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00:01A vida da Emilia Earhart foi um triunfo de humildade e publicidade.
00:10Na sua 30ª, ela encontrou fama com um conjunto de espetacular vozes vozes.
00:17A flora americana foi gostosa, single-minded e abriu no horizons para as mulheres.
00:27As mulheres tentaram fazer as mulheres tentaram.
00:30Quando eles falam, a falha deve ser um desafio de outros.
00:37Mas ela não era o que parecia.
00:41Emilia não era o melhor piloto, ela era o melhor publicidade.
00:47Ela era o produto de uma máquina de marketing que fazia ela se sentir como um fraude.
00:55Por isso, ela era um desafio de um desafio mais perigoso por um homem ou mulher.
01:04Determinando a viver a sua status de heroína,
01:08a espetacular espiritualidade e um desespero de coragem
01:11levou-se a limitação.
01:13Ela era um desafio mais perigoso.
01:23Ela era um desafio mais perigoso.
01:25Ela era uma jornada que costou-se a vida.
01:31Ela era uma jornada que costou-se a vida.
01:32Essa é a história de Ameleia Earhart,
01:35a heroína que não poderia viver para a sua ambição.
01:40Ameleia Earhart
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02:26enjoying the wealth of their mother Amos' parents.
02:31Amelia's grandfather was a successful judge,
02:34highly respected member of the community,
02:36and so while she was living with her grandparents,
02:40they lived in one of the biggest houses in Atchison, Kansas, in the Midwest.
02:46Amelia's young life was a fairly happy one.
02:49She was very close to her father, who sort of spoiled her in many ways.
02:53Amelia was a bit of a tomboy.
02:55I think possibly that's why she was closer to her father, who encouraged her.
02:59He bought her a little air rifle to clear the barn of rats.
03:02She was just a tomboy.
03:06She was also fiercely independent.
03:11When she graduated from school in 1916,
03:15Amelia boycotted the ceremony and celebrations.
03:18Her class photo was captioned,
03:21The girl in brown who walks alone.
03:27In 1917, in the midst of World War I,
03:3220-year-old Amelia visited Toronto, Canada.
03:39The sight of wounded men returning from the trenches in France
03:43made her determined to play a part in the war effort.
03:48Throughout the summer of 1918,
03:51Amelia worked long hours as a voluntary aid detachment nurse.
03:56That was really a sort of lackey around the wards.
03:59I mean, this wasn't a glamorous job.
04:01This was cleaning up, looking up, you know, holding a sick bill for young men,
04:05helping remove their soil dressings.
04:07You know, it was hard work, and she worked hard.
04:13After the war,
04:14Amelia enrolled as a student
04:16at Columbia University in New York,
04:18taking courses in chemistry
04:20and biological sciences.
04:24And true to character,
04:26she was photographed climbing to the top of the university library,
04:29dressed in a four-length skirt and hat.
04:35But she wouldn't last a year.
04:39Her parents' marriage was in turmoil
04:42due to her father's faltering career and alcoholism.
04:47Amelia's father, Edwin,
04:49persuaded his family to join him
04:51as they attempted to start afresh in Los Angeles.
04:56With her education sacrificed
04:58and a troubled home life,
05:01Amelia found an extraordinary means of escape.
05:06She was taken to a fly-in by her father
05:09just a day, you know,
05:11where they saw aeroplanes,
05:12these very rare things.
05:13Don't forget the 20s.
05:14Flying had only been around 10 years.
05:16And as soon as she saw an aeroplane,
05:18she thought,
05:18I want to do that.
05:31After taking a host of part-time jobs,
05:34in 1921,
05:36Amelia took up flying lessons
05:39and became hooked.
05:41So much so,
05:42she even bought a plane.
05:46Purchased shortly before her 24th birthday,
05:49it was bright yellow
05:50and she named it
05:51The Canary.
05:53I think that the plane cost something like $700,
05:56her first aeroplane.
05:58Her mother actually put money into the kitty.
06:01The attitude of her parents and her family,
06:05her sister as well,
06:06was really extremely unusual.
06:09Even today,
06:10families will be opposed to their daughters or sisters flying.
06:17Her obsession with flying grew
06:19and it fed her passion for daring and adventure.
06:24She later wrote,
06:26Whether it was considered the thing to do or not was irrelevant.
06:30As a little girl,
06:31I had ridden my buggy in the stable.
06:33I had once climbed up on a delivery horse.
06:36I jumped over a fence
06:37that no boy my age had dared to jump.
06:40And I knew there was more fun and excitement in life
06:42than I would have time to enjoy.
06:54In 1924,
06:56Amelia moved to New York.
06:58She took up several teaching posts
07:01before finding a job as a social worker in Boston.
07:06Her expensive flying habit
07:08had had to take a back seat.
07:11But an event was about to electrify
07:14the world.
07:26In 1927,
07:27former US airmail pilot
07:29Charles Lindbergh
07:31made the first solo,
07:33non-stop flight from New York to Paris
07:35in his single-engine plane,
07:37The Spirit of St. Louis.
07:41Achieved in a time of 33 hours
07:44and 30 minutes,
07:45his prize was a massive $25,000.
07:55The challenge
07:56had already claimed the lives of several pilots,
07:59so Lindbergh's achievement
08:01made him an instant hero.
08:04Lindbergh's feat reawakened Amelia's passion
08:07and need for adventure.
08:10By early 1928,
08:13Amelia had resumed flying
08:15and she'd started to get column inches
08:18in the local Boston newspapers.
08:21She quickly caught the attention
08:23of one particular man,
08:26George Palmer Putnam.
08:30Forty-year-old Putnam
08:31had cornered the market
08:33in adventure books.
08:36With a very successful background
08:38in journalism and publishing,
08:39he'd quickly secured the rights
08:41to Lindbergh's book.
08:48Female pilots,
08:49including German,
08:51Thea Rascher,
08:52were jostling for the chance
08:53to become the first woman
08:54to cross the Atlantic,
08:56knowing that success
08:57would bring instant international fame
08:59and riches.
09:03The lives of two women
09:05had already been claimed
09:06by the end of 1927,
09:07and more would follow.
09:11But it didn't stop others
09:13coming forward,
09:14willing to give it a crack.
09:20In an era where female aviators
09:22were rare and often beautiful
09:24and glamorous,
09:26Putnam recognised
09:27the money-making potential
09:28and wanted one.
09:31Luckily for him,
09:33Amelia was already
09:34considering the challenge.
09:37He didn't see this really
09:38as a woman flying the Atlantic.
09:39He saw this as a bestseller.
09:44Amelia was asked to go
09:45and see him in his office.
09:48He was busy with something else
09:49when she arrived,
09:50and he kept her waiting.
09:52And afterwards,
09:52he recalled
09:53that she was very sore about that.
09:55She was as sore as a wet hen
09:57for having been kept waiting.
09:59So she wasn't frightfully impressed
10:00with this man
10:01who was too busy to see her.
10:03But I think at the second
10:05or third meeting,
10:06she realised
10:06that there was a lot more
10:08to George
10:08than she'd seen initially.
10:20George wasn't just impressed
10:21with Amelia's feistiness.
10:23He was also taken with her looks.
10:26In fact,
10:28Putnam was immediately struck
10:29with her similarity
10:30to Lindbergh.
10:32There was an extraordinary
10:34physical resemblance
10:35between them,
10:36particularly when she was
10:37dressed in a flying coat
10:40and a flying helmet.
10:41She looked very like him.
