHAQQ [Earhart's plane] CLNG ITASCA WE MUST BE ON YOU BUT CANNOT SEE U BUT GAS IS RUNNING LOW BEEN UNABLE TO REACH YOU BY RADIO WE ARE FLYING AT A 1000 FEET[169], Earhart's 7:58 am transmission said she could not hear the Itasca and asked them to send voice signals so she could try to take a radio bearing. ", The project coordinators (including book publisher and publicist George P. Putnam) interviewed Earhart and asked her to accompany pilot Wilmer Stultz and copilot/mechanic Louis Gordon on the flight, nominally as a passenger, but with the added duty of keeping the flight log. Putnam handled publicity for the school that primarily taught instrument flying using Link Trainers. [165], At 6:14 am another call was received stating the aircraft was within 200 miles (320 km), and requested that the ship use its direction finder to provide a bearing for the aircraft. When Earhart lived in Medford, she maintained her interest in aviation, becoming a member of the American Aeronautical Society's Boston chapter and was eventually elected its vice president. A wide range of promotional items bearing the Earhart name appeared. Gallagher stated the "Bones look more than four years old to me but there seems to be very slight chance that this may be remains of Amelia Earhart." [77][78][79][80] While to a reader today it might seem that Earhart was engaged in flying "stunts", her activities, along with those of other female flyers, were crucial in making the American public "air minded" and convincing them that "aviation was no longer just for daredevils and supermen. The Electra had radio equipment for both communication and navigation, but details about that equipment are not clear. Hoodless wrote that the skeleton "could be that of a short, stocky, muscular European, or even a half-caste, or person of mixed European descent." Amelia Earhart kauft eine neue Maschine, eine silbern blitzende Lockheed Electra, knapp zwölf Meter lang. The receiver's band selector also selects which antenna input is used; the first two bands use the low-frequency antenna, and the last two bands select the high-frequency antenna. [273], Earhart's accomplishments in aviation inspired a generation of female aviators, including the more than 1,000 women pilots of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) who ferried military aircraft, towed gliders, flew target practice aircraft, and served as transport pilots during World War II. [41] She quit a year later to be with her parents, who had reunited in California. In 2004, an archaeological dig at the site failed to turn up any bones. Based on measurements of 2,700 Americans who died in the mid-20th century, the study concluded that Earhart's bone measurements more closely matched the Nikumaroro bones than 99% of the reference sample. On August 8, 1941, Luke summarized Gatty's conclusions as the box is English, "is of some age" and "does not consider that it could in any circumstance have been a sextant box used in modern trans-Pacific aviation". Earhart's mother also provided part of the $1,000 "stake" against her "better judgement".[44]. [120] Earhart chose Captain Harry Manning as her navigator; he had been the captain of the President Roosevelt, the ship that had brought Earhart back from Europe in 1928. Although Earhart and Putnam never had children, he had two sons by his previous marriage to Dorothy Binney (1888–1982),[89] a chemical heiress whose father's company, Binney & Smith, invented Crayola crayons:[90] the explorer and writer David Binney Putnam (1913–1992) and George Palmer Putnam, Jr. [143], It is unknown whether the model 20B receiver had a beat frequency oscillator that would enable the detection of continuous wave transmissions such as Morse code and radiolocation beacons. We will repeat this message. [241] However, others criticized the study for being based on little factual evidence (in particular seven measurements from the skeleton done in 1941, combined with estimates about Earhart's size based on photos) and doubted the accuracy of those measurements. Then Amelia disappeared on July 2, 1937 while crossing over the Pacific Ocean. Amelia Earhart Field (1947), formerly Masters Field and. So it is really someone [who] drops off the face of the earth. "[193] Between Earhart's low on fuel message at 7:42 AM and her last confirmed message at 8:43, her signal strength remained consistent indicating that she never left the Howland Island immediate area or that she had the fuel to do so. [249], In 1990, the NBC series Unsolved Mysteries broadcast an interview with a Saipanese woman who claimed to have witnessed Earhart and Noonan's execution by Japanese soldiers. [139] Crystal control means that the transmitter cannot be tuned to other frequencies; the plane could transmit only