Amelia Earhart

A name deeply etched into the history and memories of Papua New Guinea and it’s people. Most of you would have heard the name Amelia Earhart but few probably realise that Lae was her last stop over before going missing on her round the world flight.

A little snippet on the greatest female aviatrix straight from Wikipedia:

Amelia Mary Earhart (pronounced /ˈeəɹhɑɹt/ “AIR-hart”; 24 July 1897 – missing 2 July 1937, declared dead 5 January 1939, was a noted American aviation pioneer, and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, which she was awarded as the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.

Malum of Malum Nalu fame, Papua New Guinea writer, reporter extraordinaire and local blogger has just started a new Blog called: “Ameila Earhart and Papua New Guinea”.

Amelia Earhart…put Lae and Papua New Guinea on the world map with her disappearance

This year marked the 71st anniversary of one of the greatest unsolved aviation mysteries of all time.

It intimately involves Papua New Guinea as Lae was her last port of call before she disappeared somewhere over the vast Pacific for the longest stretch of her around-the-world flight.

The mystery and a long fruitless search -costing many millions of US dollars - had begun.

The search for Amelia continues to this day, in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, and because of this interest I have created a blog called Amelia Earhart and Papua New Guinea http://ameliaearhartandpng.blogspot.com/.

Have a look and I’d love to hear from you.

Malum

I strongly suggest any readers interested in the Amelia Earhart story or any associated developments in the tireless, perennial and almost obsessive search for her missing plane to keep their finger on the pulse through Malum’s new blog at:

http://ameliaearhartandpng.blogspot.com/