10:45Putnam was convinced
10:46he'd found the perfect candidate
10:47to fly the Atlantic
10:50and the perfect marketing angle.
10:53In his publicity handouts,
10:55I'm quite sure
10:56he slipped in this title
10:57Lady Lindy
10:58because very soon afterwards
10:59the newspapers
11:00started calling her,
11:01referring to her
11:02as Lady Lindy.
11:06But Putnam downplayed
11:08one particular detail.
11:11Amelia wouldn't actually
11:13be flying the plane.
11:15With no multi-engine
11:17flying experience,
11:18she'd have to be content
11:20with being a passenger.
11:22The actual flying
11:23would be done by two men,
11:25the experienced
11:26Wilmer Stultz
11:27and flight engineer
11:29Lou Gordon.
11:34On the morning
11:35of the 3rd of June 1928,
11:37the trio climbed
11:39into the Friendship,
11:40a tri-motor Fokker
11:42seaplane
11:43and the crew set off
11:44from Boston
11:45en route to Newfoundland.
11:51The final destination
11:52was to be Southampton,
11:54England.
11:56Meanwhile,
11:58the Putnam publicity wagon
11:59swung into action.
12:02The New York Times
12:03described Amelia
12:04as looking more like Lindbergh
12:06than Lindbergh himself,
12:08praising her striking physique
12:09and flying skills.
12:12It even suggested
12:14that Amelia was
12:16the greatest woman aviator
12:17in the country,
12:19despite the fact
12:20she wasn't actually
12:21piloting the plane.
12:29Instead,
12:30Amelia sat crouched
12:32in the rear of the plane,
12:34writing in her logbook
12:35under instruction
12:36from Putnam.
12:38Only if the conditions
12:40were good enough
12:40would she be allowed
12:41to take the controls.
12:45But atrocious weather
12:46throughout
12:46would prevent it.
12:49She would later admit
12:51that she was genuinely
12:52frightened.
12:54As the aircraft dropped
12:56to avoid a storm,
12:57she recorded in her log.
13:01Slow descent first.
13:03It takes a lot
13:04to make my ears hurt.
13:065,000 feet now.
13:08Awfully wet.
13:10Water dripping in window.
13:13Port motor coughing.
13:15Sounds as if
13:16all the motors are cutting.
13:18Bill opens her wide
13:20to try to clear.
13:22Sounds rotten on the right.
13:26After an eventful
13:2720 hours and 40 minutes
13:28in the air,
13:29the journey finally
13:30came to an end.
13:32But not in Southampton.
13:35When they saw land
13:36come,
13:37they had no idea
13:37where they were,
13:39but they could land
13:40and that's what they did.
13:41They found a sheltered cove,
13:42they put down,
13:43they landed,
13:43they found they were
13:44in a little village
13:45called Burryport
13:47in South Wales.
13:55Locals were initially
13:56puzzled
13:56by the impromptu arrival.
13:58But as word of Amelia's landing
14:00quickly spread,
14:01a crowd of 2,000
14:03gathered to share
14:04the historic moment.
14:10The three were brought ashore
14:16and spent the night
14:17before taking off
14:18the next morning
14:19for their intended destination.
14:24There was an impressive
14:25reception in Southampton,
14:27but for all the hype,
14:29to Amelia,
14:30the achievement
14:30felt hollow.
14:34Out of the corner
14:35of her eye,
14:35she could see
14:36Stoltz and Gordon
14:38hanging around
14:40on the fringe of things
14:41not knowing what to do,
14:42you know,
14:43and she was trying
14:44all the time
14:45to bring them into it,
14:45but they wouldn't.
14:46I think they probably
14:47had instructions
14:48from George,
14:49George Putnam,
14:50you know,
14:51that the glory
14:51had to be Amelia's.
14:57In the coming days,
14:59Amelia's name
15:00was flashed
15:01around the world.
15:03In London,
15:03she was feted
15:04by the great
15:05and the good.
15:07Special guest
15:08at a luncheon
15:09given by the
15:09Women's Committee
15:10of the British Empire,
15:12Amelia was seated
15:13between Lady Astor
15:14and Winston Churchill.
15:17But the reception
15:19in the States
15:19was even greater.
15:23She was greeted
15:24with a civic parade
15:25in New York.
15:30But considering Amelia
15:32hadn't even touched
15:32the controls,
15:33the triumph
15:34was of publicity
15:35rather than
15:36personal achievement.
15:38now she was determined
15:40to make a name
15:41for herself
15:41in merit.
15:43So she racked up
15:45a host of flying feats.
15:47She was flying
15:49from coast to coast
15:50to get records.
15:51She was trying
15:53to win air races.
15:57She was trying
15:59to set time records
16:01from city to city.
16:09In 1929,
16:11Amelia helped form
16:12the 99s,
16:14the first pilots
16:15association for women,
16:17named after its total
16:18membership
16:18and became its first
16:20president.
16:22In 1930,
16:24she set the
16:25women's world
16:25flying speed record
16:27of 181.18 miles per hour.
16:32Amelia's father
16:33passed away
16:34that same year
16:34but she found
16:35comfort with
16:36George Putnam.
16:40It was clear
16:41that over the two years
16:42the pair
16:43had become
16:43more than friends.
16:47Putnam's wife
16:48had already conceded
16:50that Amelia
16:51had won
16:51her husband's
16:52affection
16:52and left him.
16:53I don't think
16:55Amelia was
16:56expecting George
16:57to propose marriage.
16:58I think she was
16:59such a modern
17:00person in outlook.
17:01She was quite happy
17:02for their relationship
17:02to go on
17:04being what it was.
17:05George was
17:06a romantic
17:07at heart.
17:08Amelia wasn't
17:08a romantic.
17:09I think she was
17:10a very pragmatic
17:11person.
17:12And I think
17:14probably her
17:14initial reaction
17:15was,
17:16why?
17:17Why should
17:18we bother?
17:19After numerous
17:20proposals,
17:21in 1931,
17:23Amelia finally
17:24accepted.
17:27On their wedding
17:28day,
17:28he was handed
17:29a letter
17:29saying,
17:31OK,
17:32I'll marry you
17:33but I want you
17:33to know
17:33I'm not going
17:34to hold you
17:35to any medieval
17:36code of faithfulness
17:37and nor do I
17:38expect to be
17:39similarly bound.
17:42You must know
17:43again
17:44my reluctance
17:45to marry,
17:46my feeling
17:47that I shatter
17:48thereby chances
17:48in work
17:49which mean
17:49most to me.
17:51I feel the move
17:52just now
17:52as foolish
17:53as anything
17:54I could do.
17:55I must extract
17:56a cruel promise
17:57and that is
17:58you will let me
17:59go in a year
17:59if we find
18:00no happiness
18:00together.
18:02I will do
18:03my best
18:03in every way
18:04and give you
18:05that part of me
18:05you know
18:07and seem to want.
18:09A lot of bridegroom
18:10would be very shocked
18:12to get a letter
18:13like that
18:13from their bride
18:15on the day
18:16of the wedding
18:16but George
18:17being George
18:18he accepted it.
18:19He kept Amelia
18:21on a very loose rein
18:22and that suited her.
18:30the simple marriage
18:31ceremony took place
18:33in George's mother's
18:34garden in Connecticut.
18:39Amelia wore a simple
18:41brown suit
18:41and cream blouse
18:43and was presented
18:44with a borrowed ring
18:45which she would never
18:47again wear
18:47after that day.
18:48I think at first
18:50she probably saw it
18:51as a business arrangement
18:52you know
18:52business was business
18:53but I think deep down
18:55she did love him.
18:57She needed George.
19:08In December 1930
19:10Amelia had become
19:11the first woman
19:12to fly an auto gyro.
19:14A cross between
19:15an aeroplane
19:16and a helicopter
19:17the aircraft
19:18was deemed
19:19unstallable
19:20but took a lot
19:21of skill to fly.
19:25In 1931
19:27she set an unofficial
19:29altitude record
19:30of 18,415 feet.
19:35Amelia was a dab hand
19:36and George
19:37engineered an opportunity.
19:40When Amelia completed
19:42the first solo
19:43transcontinental flight
19:45in an auto gyro
19:46later that year
19:47later that year
19:47it was emblazoned
19:49with the beach
19:50nut packing
19:50and food company logo
19:52part of a lucrative
19:53marketing deal.
19:55By now
19:56it was a familiar routine.
19:59Three years before
20:01George had secured
20:02a deal for Amelia
20:03to endorse
20:03Lucky Strike cigarettes
20:05even though
20:06she didn't smoke.
20:07If there was one thing
20:08George knew about
20:09it was marketing
20:11and PR.
20:12He arranged lecture tours
20:14for her
20:15interviews for her
20:17she had to record
20:18every step of the way
20:20on her flights
20:22so books were published
20:25under her name
20:26articles
20:26interviews
20:27so she was a
20:29huge personality.
20:35But for all this
20:36apparent success
20:37Amelia knew
20:39her achievements
20:40fell short.
20:43In 1930
20:45English aviator
20:47Amy Johnson
20:47had gained
20:48worldwide recognition
20:50when she became
20:51the first woman
20:52to fly the
20:5211,000 mile journey
20:54alone
20:54from Britain
20:55to Australia
20:56in her
20:57gypsy moth
20:57Jason.
21:01It suddenly
21:02occurred to her
21:03that she had
21:04acquired her
21:05fame
21:06on a false
21:07premise
21:08that she was
21:10famous for being
21:10the first woman
21:11to fly across
21:11the Atlantic
21:12but in fact
21:13she hadn't
21:14been the first
21:15woman to fly
21:16across the Atlantic.
21:20Amelia had
21:20recently bought
21:21a red
21:22single-engined
21:23Lockheed Vega
21:24and was keen
21:25to test it
21:25to its limits.
21:28Her plan
21:29was to cross
21:29the Atlantic
21:30this time
21:31landing in Paris.
21:34It was unfinished
21:35business for her.
21:36I think she felt
21:37a bit of a fraud
21:38and I guess
21:39she knew
21:40that if she
21:40didn't do it
21:41solo
21:43somebody else
21:44would always
21:45take the credit
21:45for it
21:47so it had
21:47to be solo
21:48and she had
21:49to prove
21:50she could do it.
21:54after a stage
21:56managed
21:56and slightly
21:57awkward
21:57moment with
21:58George
22:09Amelia departed
22:10on the 20th
22:12of May
22:121932
22:13ahead of a
22:142,000 mile
22:15flight across
22:16the Atlantic.
22:18For all her fame
22:20Amelia was still
22:21inexperienced
22:22with surprisingly
22:24few flying hours
22:25behind her
22:27and like her
22:28previous crossing
22:29the conditions
22:30were treacherous.
22:35awful weather
22:36terrible weather
22:37her book
22:38detailing
22:39the details
22:40of that flight
22:40the mechanical
22:41problems
22:42that she had
22:43where her
22:44exhaust pipe
22:45you know
22:46split
22:47and she had
22:47naked flames
22:49within
22:50a foot
22:51of a leaking
22:52petrol pipe
22:52and you can
22:53imagine
22:53can't you
22:54how terrifying
22:55that must have
22:56been.
22:58She also
22:58had trouble
22:59with the
22:59Vega's
23:00rudimentary
23:00navigational
23:01aids
23:03she had
23:03no idea
23:04when dawn
23:05broke
23:06what the
23:06land was
23:07in front
23:07of her
23:07but she
23:08landed
23:08anyway
23:09and it
23:09turned out
23:10to be
23:11a pasture
23:12in Northern
23:12Ireland
23:13it was a
23:13long way
23:14off Paris
23:14in fact
23:15had she
23:15been another
23:16five degrees
23:17you know
23:18off she'd
23:19have flown
23:19up into
23:19the North
23:20Sea
23:20and never
23:21been seen
23:21again.
23:24Amelia
23:25was some
23:25200 miles
23:26off course
23:27and once
23:28again
23:29found herself
23:30amidst
23:30surprised
23:30locals.
23:37she then
23:38flew on
23:39to London
23:39and Paris
23:40and again
23:41was the
23:41centre of
23:41attention.
23:42It was a great
23:43pleasure for me
23:44to be here
23:44in England
23:45I really had
23:45no objective
23:46when I started
23:47I just wanted
23:48to come across
23:49and justify
23:49my previous
23:50coming.
23:55but it was back
23:56home in the
23:57States
23:57Amelia would
23:58get a real
23:59idea
23:59of the
24:00extent of
24:01her
24:01Putnam
24:01styled
24:02celebrity
24:03and the
24:04ladybird's
24:05home
24:05and the
24:06big towns
24:07trying to
24:07show her
24:08that it
24:08thinks a
24:08whole lot
24:09of Amelia
24:10Earhart
24:11England
24:12and France
24:12and Italy
24:13and the
24:14others
24:14were marvellous
24:15to the
24:15famous woman
24:16flyer
24:16but she's
24:17back home
24:18with her
24:18own people
24:19now
24:19and after
24:20all
24:20home's
24:21in celebration
24:23of her
24:23exploits
24:24she became
24:25the first
24:25woman to be
24:26awarded the
24:26distinguished
24:27flying cross
24:28five years
24:28ago
24:28there's nothing
24:30they like
24:31more
24:32the public
24:32like more
24:33than a
24:34homespun
24:36heroine
24:36who's also
24:37down to earth
24:39and could be
24:40the girl
24:40next door
24:41so she did
24:42achieve huge
24:43fame
24:43and of course
24:44with fame
24:45comes rubbing
24:46shoulders
24:47with presidents
24:48and stars
24:49and other
24:50major
24:51personalities
24:54Amelia's
24:55success
24:56caught the eye
24:57of rising
24:57politician
24:58and aviation
24:59enthusiast
25:00Franklin D.
