Many theories surround Amelia Earhart's disappearance. We don’t currently know what truly happened to her. Efforts need to continue in order to solve this mystery. Amelia Earhart could have had to fight for survival as a castaway or had been abducted by the Japanese. Regardless, society needs to continue to investigate her disappearance. Without Investigating her disappearance we will never come to any proper conclusion. Amelia’s disappearance needs to be treated as if it were a missing persons case that was just released. Just because it happened nearly 70 years ago, doesn’t mean we should take her disappearance lightly. Leaving it as an unsolved mystery is only going to leave many questions unanswered. Not pursuing an investigation and
As historians bring to light groups long excluded, or condescendingly treated only as victim, they are recovering the life stories of more and more “unknowns” and coming up with more and more unsung heroes and heroines.
In Louise Erdrich’s “Tracks';, the readers discovers by the second chapter that there are two narrators, Nanapush and Pauline Puyat. This method of having two narrators telling their stories alternately could be at first confusing, especially if the readers hasn’t been briefed about it or hasn’t read a synopsis of it. Traditionally, there is one narrator in the story, but Erdrich does an effective and spectacular job in combining Nanapush and Pauline’s stories. It is so well written that one might question as he or she reads who is the principal character in this story? Being that there are two narrators, is it Nanapush, the first narrator, him being a participant in the story, who tells his story in the “I'; form? Or is it Pauline, the second narrator, who also narrates in the “I'; form? Upon further reading, the motive for both narrators’ stories become more evident, and by the end of the book, it becomes clear that one character is the driving force for both of the narrators’ stories. This central character is Fleur Pillager. She in fact is the protagonist of “Tracks';. Even though she is limited in dialogues, her actions speak more than words itself.
Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, since she was a little girl she was always a hard worker and determined to stand out and be different from everyone. Her mother’s name was Amy Earhart, her father’s name was Edwin Earhart, and she had a sister named Grace Earhart. Amelia’s family was different from many other people’s family back then. Amelia and Amy liked to play ball, go fishing, and play outside looking for new adventures, other family’s would rather stay inside and play with toys and not get messy or spend time outside. Amelia’s parents always knew she was different from all the other kids, she always got made fun of in school, and she had a lot more determination
On June 1st, 1937, Amelia Earhart, took off on what she thought would be a historical flight. She began her journey in Oakland, California. This was her second attempt to become the first pilot in history to circumnavigate the globe. She and her navigator, Fred Noonan, took flight in a twin engine Lockheed 10E Electra, and successfully flew to their first destination, Miami, Florida, followed by a successful flight to their next destination, South America. Together, they continued on their journey and successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean and stopped in Africa, then continued East to India and then Southeast Asia. It was later discovered, that Earhart and Noonan left important communication and navigation instruments behind, in order to possibly have more room for fuel on the long flight. On June 29th, 1937, they arrived in Lae, New Guinea; only twenty-one days after their journey began. They had already flown 22,000 miles and were only 7,000 miles away from their starting point in Oakland, California. It appeared as though they would complete their journey (“Amelia Earhart”).
As a young child, Amelia always wanted to follow her life-long dream. She was determined and did not ever give up, even when she was in her darkest times. Amelia Earhart became so well-known, loved and respected by the public. Her fans were so supportive of her through her whole journey. The public believed in her. After Amelia’s parents separated, she had a decision to make, would she let this situation stop her in what she wanted to fulfill, or would she use this to her advantage. At such a young age, Amelia was faced with many, many decisions to make and if she had let the separation of her parents defeat her, her future might have turned out differently.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace - Amelia Earhart. Amelia Earhart was a brave women that risked her life to break records. Amelia Earhart’s childhood was a struggle from traveling to her grandparents house. She was the first woman to fly solo across the United States. There are many conspiracy theories on Amelia Earhart’s disappearance. Amelia Earhart childhood was a struggle with her parents traveling for jobs and her father a alcoholic.
It is summer in the year 1937. America is amidst the Great Depression; millions of people have lost their jobs and were suffering from economic hardships. Suddenly news outlet all over the nation spreads that Amelia Earhart, a woman whose accomplishments as an aviator brought hope to countless people across the nation, has gone missing during her solo transatlantic flight. Her disappearance was a mystery to the world, all the American citizens had to go off were her final communications over the radio on her plane yielding very few answers. People wanted answers, so the U.S. government sent search parties looking for the missing aviator to no avail. Unable to get answers from the government people across the nation began dabbling in conspiracy theories in order to find their own answers for Earhart’s
This report is on the Crossair flight 3597 crash which happens at Zurich airport on 24th November 2001. Analysis of Crossair flight 3597 will be covered, which includes details such as facts of Crossair flight 3597 crash, and the three contributing factors involved in the air accident. The three contributing factors are mainly Crossair, pilot error and communications with air traffic controllers.
Fleming, Candace, and Jessica Hische. Amelia lost: the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart. New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2011. Print.