on those three frequencies. Wait." During the takeoff run, there was an uncontrolled ground-loop, the forward landing gear collapsed, both propellers hit the ground, the plane skidded on its belly, and a portion of the runway was damaged. But they did report seeing signs of recent habitation, though no one had lived on the atoll since 1892. This transmission was reported by the Itasca as the loudest possible signal, indicating Earhart and Noonan were in the immediate area. In the "R" position for the DU-1, the antenna signal is capacitively connected (via, Noonan wrote a letter on June 8, 1937, stating the RDF did not work when closing with Africa. On the morning of July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, took off from Lae, New Guinea, on one of the last legs in their historic attempt to circumnavigate the globe. Some have suggested that Earhart didn’t die on Saipan after her capture, but was released and repatriated to the United States under an assumed name. [Note 34] Even if Itasca could get a bearing to the plane, the Itasca could not tell the plane that bearing, so the plane could not head to the ship. While the Electra was being repaired, Earhart and Putnam secured additional funds and prepared for a second attempt. ", "The Earhart Project Research Document #11 Eric Bevington's Journal", "Finding Amelia Earhart's Plane Seemed Impossible. Missing pilot Amelia Earhart 'died as Pacific castaway' after 1937 crash, researchers claim. [213] Around the turn of the 21st century, researchers used Hoodless's measurements to argue against his conclusions that the bones were that of a male. If you were to Google the term “Amelia Earhart Disappearance,” for example, the list of hits would be about 1,950,000 items! The team departed from Trepassey Harbor, Newfoundland, in a Fokker F.VIIb/3m named "Friendship" on June 17, 1928, landing at Pwll near Burry Port, South Wales, exactly 20 hours and 40 minutes later. George Palmer Putnam (September 7, 1887 – January 4, 1950) was an American publisher, author and explorer. Alfred Otis had not initially favored the marriage and was not satisfied with Edwin's progress as a lawyer.[14]. Putnam himself may have coined the term "Lady Lindy". [195], Capt. [56] Since most of the flight was on instruments and Earhart had no training for this type of flying, she did not pilot the aircraft. [16] But their maternal grandmother disapproved of the "bloomers" they wore, and although Earhart liked the freedom of movement they provided, she was sensitive to the fact that the neighborhood's girls wore dresses. Sir Harry Charles Luke, High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, provided the box to an expert aviation navigator, Harold Gatty. The Cambridge Instrument Co., Inc. indicator showed the fuel/air ratio for the engine. Earhart never reported receiving signals on 3105 or 6210 kHz; she did report receiving a 7500 kHz signal on the direction finder. 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[Note 13][101][102][103] Although this transoceanic flight had been attempted by many others, notably by the unfortunate participants in the 1927 Dole Air Race that had reversed the route, her trailblazing[104] flight had been mainly routine, with no mechanical breakdowns. [100], On January 11, 1935, Earhart became the first aviator to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland, California. Celebrity endorsements helped Earhart finance her flying. In 2010, Jeff Glickman an expert in image processing claimed that a small portion of a 75-year-old picture showed what looked like landing gear sticking out of the water. Nichols' aircraft hit a tractor at the start of the runway and flipped over, forcing her out of the race. [74][75], In 1930, Earhart became an official of the National Aeronautic Association, where she actively promoted the establishment of separate women's records and was instrumental in the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) accepting a similar international standard. ", "Amelia Earhart's Flight Across America: Rediscovering a Legend. Her teacher was Anita "Neta" Snook, a pioneer female aviator who used a surplus Curtiss JN-4 "Canuck" for training. [145][146] The Hooven Radio Compass was replaced with a Bendix coupling unit that allowed a conventional loop antenna to be attached to an existing receiver (i.e., the Western Electric 20B). In her last known transmission at 8:43 am Earhart broadcast "We are on the line 157 337. With financing from Purdue,[Note 17] in July 1936, a Lockheed Electra 10E was built at Lockheed Aircraft Company to her specifications, which included extensive modifications to the fuselage to incorporate many additional fuel tanks. Aviation ''. 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