25:01Roosevelt
25:03I, Franklin
25:04Delano Roosevelt
25:05do solemnly
25:07swear
25:07that I will
25:09faithfully
25:09execute the
25:10office of
25:11President of
25:12the United
25:12States
25:13Following his
25:14inauguration
25:15in 1933
25:16Amelia became
25:18an occasional
25:19guest at the
25:19White House
25:21she even
25:22treated
25:23Eleanor Roosevelt
25:24herself
25:25a frustrated
25:26aviator
25:26to an
25:27impromptu
25:28night flight
25:28over Washington
25:32Amelia's profile
25:33was sky high
25:34and she and
25:35George made
25:36the most of it
25:37she marketed
25:38her own range
25:39of luggage
25:39and even
25:41designed her
25:41own clothing
25:42collection
25:47and she would
25:48lend her talents
25:49to an even
25:50more lucrative
25:51cause
25:54initially in the
25:56United States
25:56people were a bit
25:57wary about flying
25:58because they
25:58really were
25:59genuinely frightened
26:00of airplanes
26:01crashing
26:01Amelia genuinely
26:03saw the future
26:05of aviation
26:07as something
26:08for the masses
26:13in Europe
26:13Amelia had seen
26:15the extent
26:16to which air
26:16travel was
26:17flourishing
26:18as a viable
26:19business
26:19and as a
26:20convenient means
26:21of public
26:21transportation
26:26but in the
26:271920s
26:28and early
26:281930s
26:29Americans
26:30still heavily
26:31relied on the
26:32rail system
26:32to travel
26:33large distances
26:36by the
26:37mid-30s
26:38Amelia was
26:39spearheading
26:40the campaign
26:40for change
26:47she started
26:48working with
26:48Lindbergh
26:49on a
26:50transcontinental
26:51air service
26:51the
26:52forerunner
26:53of TWA
26:56and worked
26:57hard to
26:58promote
26:58Boston
26:59Maine
26:59Airways
27:00a fledgling
27:01airline
27:01in which
27:02George was
27:02a principal
27:03stockholder
27:09it wouldn't
27:10take long
27:11for air
27:11travel in the
27:12US to
27:12prosper
27:13as America
27:14entered
27:14the golden
27:15age of
27:16air travel
27:28meanwhile
27:28Amelia's own
27:30flying achievements
27:31continued to
27:32accumulate
27:34she chased
27:35coast-to-coast
27:36records
27:36and flew from
27:38Mexico City
27:38to New York
27:41and in 1935
27:43Amelia successfully
27:45completed a flight
27:46from Hawaii
27:47to California
27:52after the
27:542,408 mile
27:55journey
27:56Amelia's red
27:57vega
27:58bounced into
27:59Oakland airport
28:10a crowd of
28:11more than 3,000
28:12were there to
28:13greet her
28:15another national
28:16heroine
28:16Amelia Earhart
28:18Putnam
28:18won new
28:19plaudits
28:19with her
28:20flight
28:20from Hawaii
28:20to Oakland
28:21she became
28:22the first
28:22to solo
28:23across the
28:24Pacific
28:27but even
28:27this apparent
28:28groundbreaking
28:29achievement
28:30was overhyped
28:31by George's
28:32promotion
28:35well it was
28:3619 hours
28:37and a few
28:38minutes
28:38I don't know
28:38just exactly
28:39how many
28:40I estimated
28:41that it would
28:42be 19 hours
28:43and 9 minutes
28:43I think I hit
28:44it just about
28:45right
28:47George's
28:48publicity
28:48campaign
28:50boasted
28:50that Amelia
28:51had become
28:51the only
28:52person to
28:52fly solo
28:53across both
28:54the Pacific
28:54and Atlantic
28:55oceans
28:56but she
28:57hadn't flown
28:57across the
28:58Pacific
28:58she had
28:59in fact
29:00only flown
29:01a third
29:01of it
29:08Amelia Earhart
29:09is about
29:10to introduce
29:10you to
29:11a new
29:11thrill
29:11for the
29:12air-minded
29:12a parachute
29:13tower
29:14constructed
29:15George
29:15continued
29:15the hype
29:16for training
29:17in parachute
29:18jumping
29:18and there
29:19she goes
29:20up for a
29:20trial hop
29:21the camera
29:22shy Amelia
29:22was never
29:23placed far
29:24away
29:24from a good
29:25photo opportunity
29:26and there
29:27she comes
29:28shooting the
29:29works
29:30now
29:30ain't that
29:31something
29:35may I have
29:36your name
29:36please
29:37my name is
29:38Amelia Earhart
29:39and your
29:41occupation
29:43I'm a
29:44flyer
29:46once again
29:47Amelia
29:48recognised
29:49a gap
29:49between
29:49people's
29:50perception
29:50of her
29:51and her
29:52actual
29:52accomplishments
29:54there were
29:55a lot of
29:56women doing
29:56amazing things
29:57flying through
29:58Africa
29:58over desert
30:00over jungle
30:01while Jean
30:02Batten
30:02was creating
30:04a huge
30:05stir
30:05she was
30:06the first
30:07person
30:08ever to
30:09fly from
30:09London
30:10to New
30:11Zealand
30:11so that
30:12was a
30:13phenomenal
30:14achievement
30:15Amelia
30:16wasn't
30:16the best
30:17woman
30:17pilot
30:18she was
30:19the best
30:19publicised
30:20pilot
30:27in 1931
30:28American pilot
30:30Wiley Post
30:31and his
30:32navigator
30:32Harold Gatti
30:33completed a
30:35round-the-world
30:35trip in
30:36eight days
30:3715 hours
30:38and 51
30:39minutes
30:45two years
30:46on
30:46Post
30:47repeated
30:47the feat
30:48alone
30:48replacing
30:49his
30:50navigator
30:50with a
30:50compass
30:51and beating
30:52his own
30:52time
30:53by 21
30:53hours
30:57Amelia
30:58knew
30:58that
30:59her
31:00round-the-world
31:00flight
31:01would
31:01validate
31:02her
31:02profile
31:02as
31:03America's
31:04greatest
31:04female
31:05flyer
31:05I don't
31:07think
31:07Amelia
31:08did
31:08things
31:09to
31:10outdo
31:10other
31:11women
31:11strangely
31:13I
31:14don't
31:14get
31:15the
31:15feeling
31:15that
31:16she
31:16was
31:16hugely
31:17competitive
31:18if so
31:19and so
31:19is doing
31:20this
31:20I
31:21must
31:21do
31:21that
31:22I
31:22still
31:23get
31:23the
31:23impression
31:24she
31:24was
31:24pitting
31:25herself
31:25against
31:26herself
31:27by
31:281936
31:29Amelia
31:30was
31:31planning
31:31her
31:31own
31:32record
31:32breaking
31:33trip
31:35unlike
31:35Post
31:36who
31:37had
31:37taken
31:37the
31:37shortest
31:38northern
31:38route
31:39Amelia
31:40wanted
31:40to fly
31:40around
31:41the
31:41widest
31:41point
31:41of
31:42the
31:42earth
31:42flying
31:43as
31:43close
31:43to
31:44the
31:44equator
31:44as
31:44possible
31:48it
31:49was a
31:49massive
31:49undertaking
31:50and she'd
31:51need a
31:52special
31:52aircraft
31:55in
31:56in
31:561935
31:57Amelia
31:58had
31:58become
31:58a
31:58consultant
31:59at
31:59Purdue
32:00University
32:00in the
32:01department
32:02for
32:02the
32:02study
32:02of
32:03careers
32:03for
32:03women
32:07that
32:07that
32:08that
32:08that year
32:09put forward
32:09a
32:10donation
32:10of
32:10$80,000
32:11enabling
32:13Amelia
32:13to
32:13purchase
32:14a
32:14Lockheed
32:15Electra
32:17the
32:1712-seat
32:18twin-engine
32:19all-metal
32:19plane
32:20was well
32:20equipped
32:21for long
32:21distance
32:21flying
32:24but even
32:25so
32:25the distance
32:27across the
32:27Pacific Ocean
32:28was formidable
32:29the
32:30Electra
32:31would
32:31have
32:31to
32:31fly
32:32to
32:32its
32:32maximum
32:33fuel
32:33capacity
32:33and
32:34beyond
32:36she
32:36would
32:36need
32:37military
32:37scale
32:37help
32:39in
32:39November
32:391936
32:40Amelia
32:41wrote
32:42to
32:42her
32:42friend
32:42FDR
32:45Dear
32:45Mr.
32:46President
32:46for
32:47some
32:47months
32:47Mr.