On March 1, 1932 adolescent, 20 month old Charles A. Lindbergh was taken from his nursery in the family's home in Hopewell, Incipient Jersey . The case was long run and astringent but a suspect was eventually put on tribulation and executed due to the severity of the case . All evidence pointed to Richard “Bruno” Hauptmann, the maleficent creature who abducted and murdered baby Lindbergh was definitely culpable on all charges. He was singley charged for all accounts, yet all evidence pointed to more than one suspect that could have helped Hauptmann complete the horrid task of taking this famous baby boy.
In the 1937 newspaper, article “Amelia’s Voice Heard by Amateur Radio Operator”, The Atchison Daily Globe reports on two Los Angeles amateur radio operators who claimed they heard Earhart transmit a distress signal at 7:00 a.m. Pacific time. The article expresses doubt about these clams using the statement “[In] San Francisco, however, a coastguard station reported at noon Eastern Standard Time it had received no word whatever although radio reception was unusually good” . The article also presents evidence supporting the two Radio operators, by explaining the amateur radio operators, “interpreted radio signals as placing the plane adrift near the equator between Gilbert Islands and Howland Island” . The article also, reports, because of this possible transmission from Earhart caused action, “the navy department ordered the battleship Colorado with three planes aboard, to begin a search from Honolulu, where it arrived yesterday ”.
On November 28, 2004 at about 10:00 a.m. mountain standard time, a Canadair (now Bombardier) CL-600-2A12 (Challenger 600), tail number N873G, crashed into the ground during takeoff at Montrose Regional Airport (MJT), Montrose, Colorado. The aircraft was registered to Hop-a-Jet, Inc., and operated by Air Castle Corporation doing business as Global Aviation. (Insert Here)The flight was operating under Part 135 Code of Federal Regulations. The captain filed the flight under an IFR Flight plan. Of the six passengers on board, three died from fatal injuries and the other three sustained major injuries. The aircraft was totaled due to the impact with the ground and a post-crash fire.
On the evening of March 1st, 1932, famous aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh put their 20 month old baby, Charles “Charlie” Augustus Lindbergh Jr to bed on the second floor of the Lindbergh home near Hopewell, New Jersey. When the child’s nurse, Betty Gow, went to check on Charlie, he was gone. Gow then reported the child’s absence to his parents. The police were contacted immediately and the search for the baby began. While trying to get in touch with the suspect who was leaving handwritten notes, the Lindbergh’s were very close to receiving their precious child. On May 12th, 1932, 72 days after the kidnapping, a decomposed body of a baby was found in the woods near the Lindbergh house. The child was dead and was predicted to have died on the night of the kidnapping as a result of a fractured skull. Charles Lindbergh was able to identify the baby as his own. Now the kidnapping had also become an immoral murder. Bruno Hauptmann is proven guilty through physical evidence, some which is found at the crime scene, his own physical features, and his handwriting. Additionally, his residency and money, specifically gold certificates assist in determining his innocence. Lastly, the testimonies at Hauptmann’s trial lead to one clear statement at last. Through an examination of physical evidence and case details, it can be concluded that Bruno Richard Hauptmann was responsible for the kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh.
Shortly after this trip, Earhart began taking up aviation as a profession instead of a hobby. As soon as she began her new found profession, Earhart set many records (Backus). She was the first woman to fly an autogiro across the country and to fly solo from California to Mexico and from Hawaii to California (Amelia). She was also the first woman to fly solo transcontinental and a year later broke her own record (Amelia). Getting so many records led to her being respected even though she was a woman. Breaking all of these records led to a new found fame and it allowed her to serve as an icon for the women's’ movement. Amelia also stated “the more women fly, the more who become pilots, the more we become recognized” (Backus). Saying this quote, she wanted to inspire other female pilots who were being discriminated because of their gender and also joined the women's suffrage movement (Butler). She joined the Ninety-Nines, which were a womans’ flying organization that inspired young women to fly during the late 1920’s (Butler). She proved to these women that she was going to be the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic which led to her receiving many
When I stepped into the large neatly organized white polished plane, I never though something would go wrong. I woke up and found myself on an extremely hot bright sunny desert island filled with shiny soft bright green palm trees containing rough bright yellow hard felt juicy apples. The simple strong plane I was in earlier shattered into little pieces of broken glass and metal when crashing onto the wet slimy coffee colored sand and burning with red orange colored flames. After my realization to this heart throbbing incident I began to run pressing my eight inch footsteps into the wet squishy slimy light brown sand looking in every direction with my wide open eyes filled with confusion in search of other survivors. After finding four other survivors we began moving our small petite weak legs fifty inches from the painful incident. Reaching our destination which was a tiny space filled with dark shade blocking the extreme heat coming from the bright blue sky, I felt my eyelids slowly moving down my light colored hazel eyes and found myself in a dream. I was awakened the next day from a grumbling noise coming from my empty stomach.