Richard Gillespie

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Searching the Pacific for Amelia Earhart's Long Lost Airplane

June 11, 2012
Arts, Culture & Media

A group for historic aircraft recovery is mounting a new expedition to remote Nikumaroro Island in the western Pacific. It's mission is to find Amelia Earharts long lost plane on the 75th anniversary of her disappearance.

Searching the Pacific for Amelia Earhart's Long Lost Airplane
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DNA and the Earhart mystery

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Arts, Culture & Media
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