32:48Putnam
32:48and I
32:49have
32:49been
32:49preparing
32:49for
32:50flight
32:50which
32:50I
32:50hope
32:51to
32:51attempt
32:51probably
32:52in
32:52March
32:54roughly
32:54it
32:55is
32:55from
32:55San
32:55Francisco
32:56to
32:56Honolulu
32:58Honolulu
32:58Brisbane
33:00as
33:00far
33:00west
33:01as
33:01Karachi
33:02across
33:03Central
33:03Africa
33:04to
33:04Dakar
33:05Dakar
33:06to
33:06Natal
33:08and
33:08then
33:09to
33:09New York
33:11the
33:12chief
33:12problem
33:13is
33:13the
33:13jump
33:13westward
33:14to
33:14Honolulu
33:14I
33:15am
33:16discussing
33:16with
33:16the
33:16Navy
33:16a
33:17possible
33:17refueling
33:18in
33:18the
33:18air
33:18over
33:19Midway
33:19Island
33:21with
33:21her
33:21publisher
33:22husband
33:22George
33:22Palmer
33:23Putnam
33:23Amelia
33:24Earhart
33:24tested
33:24out
33:24her
33:25newest
33:25plane
33:25the
33:26flight
33:26she
33:26proposed
33:27to
33:27make
33:27is
33:27one
33:27that
33:27has
33:27never
33:28been
33:28accomplished
33:28round
33:29the
33:29world
33:29by
33:29the
33:29equator
33:32But
33:33both
33:33the
33:33Navy
33:34and
33:34her
33:34good
33:34friend
33:35and
33:35aviation
33:36pioneer
33:36Eugene
33:37Vidal
33:38weren't
33:39confident
33:39that
33:40Amelia
33:40was a
33:40skilled
33:41enough
33:41pilot
33:41to
33:42refuel
33:42in
33:42the
33:42air
33:46to
33:47they
33:48suggested
33:49howland
33:49island
33:50as a
33:50viable
33:51refueling
33:51stop
33:53a
33:53small
33:54uninhabited
33:55atoll
33:55howland
33:57was
33:57halfway
33:57between
33:58Australia
33:58and
33:59Hawaii
34:00only
34:01half a
34:02mile
34:02wide
34:02and a
34:03mile
34:03and a
34:03half
34:03long
34:04the
34:04Navy
34:05agreed
34:05to
34:05build
34:05a
34:05runway
34:06on
34:06it
34:06especially
34:07for
34:07Amelia
34:10the
34:10only
34:10difficulty
34:11for
34:11her
34:11would
34:12be
34:12finding
34:12it
34:13in
34:13the
34:13vastness
34:14of
34:14the
34:14Pacific
34:14Ocean
34:16she
34:16wanted
34:17to
34:17do
34:17it
34:17initially
34:18solo
34:18eventually
34:19she
34:19was
34:20talked
34:20out
34:20of
34:20that
34:20by
34:21her
34:21advisors
34:21George
34:22who
34:22was
34:22very
34:22nervous
34:23about
34:23the
34:23whole
34:23thing
34:23other
34:24people
34:25that
34:25she
34:25consulted
34:25said
34:25no
34:26she
34:26would
34:26have
34:26to
34:27have
34:27a
34:27navigator
34:27with
34:27her
34:28the
34:28navigator
34:29that
34:29she
34:29chose
34:29was
34:30Fred
34:30Noonan
34:33he
34:34had
34:34to
34:34be
34:34in
34:34there
34:35he
34:35was
34:35such
34:35an
34:36experienced
34:36navigator
34:37he
34:37had
34:37come
34:37from
34:38a
34:38sea
34:38background
34:38he
34:39had
34:39come
34:39from
34:39a
34:39merchant
34:40background
34:40he
34:42got
34:43up
34:43to
34:43officer
34:44status
34:44and
34:44he
34:44done
34:45well
34:45but
34:46his
34:47navigation
34:47skills
34:47were
34:48excellent
34:50the
34:51flight
34:51was
34:51set
34:52for
34:52March
34:521937
34:57but
34:58after
34:58only
34:59the
34:59first
34:59leg
35:00the
35:00trip
35:01was
35:01abandoned
35:01following
35:02an
35:03accident
35:03on
35:03takeoff
35:04in
35:04Hawaii
35:07George
35:07publicly
35:08laid
35:08the
35:08blame
35:09on
35:09a
35:09burst
35:09tire
35:10though
35:11others
35:11suspected
35:12pilot
35:12error
35:13he
35:14had
35:14brought
35:14back
35:15crated
35:15up
35:15and
35:16rebuilt
35:16I
35:16think
35:17initially
35:18she
35:18thought
35:18that
35:19that
35:19was
35:19probably
35:19going
35:19to be
35:20the
35:20end
35:20of
35:20that
35:21particular
35:21record
35:22breaking
35:22attempt
35:23but
35:24money
35:25was
35:26found
35:26by
35:26Purdue
35:26University
35:27to
35:28rebuild
35:28the
35:29aeroplane
35:32the
35:33new
35:33takeoff
35:33date
35:33was set
35:34for the
35:35end
35:35of
35:35May
35:37but
35:37Amelia
35:37and
35:38her
35:38team
35:38decided
35:39to
35:40reverse
35:40the
35:40route
35:41flying
35:42the
35:42opposite
35:42way
35:42around
35:43the
35:43globe
35:43in
35:44an
35:44attempt
35:45to
35:45avoid
35:45adverse
35:46weather
35:47the
35:48tiny
35:48island
35:48of
35:49howland
35:49would
35:50now
35:50be
35:50the
35:51penultimate
35:51stop
35:51over
35:52the
35:52last
35:53stretch
35:53of
35:53the
35:53journey
35:54though
35:55it
35:55meant
35:55flying
35:56against
35:56prevailing
35:57winds
35:59by
36:00by
36:00now
36:00George
36:01was
36:01genuinely
36:02nervous
36:02about
36:02his
36:03wife
36:03safety
36:03on
36:04such
36:04a
36:04colossal
36:04trip
36:06but
36:07he
36:07had
36:07been
36:07persuaded
36:07that
36:08this
36:08would
36:08be
36:08her
36:09last
36:09big
36:09challenge
36:12days
36:13before
36:13her
36:13departure
36:14Amelia
36:15had
36:15told
36:15a
36:15friend
36:18I
36:18have
36:18a
36:18feeling
36:19there
36:19is
36:19just
36:19about
36:19one
36:20more
36:20flight
36:20left
36:21in
36:21my
36:21system
36:21and
36:22I
36:22hope
36:22this
36:22is
36:22it
36:23anyway
36:24when
36:25I
36:25finish
36:25this
36:25job
36:25I
36:26mean
36:26to
36:26give
36:26up
36:26long
36:27distance
36:27stunt
36:28flying
36:33while
36:34awaiting
36:34the
36:34departure
36:35date
36:35in
36:35their
36:36California
36:36hotel
36:37Amelia
36:38and
36:38George
36:38hammed
36:39it
36:39up
36:39for
36:39the
36:39cameras
36:41how
36:41about
36:42taking
36:42me
36:42along
36:44well
36:45gasoline
36:46is
36:46really
36:46more
