Aviatrix Amelia Earhart, almost 40 at the time, disappeared on July 2, 1937, on an around-the-world flight in her twin-engine Lockheed Electra. She and navigator Fred Noonan’s last transmission was near Howland Island in the mid-Pacific. No trace of Earhart or her plane was ever found. In recent years, though, Earhart and her plane are […]
Originally featured in Winter 2011 in Points West magazine Photograph, Spirit of the Pitchfork on the Big Horn River Photographer Charles J. Belden captured this image of fellow adventurers Alton Wickwire and Carl Dunrud with their craft, Spirit of the Pitchfork, on the Big Horn River in August 1928—a rare view of Big Horn Canyon […]
The mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on March 8 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing has captivated the world’s attention. It’s also triggered a spate of news stories about other aviation mysteries—foremost among them being the fate of Amelia Earhart, whose Lockheed Electra disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 […]