Lady Lindy!

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Marine Explorer Hunts for Earhart's Plane (http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=041218&cat=frontpage&st=frontpageap2 0041218_755&src=abc)
At 17,000 feet beneath the surface, the temperature of ocean water is just above freezing, oxygen is sparse and currents are relatively calm. In other words, ideal conditions for preserving an airplane that might have crashed into the depths nearly 70 years ago, according to marine explorer David Jourdan, who hopes to answer one of aviation's greatest mysteries the fate of famed pilot Amelia Earhart.
A fearless flyer, Earhart set a string of altitude, distance and endurance records in the 1920s and 1930s, proving the still-young world of flying wasn't reserved for men. She captivated a Depression-era America eager for heroes, was feted by presidents and was compared to Charles Lindbergh. The press dubbed her "Lady Lindy."
She was so cool! 8)

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I hope they can solve the--well, I hate to use the word mystery, but I guess it'll have to do. There was a school of thought that she had been taken prisoner by the Japanese after landing on a Japanese-held Island, but I think this has died away.

And of course (to keep it in BA) there are the woos who think she was abducted by Aliens....

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There was a school of thought that she had been taken prisoner by the Japanese after landing on a Japanese-held Island, but I think this has died away.

I do not think that that theory has died away at all. It would not have been uncharacteristic for her to have been executed as a spy at that time. The fact that no remnants of her plane have been found tends to fuel speculation. There is very little real data to go by.

And of course (to keep it in BA) there are the woos who think she was abducted by Aliens....

There was a very bad episode of the very bad tv show Voyager that dealt with this theory. They found Earhart along with a bunch of other people from the 1930s in some sort of suspended animation on the other side of the galaxy. It was awful, they found an old pick-up truck in space and were able to start it after a few minutes of tinkering with it. :roll: