"Worst is Ahead as Amelia Earhart Prepares for Howland Island Hop," June 30, 1937
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Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan took off from Lae, New Guinea, on July 2, 1937, bound for Howland Island, some 2,560 miles away. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca waited at Howland to guide their approach. Radio difficulties plagued Earhart's communication with the Itasca and may have impaired her airplane's navigational equipment. Earhart and Noonan never reached their destination.
Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan took off from Lae, New Guinea, on July 2, 1937, bound for Howland Island, some 2,560 miles away. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca waited at Howland to guide their approach. Radio difficulties plagued Earhart's communication with the Itasca and may have impaired her airplane's navigational equipment. Earhart and Noonan never reached their destination.
Artifact
Clipping (Information artifact)
Date Made
30 June 1937
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.19
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Newsprint
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Width: 5.625 in
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