She was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel.
But the disappearance of American aviator Amelia Earhart has remained a mystery since her plane disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean more than 85 years ago.
The Kansas native was flying a Lockheed Model 10 Electra with navigator Fred Noonan when the aircraft vanished near Howland Island on July 2, 1937.
At the time, she was
The disappearance of America’s famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart is one of the most enduring mysteries of the 20th century.
But investigators could finally be a step closer to solving what happened to the female pioneer, after new, hidden clues were unearthed on a key piece of evidence.
Scientific analysis shared with MailOnline revealed the letters and numbers ‘D24’, ‘XRO’ and either ‘335’ or ‘385’ etched on an aluminium panel which washed up on a remote island close to where Earhart’s
