In July 1937, Amelia Earhart took off from Lae Airfield in New Guinea with the intended destination of Howland Island in the central Pacific Ocean. | I n July 1937, Amelia Earhart took off from Lae Airfield in New Guinea with the intended destination of Howland Island in the central Pacific Ocean. The 2,556-mile flight, which should have taken about 18 hours, was just one stage in the aviator's planned circumnavigation of the globe. But Earhart never arrived at her destination, and her plane was never found. This marked the beginning of one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the 20th century. |
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