Her husband,publisher, made money from her of her enthusiasm of Aviation.

Celebrity yes pilot no.

Having studied the disappearance for years, I really didn't like the flippant attitude of this National Geographic effort. In particular, the disavowing of the recollections of US Military Veterans. Disappointing.

sorry, not buying it..Rick Gillespie's theory, while plausible, still has zero credible evidence & if he is a serious archaeologist, why is he selling fiction books & merch that support his theory that has zero evidence. Also no one can explain to me how a 15 year old girl heard AE's post-crash distress calls in FLA, but the US Navy & USCG heard nothing when they were within a 400 mile vicinity. Lot's of people have never been found: Jimmy Hoffa, Glen Miller etc. Here's an much cheaper idea, drop a replica Electra on the same reef at the same time of year & see how long it takes for the reef to eat it..

Amelia's three Biggest mistakes were 1) going the longest way around (around the equator) and 2) not doing the flight in a pontoon plane, float plane, or any amphibious plane that could land in water as well as land, such as a Grumman goose or 1930 Sikorsky S-39. And 3) she suffered from "get-there-itis" The trip was just poorly planned and executed even worse.

"Negative data is data." Riiiiight. Perfect summary for why/how misguided the entire hypothesis and how virulently opposed to the empirical data the whole dog and pony show is after TWELVE fucking expeditions.

And at the end of the day, no one knows anything and they still havent made any progress

I hung with this for over half an hour waiting for something resembling an expedition. Bummer

14:48…..anytime, guys. 🤔

Gardener island would probably been a better place than howland for a stop off anyway, no birds in any great number to deal with, a larger target area, and a good flat reef, her lockheed electra 10E had a listed max range of 4,500 miles with 1,200 gallons of av-gas, even if she hadve gotten to howland wouldve probably had a bird on the way in or at take off, plus i read somewhere they left a couple of 55 gallon drums of av-gas behind to save weight, morse key, life raft, and God know what else, if someone less famous did that kinda sh*t we'd say they were an idiot, if you look at all the work put in by her radio guy before she ground looped in Hawaii including making sure air to ground freq. Were known by all parties, that was the guy that couldve saved her (Manning i think his name was?), the trouble with people when they get famous is they listen to nobody unless they agree with what they are already thinking, luck is like a bag of potato chips soon enough there is nothing left in the bag.

The "theory" actually comes from the PAN AM Direction Finding tracking of the transmissions AE sent out between 2-7 July.

Westward? I think she was travelling East, not West.

Dr. Ballard is such an incredible man!

Does anyone know if she met up with Charles Lindbergh? I can imagine the PR bonanza of it.

Why do they think they can find Ameila when they can't find the Malaysian Airlines flight If her plane went down and disintegrated, it's done, unfortunately

So, if she landed on this island, where was the plane wreckage?

Annoying host. Very little time with Fred, didn't even say goodbye.

Very interesting discussion and participants.National Geographic gets into the nitty gritty in a thoroughly interesting investigative way.And so the enigma of Amelia carries on as mysteriously as ever.

it's widely known that she & Noonan were captured by the Japanese when they discovered her plane had been outfitted with Spy Cameras, as per FDR. Amelia and Noonan were executed on Saipan. The Electra was torched and the scraps buried...

The preponderance of evidence is Nikumaroro Island. R.I.P. Amelia Earhart !

…what does the presenter on the left use on his head to make it shine so?