36:47valuable
36:47than
36:47you
36:47are
36:48on
36:48a
36:48long
36:48flight
36:49you
36:49mean
36:49that
36:49180
36:50pounds
36:50of
36:51gasoline
36:51would
36:51be
36:52more
36:52useful
36:53than
36:53180
36:53pounds
36:54of
36:54your
36:54husband
36:54you
36:55guessed
36:55right
37:01if
37:02George
37:02was
37:02concerned
37:03about
37:03the
37:03flight
37:04he
37:05knew
37:05Amelia
37:05well
37:05enough
37:06to
37:06realize
37:06he
37:07was
37:07powerless
37:07to
37:08change
37:08her
37:08mind
37:12on
37:13the
37:131st
37:13of
37:13June
37:141937
37:15Amelia
37:16and
37:17navigator
37:17Noonan
37:18set
37:18off
37:19from
37:19Miami
37:19following
37:20their
37:20transcontinental
37:21flight
37:22from
37:22Oakland
37:22California
37:25another
37:2527,000
37:27miles
37:27of
37:27flying
37:28lay
37:28ahead
37:31her
37:31new
37:32route
37:32would
37:33take
37:33her
37:33from
37:33Miami
37:34to
37:34Brazil
37:34across
37:35the
37:36Atlantic
37:36to
37:37Dakar
37:37over
37:38the
37:38deserts
37:39of
37:39Africa
37:39to
37:39stops
37:40in
37:40India
37:40Singapore
37:41Australia
37:42and
37:42New
37:43Guinea
37:43before
37:44the
37:44island
37:44hop
37:45back
37:45to
37:45the
37:45States
37:48They
37:48were
37:48all
37:49long
37:49legs
37:50of
37:50flying
37:51not
37:52much
37:52rest
37:52in
37:52between
37:53when
37:53she
37:53landed
37:54hours
37:54and
37:55hours
37:55and
37:55hours
37:55would
37:55be
37:55taken
37:56up
37:56refueling
37:56which
37:57had
37:57to
37:57be
37:58strained
37:58through
37:59chamois
38:00leather
38:00to
38:01make
38:01sure
38:01there
38:01were
38:01no
38:02bits
38:02in
38:02there
38:03that
38:03could
38:03stop
38:04the
38:04engine
38:04in
38:04mid
38:04flight
38:05and
38:05the
38:05refueling
38:06would
38:06take
38:06anything
38:06up
38:06to
38:0610
38:07to
38:0712
38:14Amelia
38:14stayed
38:15in
38:15regular
38:15written
38:15contact
38:16with
38:16her
38:16husband
38:17from
38:18Karachi
38:18she
38:19wrote
38:20I
38:21wish
38:21you
38:21were
38:21here
38:22so
38:23many
38:23things
38:23you
38:23would
38:23enjoy
38:25perhaps
38:25someday
38:26we
38:26can
38:26fly
38:26together
38:27to
38:27some
38:27of
38:27the
38:27remote
38:27places
38:28of
38:28the
38:28world
38:28just
38:29for
38:29fun
38:34there
38:34were
38:34frequent
38:35hazards
38:36on
38:37taking
38:37off
38:37for
38:37Burma
38:38on
38:38the
38:3817th
38:38of
38:39June
38:39Amelia
38:40wrote
38:41that
38:41takeoff
38:42was
38:42precarious
38:43perhaps
38:44as risky
38:44as
38:45any
38:45we
38:45had
38:45the
38:46plane
38:47clung
38:47for
38:47what
38:47seemed
38:47like
38:48ages
38:48to
38:48the
38:48heavy
38:49sticky
38:49soil
38:49before
38:50the
38:50wheels
38:50finally
38:50lifted
38:51and
38:52we
38:52cleared
38:52with
38:52nothing
38:53at all
38:53to
38:53spare
38:54the
38:54fringe
38:54of
38:54trees
38:54at
38:55the
38:55airdrome's
38:55edge
39:02monsoons
39:02and lengthy
39:03repairs
39:03to
39:04the
39:04Electra
39:04often
39:05delayed
39:05the
39:05journey
39:11but
39:11on
39:12the
39:1229th
39:13of
39:13June
39:13Amelia
39:14and
39:14Noonan
39:15reached
39:15Ley
39:16Papua New
39:16Guinea
39:17having
39:17completed
39:1822,000
39:19miles
39:19of their
39:20journey
39:21the
39:22remaining
39:227,000
39:23mile
39:24passage
39:24across
39:24the
39:24Pacific
39:25would
39:25bring
39:26the
39:26greatest
39:26challenge
39:27yet
39:30Amelia
39:31wrote
39:31her
39:32last
39:32commissioned
39:32article
39:33for
39:34the
39:34Herald
39:34Tribune
39:36Lockheed
39:37stands
39:37ready
39:38for
39:38longest
39:38hop
39:38weighted
39:39with
39:39gasoline
39:40and
39:40oil
39:40to
39:40capacity
39:42this
39:42evening
39:43I
39:43look
39:43eastward
39:44over
39:44the
39:44Pacific
39:46I
39:47shall
39:47be
39:47glad
39:47when
39:47we
39:47have
39:47the
39:48hazards
39:48of
39:48its
39:48navigation
39:49behind
39:49us
39:57on
39:57the
39:572nd
39:58of
39:58July
39:58loaded
39:59with
39:59more
40:00than
40:00a
40:00thousand
40:00gallons
40:01of
40:01gasoline
40:01the
40:02Electra
40:03made
40:03its
40:03final
40:03departure
40:04from
40:05Laird
40:06It
40:07went to
40:07the
40:07very
40:08end
40:08of
40:08the
40:08runway
40:08and
40:09then
40:09dropped
40:10the
40:10end
40:10of
40:10the
40:10runway
40:10and
40:11just
40:11skipped
40:11over
40:12the
40:12waves
40:12as
40:12it
40:12took
40:13off
40:13she
40:13couldn't
40:14have
40:14had
40:14any
40:14more
40:14fuel
40:14in
40:15that
40:15aeroplane
40:16It
40:17would
40:17be
40:172,556
40:20miles
40:20to
40:20Howland
40:21Island
40:22After
40:22that
40:23Honolulu
40:24and
40:25the
40:25final
40:25Pacific
40:25hop
40:26stood
40:27between
40:27them
40:27and
40:28the
40:28greatest
40:28ever
40:29achievement
40:29in
40:30aviation
40:30history
40:32Noonan
40:33would
40:33use
40:33his
40:33chronometer
40:34octant
40:35drift
40:35sight
40:35and compass
40:36to guide
40:37them there
40:40But right
40:41from the
40:41start
40:42there were
40:42problems
40:45Howland
40:46Island
40:46was an
40:47accident
40:47waiting
40:47to
40:48happen
40:48The
40:49chances
40:49were
40:50against
40:50her
40:50making
40:50that
40:51landfall
40:51with
40:52the
40:52navigation
40:53aids
40:54that
40:54were
40:55available
40:55to
40:55them
40:55I
40:56mean
40:56look
40:56what
40:57happened
40:57when
40:57she
40:57was
40:57aiming
40:57for
40:57Paris
40:58and
40:59she
40:59ended
40:59up
40:59in
40:59Ireland
41:05Amelia
41:06and
41:06Noonan
41:07had also
41:07been
41:07given
41:08outdated
41:08information
41:09about
41:09the
41:09wind
41:10The
41:11pair
41:11had
41:11worked
41:12out
41:12that
41:13Howland
41:13would
41:14be
41:14reached
41:14in
41:14a little
41:15over
41:1518
41:15hours
41:16But
41:17with
41:17the
41:18actual
41:18wind
41:18speed
41:19being
41:1910
41:20knots
41:20stronger
41:20than
41:21they
41:21had
41:21been
41:21told
41:22the
41:23flight
41:23could
41:23take
41:24anything
41:24up to
41:25an
41:25hour
41:25longer
41:27Then
41:28the
41:28weather
41:28conditions
41:29deteriorated
41:30causing
41:31difficulty
41:31for
41:31Noonan
41:32He
41:33was
41:33navigating
41:34by
41:34the
41:35stars
41:36Now
41:37if
41:37you
41:38then
41:38fly
41:38into
41:39a
41:40storm
41:40where
41:41are
41:41the
41:41stars
41:41they've
41:42gone
41:42and
41:43that
41:43makes
41:43celestial
41:44navigation
41:45an
41:45impossibility
41:52Amelia
41:53did what
41:53she could
41:54to fly
41:54the
41:55electorate
41:55efficiently
41:56but
41:57there
41:57was
41:57an
41:57even
41:58bigger
41:58problem
42:01It
42:02had
42:03been
42:03pre-planned
42:04that
42:04the
42:04crew
42:04of
42:05the
42:05US
42:05Coast
42:05Guard
42:06Clipper
42:06Itasca
42:07would
42:08guide
42:08to
42:08the
42:08island
42:11But
42:11neither
42:12Amelia
42:12or
42:12Noonan
42:13had a
42:14good
42:14understanding
42:14of the
42:15relatively
42:15new
42:16use
42:16of
42:16radio
42:17navigation
42:18It
42:19certainly
42:19didn't
42:20help
42:20that
42:20neither
42:20of
42:21them
42:21were
42:21expert
42:22at
42:22radio
42:23and
42:24neither
42:25of
42:25them
42:25were
42:26good
42:26at
42:26Morse
42:27That
42:28is
42:28astonishing
42:29that
42:30she
42:30should
42:30have
42:30lunged
42:32across
42:32the
42:32Pacific
42:33not
42:34having
42:34covered
42:35all
42:35eventualities
42:36The golden
42:38rules
42:39in
42:39aviation
42:39Aviate
42:41Navigate
42:42Communicate
42:43Those
42:44are the
42:45three
42:45things
42:45that
42:46will
42:46keep
42:46you
42:46alive
42:47and
42:48you
42:48really
42:48have
42:48to
42:49be
42:49expert
42:49at
42:50all
42:50three
42:54To
42:55keep
42:55the
42:55electra
42:56as
42:56light
42:56as
42:56possible
42:57vital
42:58radio
42:58equipment
42:59including
43:00an
43:00aerial
43:00for the
43:01relaying
43:01of
43:01Morse
43:02code
43:02had
43:03been
43:03left
43:03behind
43:08But
43:08the
43:08Itasca
43:09continued
43:09to use
43:10Morse
43:10code
43:10for
43:1090%
43:11of
43:11their
43:11communication
43:18It
43:19would
43:19mean
43:19information
43:19about
43:20the
43:20changing
43:20conditions
43:21was
43:21transmitted
43:22to
43:22the
43:22pair
43:22but
43:23never
43:24received
43:24To
43:28make
43:28matters
43:29worse
43:29the
43:30frequencies
43:31Amelia
43:31used
43:32weren't
43:32suited
43:33to
43:33direction
43:34finding
43:36and
43:37she
43:37was
43:37working
43:37to
43:37Greenwich
43:38meantime
43:38while
43:39the
43:39Itasca
43:40used
43:40US
43:41Navy
43:41time
43:41creating
43:42a
43:4230
43:43minute
43:43discrepancy
43:44in
43:44their
43:44schedules
43:48To
43:48cap
43:49it
43:49all
43:49Direction
43:50finder
43:51equipment
43:51on
43:51Howland
43:52Island
43:52wasn't
43:53working
43:53because
43:54of
43:54a
43:54low
43:54battery
43:58At
43:587.42
43:59AM
44:00local
44:00time
44:01over
44:0119
44:02hours
44:03after
44:03she
44:03left
44:04Leigh
44:04the
44:05Itasca
44:05received
44:06a
44:06message
44:06from
44:06Amelia
44:07We
44:08must
44:08be
44:08on
44:09you
44:09but
44:10cannot
44:10see
44:11you
44:12gas
44:12is
44:12running
44:13low
44:14being
44:14unable
44:15to
44:15reach
44:15you
44:15by
44:16radio
44:16We
44:17are
44:17flying
44:18at
44:18altitude
44:181,000
44:19feet
44:21Well
44:22they're now
44:22beginning
44:22to ask
44:23themselves
44:23some
44:24severe
44:24questions
44:24you know
44:25where is
44:26the boat
44:26we can't
44:26see it
44:27where is
44:27the
44:27island
44:28we
44:29can't
44:29see
44:29that
44:30are
44:31we
44:31where
44:31we
44:31thought
44:31we
44:32are
44:34at
44:357
44:3558
44:35a.m.
44:37another
44:37message
44:37from
44:38Amelia
44:38was
44:38received
44:39We
44:40are
44:40circling
44:41but
44:41cannot
44:42hear
44:42you
44:42go
44:43ahead
44:43on
44:447
44:44500
44:46There's
44:46a limit
44:47to how
44:47far
44:48you
44:48can
44:49go
44:49you
44:49do
44:49not
44:50want
44:50to
44:50keep
44:50lunging
44:51forward
44:52into
44:52the
44:52wild
44:53blue
44:53yonder
44:54not
44:55knowing
44:55where
44:55you're
44:55going
44:56or
44:56what's
44:56there
44:57or
44:57if
44:57you're
44:58in
44:58the
44:58right
44:58place
44:59Must
45:00have
45:00been
45:00terrifying
45:0445
45:05minutes
45:06later
45:06the
45:07Itasca
45:07picked up
45:08another
45:08message
45:09from
45:09the
45:09Electra
45:10We
45:10are
45:11on
45:11the
45:11line
45:11of
45:11positioning
45:12157
45:13337
45:14We'll
45:15repeat
45:15this
45:16on
45:166210
45:17kilocycles
45:18We are
45:19running
45:19north
45:20and
45:20south
45:23This
45:23message
45:24would
45:25be
45:25Amelia's
45:26last
45:32With
45:33no
45:33island
45:33or
45:34reef
45:34or
45:35water
45:35less
45:36than
45:3630
45:36feet
45:36deep
45:37within
45:37350
45:38miles
45:39of
45:39Howland
45:39Island
45:40The
45:40likelihood
45:41is
45:41that
45:42shortly
45:42after
45:438.43
45:44a.m.