L'ensemble des indices retrouvés par Gallagher puis par Tighar est très convaincant. Ne serait-ce que la crème au mercure, crème utilisée pour enlever les tâches de rousseur. Ce n'est pas les femmes polynésiennes qui utilisaient ces produits de maquillage et l'île n'était plus habitée de puis 1880. Lors de l'échouage du Norwich dans la tempête en nov 1929, le canot de sauvetage s'est retourné et 9 hommes d'équipage ont péris, dont 3 seulement ont été ramenés sur l'île et enterrés. Il n'y avait que des hommes et les survivants ont été récupérés rapidement. Il a été aussi retrouvé le zipper du blouson de vol d'Amélie, et à ce sujet il faut rappeler que la fermeture éclair n'existait pas en 1880. Whitcomb L. Judson (7 mars 1846 - 7 décembre 1909) était un inventeur américain, connu en particulier pour l'invention de la première fermeture à glissière, en 1890. Le brevet no 504.037 lui fut octroyé le 25 août 1893, et sa fermeture n'avait pas encore sa forme définitive comme celle du blouson de pilote ou celle de la combinaison de vol d'Amélia. En fait, ce qui étonne c'est qu'Amelia n'ait pas survécu sur cette île paradisiaque où il y a de la nourriture à foison : des coquillages, des oiseaux, des crabes, des oeufs, des bébés tortues, des fruits, des noix de cocos... etc. Il est pourtant facile de comprendre qu'Amelia s'est faite piéger par une dysenterie tropicale. Elle a retardé son départ alors qu'un garde-côtes de l'US Navy l'attendait avec tout son équipage, à côté de l'île de Howland, et il consommait du carburant à tourner autour. Et elle ne pouvait refaire le plein sur cette ilot sans l'aide des hommes de l'Itaska. Amelia est partie par force, avec une maladie dangereuse. Mais elle pensait que sous moins 48h elle pourrait se faire soigner à Honolulu ou à Pearl Harbor. Ensuite sur le mauvais terrain de Lae (Papouasie Nlle Guinée) elle a perdu son antenne ventrale et ne pouvait plus recevoir de message. Noonan préférait voyager la nuit car il naviguait avec les étoiles, ensuite l'Itaska devait prendre le relais pour la navigation finale, mais toute communication était devenue impossible. Il a fallu attendre l'arrivée du jour pour que Noonan se recale sur le soleil, mais suite à ce repérage il ne savait pas si Howland était vers le Nord ou vers le Sud. Ils ont finalement pris le direction Sud et sur cet axe ils sont tombés sur Nikumaroro, où il se sont posés presqu'à court de carburant. C'était marée basse et Amelia a atterri sur le platier, cependant sa roue droite s'est coincée dans une faille et le train droit s'est arraché. L'avion a pivoté brutalement et le Noonan, à l'arrière, a été projeté violemment contre un angle et il était blessé à la tête. La météo était de plus en plus mauvaise, Amélia malade est restée à l'abri dans l'avion, le catalina parti de Pearl Harbor pour tenter de la retrouver a du faire demi-tour. Le moteur gauche de l'Electra était intact, elle le faisait tourner au ralenti pour alimenter sa radio. Elle a passé des messages de détresse pendant 3 heures. L'Itaska à 680km ne pouvait l'entendre à cause de la courbure terrestre, mais Betty Klenck, 15 ans, l'a entendue depuis San Pete (St-Petersbourg en Floride) où son père avait installé une grande antenne, et elle suivait de près le Tour du Monde d'Amelia. Pendant plusieurs heures elle a noté les messages d'Amelia sur un carnet et nous rapporte avec précision que Noonan, blessé à la tête, était en plein délire et voulait arracher le micro des mains d'Amelia. C'était la panique à bord de l'avion, la marée montait et l'avion commençait à riper sur le platier. Fred sérieusement blessé s'est échappé et il a dû mourir avant de rejoindre la terre ferme, soit d'une hémorragie cérébrale, soit dévoré par les requins comme les hommes du Norwich, 8 ans avant lui. Amelia s'est retrouvée, seule et malade, et sans avoir de quoi se soigner correctement. Elle a continué à passer des messages les jours suivants, à marée basse. Mais elle est décédée avant l'arrivée des avions de recherche envoyés par Roosevelt. Sept jours après l'atterrissage d'Amelia l'hydravion du lieutenant Lambrecht a parcouru l'atoll de long en large, mais la marée avait emporté l'Electra d'Amelia. il a vu des traces récentes d'habitation, mais personne ne s'est signalé. Il voulait se poser sur le lagon mais il a eu peur d'abimer ses moteurs dans le nuage d'oiseaux : dommage ! Amelia était peut-être encore vivante ! La shigellose (dysenterie tropicale) fait 200 000 morts par an, et il y avait qq autres dangers, comme les cones textiles, la ciguatera ou la chute d'un noix de coco... J'ai fait un PDF plus détaillé, en anglais et en français, sur cette incroyable série noire d'événements qui ont condamné Amelia... si ça vous intéresse. Je suis sur Facebook. Philippe Soula