45:44Amelia
45:45was
45:46forced
45:46to
45:46ditch
45:47the
45:47plane
45:53And
45:53the
45:54Electra
45:54would
45:55almost
45:55certainly
45:56have
45:56broken
45:56up
45:57during
45:57a
45:57high
45:58speed
45:58landing
45:58on
45:59water
46:01Based
46:02on
46:02the
46:02strength
46:02of
46:03the
46:03messages
46:03received
46:04by
46:04the
46:04Itasca
46:05It
46:06is
46:06believed
46:06that
46:06Amelia
46:07was
46:08within
46:08100
46:08miles
46:09of
46:09Howland
46:09when
46:10she
46:10disappeared
46:13On
46:13the last lap
46:14of her
46:14magnificent flight
46:15round the
46:15world
46:15by way
46:16of the
46:16equator
46:16Miss Amelia
46:17Earhart
46:18was lost
46:18in
46:18mid-ocean
46:19On
46:20the
46:202,500
46:21mile hop
46:21to
46:21Howland
46:22Island
46:22she was
46:23reported
46:23missing
46:23The
46:25United
46:25States
46:25helped
46:26a
46:26great
46:26Teal
46:26it
46:26was
46:26the
46:27biggest
46:27air
46:28sea
46:28search
46:29ever
46:30mounted
46:32The
46:33search
46:33heavily
46:34funded
46:35by
46:35George
46:35Putnam
46:36covered
46:37250,000
46:38square
46:38miles
46:39and
46:39continued
46:40for
46:40more
46:40than
46:40two
46:41weeks
46:42But
46:43neither
46:43Amelia
46:44Noonan
46:44or
46:45the
46:45plane
46:45were
46:46ever
46:46seen
46:47again
46:49Many
46:50events
46:51seem
46:52to have
46:52contributed
46:53to
46:53Amelia's
46:54disappearance
46:56Maps
46:56published
46:57the
46:57previous
46:57month
46:58revealed
46:59Howland
46:59was
46:59actually
47:00six
47:00miles
47:00further
47:01east
47:01than
47:02given
47:02on
47:02Amelia's
47:02charts
47:06The
47:07Itasca
47:07made
47:07mistakes
47:08Amelia
47:09made
47:09mistakes
47:10There
47:11wasn't
47:11this
47:13understanding
47:13of
47:14it
47:15seems
47:15to me
47:15how
47:16critical
47:17that
47:17leg
47:17was
47:18I
47:19don't
47:19know
47:19whether
47:19people
47:19just
47:19assumed
47:20that
47:20Fred
47:21Noonan
47:21was
47:21so
47:22good
47:22that
47:23he
47:23would
47:23find
47:24Howland
47:24Island
47:25and
47:26that
47:26Amelia
47:26was
47:26so
47:27good
47:27that
47:28she
47:28would
47:28get
47:28there
47:32Amelia
47:33wasn't
47:34officially
47:34declared
47:34dead
47:35until
47:35January
47:361939
47:38in
47:38in the
47:38aftermath
47:39a whole
47:40host
47:40of
47:40conspiracy
47:41theories
47:41emerged
47:44Some
47:45claimed
47:45that
47:46Amelia
47:46was
47:46living
47:47as
47:47a
47:47castaway
47:48on
47:48an
47:48island
47:49in
47:49the
47:49Pacific
47:51others
47:51suggested
47:52that she
47:53had survived
47:54and been
47:54taken
47:54prisoner
47:55There
47:56There were
47:56a lot
47:56of
47:56Japanese
47:57occupied
47:57islands
47:58around
47:58at the
47:59time
47:59so
48:00suddenly
48:01she
48:01was
48:01captured
48:03by the
48:03Japanese
48:04executed
48:05on this
48:06island
48:06executed
48:06on that
48:07island
48:08even a
48:09crazy
48:09story
48:09about
48:10somebody
48:10seeing
48:11her
48:11working
48:12as a
48:12prostitute
48:13for
48:14servicing
48:15Japanese
48:16soldiers
48:18It was
48:19even
48:19claimed
48:20that
48:20Amelia
48:21had
48:21been
48:21working
48:21as
48:21a
48:21spy
48:22for
48:22Roosevelt
48:23using
48:24her
48:24flight
48:24to
48:25secretly
48:25photograph
48:25Japanese
48:26territories
48:27before being
48:28safely returned
48:29to the
48:29United
48:29States
48:30and
48:30given
48:31a
48:31new
48:31identity
48:40In
48:411970
48:42a
48:42former
48:42pilot
48:43Irene
48:44Bolum
48:44was
48:45forced
48:45to
48:46publicly
48:46refute
48:46claims
48:47she
48:48was
48:48the
48:48missing
48:48flyer
48:49Well
48:50I'm
48:50not
48:50Amelia
48:51Earhart
48:52and I
48:53think
48:53anyone
48:53who
48:54attempts
48:54to
48:54make
48:54capital
48:55out of
48:56such
48:56a
48:56fine
48:56person
48:57is
48:58using
48:58a
48:59very
48:59poor
49:01approach
49:02to
49:02life
49:04The
49:04human
49:05need
49:05for a
49:05conclusion
49:06to
49:06the
49:06unexplained
49:07mystery
49:07of
49:08Amelia
49:09and
49:09Noonan's
49:09fate
49:09has
49:10seen
49:11frequent
49:11sea
49:11searches
49:12for
49:12the
49:12missing
49:13Elettra
49:13and
49:14numerous
49:14islands
49:15scowled
49:15for traces
49:16of
49:16evidence
49:19The
49:20mystery
49:20continues
49:21to this
49:22day
49:22as
49:23investigations
49:23throw up
49:24more and
49:25more
49:25possibilities
49:30But
49:31Amelia's
49:31legacy
49:32remains
49:32a
49:32profound
49:33and
49:33complex
49:34one
49:35Okay
49:36one
49:36can
49:37feel
49:37gutted
49:38that she
49:39lost
49:39her
49:39life
49:40but
49:40you
49:41need
49:41people
49:41like
49:42that
49:42who
49:43are
49:43prepared
49:43to
49:43say
49:44we'll
49:44pay
49:45the
49:45ultimate
49:45price
49:46for
49:47pushing
49:47those
49:47boundaries
49:49Amelia
49:50Earhart
49:51may
49:51have
49:52benefited
49:52from
49:52the
49:52power
49:53of
49:53publicity
49:53but
49:54the
49:54easygoing
49:55modest
49:56girl
49:56next
49:56door
49:57made
49:57a
49:58long
49:58lasting
49:58connection
49:59with
49:59people
50:00and
50:01her
50:02pioneering
50:02achievements
50:03have
50:04ensured
50:04that her
50:05appeal
50:05endures
50:09anybody
50:10who
50:10talks
50:10about
50:10the
50:1099s
50:11the
50:12first
50:12thing
50:12will
50:12mention
50:13is
50:13Amelia
50:13Earhart
50:14and
50:14that's
50:15still
50:15today
50:15there
50:16was
50:16a
50:16challenger
50:16in her
50:17the
50:18adventurous
50:19spirit
50:19in her
50:21and
50:22a
50:22damn
50:23good
50:23pilot
50:28the
50:29odd
50:29thing
50:29about
50:29Amelia's
50:30legacy
50:30is
50:31it
50:31isn't
50:31really
50:31tied
50:32up
50:32in
50:32aviation
50:33aviation
50:33is
50:34there
50:34but
50:35Amelia's
50:35legacy
50:35isn't
50:36that
50:36Amelia
50:36is
50:37seen
50:37as
50:37a
50:38woman
50:38who
50:39tries
50:40and
50:40succeeds
50:41she
50:42is
50:42a
50:42role
50:42model
50:43for
50:43the
50:43young
50:44people
50:44today
50:44here
50:45is
50:45a
50:45girl
50:45who
50:46took
50:46on
50:46something
50:47that
50:47was
50:47a
50:47man's
50:48preserve
50:48she
50:49succeeded
50:49at
50:49it
50:51in
50:52her
50:52last
50:52letter
50:53to
50:53her
50:53husband
50:53Amelia
50:55wrote
50:56please
50:57know
50:57that
50:57I
50:57am
50:57quite
50:58aware
50:58of
50:58the
50:58hazards
50:59I
51:00want
51:00to
51:00do
51:00it
51:00because
51:01I
51:01want
51:01to
51:01do
51:01it
51:02women
51:03must
51:03try
51:04to
51:04do
51:04things
51:04as
51:05men
51:05have
51:05tried
51:06when
51:07they
51:07fail
51:07their
51:08failure
51:08must
51:08be
51:09but
51:09a
51:09challenge
51:10to
51:10others
51:10to
51:37go
51:38to
51:53A CIDADE NO BRASIL