More total speculation into on of a thousand theories. Proving absolutely nothing, except this waste of 1+ hr time.

They were both lost because they didn’t know Morse Code or CW that is the Tragic Outcome.

I wish I could remember where I read that a shoe and her compact were found on Gardiner island. The 2 pilots on the team said that if it had been them then they would have ditched the plane into the lagoon. I don't think they looked there ?

I'm very surprised that National Geographic put it's stamp of approval on this event. It was in poor taste to constantly lampoon the very people who care most dearly about Amelia Earhart. It all felt very disrespectful and just completely done in poor taste. I'm really disappointed that National Geographic, a gold standard of educational entertainment, would want to represent itself this way.

this is all joke and some horrible mediocre comedianta wanna be sad NAT GEO has this type of host I stopped watching at the minute 29

No one who would have of age to be an eyewitness today, does not exist. The only possible proof of what happened would to find the wreckage. Anyone who has been at sea or flown over the pacific would have an idea of the tiny bits of land completely devoured by that endless ocean. By now the plane itself disintegrated along with skeletal remains. Expeditions today are in search of individual attention not the finality of the legendary aviator.

Much more they could have gone into about the expedition but neglected. Seemed to be about those who went. & juz fed the audience with banal side stories .Disappointing.

the opening narration states that she took off "westbound" across the Pacific on her last leg. Not true; she was Eastbound toward Howland Island.

Well according to episode 1, season 2 of star trek voyager, both amelia & Fred were abducted by aliens, you never know ;) lol

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Any pilot would have both a alternate airport if available and long Over water flights have a contingency at least one and hopefully 2 along their route. Maybe not legally back then but from a logical point of view it would be absolutely necessary. They said they didn't know the name of gardener island that is just poor pilot planning Especially when you consider that it was on the same Longitude or sunline In other words. 159 and a 1/2 degreesWest It was only 130 miles South so definitely reachable. the whole thing smacks of a government cover up I suspect that Rick Gillespie and tiger will find it next trip Unless the navy since scooped it Which is quite likely. I have 2000 ocean crossings at Is a major airline. Believe what you want.

The colonists definitely would of found anything that was obvious. I'm sure some of them are still alive. and I would think they could have valuable information from either first hand account or stories that have trickled down of possible finds and significant information that could be helpful. I wish someone would do in-depth interviews of any that may still be alive, before it's too late. I'm sure the British has records of what happened to them.

Well, I'm sorry but I agree with Ms Earhart's relative. The money for this 'expedition' could have been put to far greater use. I understand why Geographic wanted to pursue this expedition. You can't ignore the chances for great publicity with a world renowned unsolved puzzle such as this. It's simply that not finding anything was pretty much a forgone conclusion. If it was there it would have been found long ago.

The Truth has already been proven it's up to you weather you believe it or not, but if you disbeleive it don't get mad and plot against people, and get them to Be forced to retire early from their jobs or fired from their jobs just because they believe and wAnt to teach other people to believe.

LOL! You and Ballard waste millions of dollars because you got too much pride to listen to some no name commoner like me who keeps telling you I found her plane. I'm not good TV I guess. Not Ivy league pedigree enough. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXy4daqGdqdmrLs