Amelia Earhart's Enduring Legacy

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[@AmyShiraTeitel]

Dear everyone offended by the discussion of ESP: I wasn’t going to leave this facet out of the story because it’s pseudo science. Rather, it was important for me to leave it in because it’s a) and interesting aspect of their story and b) was important enough to Jackie to get a full chapter in her memoirs. I don’t disregard elements of people when recounting their stores because that does them a disservice. Try, for just a moment, to put yourself in 1936, having fun exploring something with a new best friend. It does no one favours to selectively remember someone or recount a story.

[@jonjames4281]

I firmly believe in ESP, you can witness examples of this in children knowing things that just aren't possible any other ways. I also believe society and social pressures force people to bury this instinct in efforts to conform. This is why it's mostly seen in children who have yet been exposed to such things. There are always exceptions. IE: twins, who bonds are stronger and they have collaboration and support of their abilities. This can be proven by science. Dis-believers have been conditioned to think the way they do.

[@johndemeritt3460]

I think you'd have done a great disservice to the actual history if you had left it out. Thanks much for following your good instincts in telling that part of the story!

[@nordboya1656]

It's not that the ESP stuff should be left out, but the way you present it does IMO come across as you saying that Jackie actually was psychic. I realise (but only for sure with your comment here describing it as pseudo-science) that you probably don't think the ESP was actually real - but you recount it as though it was a factual thing that happened (the accurate predictions) rather than a thing they thought happened. I still like your videos though, including this one :)

[@airmakay1961]

I think telling the complete story, especially if controversial or possibly offensive elements are involved, provides insight to genuine human reality. Our heroes are all fallible in one way or another and that is not a bad thing. Another fascinating story, very well told. Bravo.

[@Yahntia]

@@nordboya1656 Agreed. Jackie didn't know that the next 90 years of parapsychology would be an unmitigated disaster. Why not protect her legacy by mentioning her beliefs, but not putting them front and centre like this? Arthur Conan Doyle went to a lot of séances, but nobody treats it like THE thing he did. Seems more respectful that way.

[@k001daddy]

It's really cool that you have that book, the one she gave her on that trip.

[@anthonysouthwell9612]

Fascinating. Brilliant content as always Amy. Thank you.

[@ronten-hove2777]

A small correction: Newfoundland, at the time we are talking about, was the Dominion of Newfoundland. It reverted to colony status during the Great Depression, and did not join Canada until after WW II.

[@taymossninjapriest]

My grandfather was flying off the Lexington and took part in the search. He became an experienced Pacific pilot (flew the China Clipper, 747, and everything in-between) and skilled celestial navigator. His favorite theory was that she cash landed on Gardner Island (Nikumaroro).

[@nespstudio8803]

Amy, did you know that Amelia had asked Brad Washburn to navigate but he turned her down after realizing there wasn't enough safety built into her flight path? Many years ago I had worked at the Boston Museum of Science where Brad was Director. I remember him telling the story. He was an amazing person. - Joe

[@ruralcarrier3951]

First Amy, your new channel look is just great! Thank you for including all the parts of the story, not just the generally acceptable parts (yes, I mean the ESP). As a historian, it is your job to do so. You convey how much the two ladies believed, as both a piece of their friendship and each personality. Thank you for including this part of Jackie's story in your book, I suspect that Amelia's story haunted Jackie for a very long time, especially the physic feeling she had at the end (I am not sure, as I haven't finished your book).

[@adamjbond]

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

[@19Cub]

Great story Amy, ESP, and all. Extremely well told. Bravo. 🙂

[@jonfranks6902]

THANKS Ami!!!!! Excellent documentary 👏🏻👏🏻

[@louferrao2044]

Amy, thank you for the back story. You never cease to amaze me. Keep up the good work!

[@zapfanzapfan]

The photograph of Amelia on a dock on an island under the control of the Japanese with her plane loaded on a ship in the background is good enough for me. Together with corroborating testimonies.

[@3dflyer87]

Fantastic video, Amy! Thanks!

[@Aramis7]

Wow...such great story. Thanks Amy for covering this in detail.

[@brianarbenz7206]

Very thorough, and enjoyable. Excellent job, Amy!

[@Lasermanprint]

Wow you can really tell a story, well done Amy

[@Petraglyph777]

thank you Amy for a wonderful telling of this history. There is so much 'chaff' surrounding the person of Amelia, and you so eloquently cut through, and just tell her story. Thank You.

[@mkelleyp7]

Amelia had some of the HF and LF Radios and Antennas removed from the plane because neither Amelia nor Putnam new the Morse Code, a very reliable and long distance form of communication. Much more dependable than the AM, HF radios she did take. This limited her communication and radio navigation ability.

[@NovaResource]

Excellent video. Thanks for the new perspective.

[@georgecapalbo8996]

Amy, this is such interesting content. What great texture and insight about Amelia Earhart.... and how cool was Jackie! Keep it rolling, look forward to more!

[@charlesdavidson4815]

Great telling of a compelling story.

[@timothystockman7533]

You bring up some ineresting angles on Earhart's carreer and last flight. I began an interest in Earhart in the early 1970s when I was a student at Purdue University. Amelica spent some time at Purdue, which hsa nice airport. As I understand it (maybe you can research this more), Purdue President Edwarrd Elliot became a big supporter of Earhart. I think he and local Lafayettte businessmen organized the Purdue Research Foundation, whose first project was raising funds to purchase the Electra for Earhart, which she later fkew on her last flight.. In commemoration, Purdue has named one of its residence halls Earhart Hall, and the student organization at Earhart Hall is the Itasca Club.. I stayed in the Lafayette area for many years after Purdue, worked for them at their NPR station WBAA. In the mid-1980s my next brush with Earhart's legacy came when I learned to fly at Aretz Airport. Aretz was started by Capt. Lawrence I Aretz, who up to that time had given flying lessons and run the FBO at Purdue Airport. While at Purdue, Aretz had met Earhart. There was a picture of them on the wall at Aretz Airport; this picture and several others are available online today at Purdue's library. Aretz is also mentioned in First Man about 10 pages in, as Neil Armstrong and a friend were rolling down the runway fot takeoff in a Purdue Pilots airplsne. Purdue Pilots still had their airplanes based at Aretz when I was there in the late 1980s. Aretz was a family operation. Capt. Aretz's son had run it until his untimely death, then his widow, Ruth Aretz RN ran it for many years, including those in the 1980s, until it closed for good around 2000. When Aretz closed, pilot and news comentator Paul Harvey noted on his radio program that indeed it was a sad day for general aviation. I hope you are not too bored by my ramblings...

[@christopherthornburgh1000]

Love your videos Amy!

[@technicalsupport6016]

Looking fantastic 😍😍😍❣️❣️. As always and looking forward to more videos

[@w5cdt]

I taught myself celestial navigation. What Earhart and Noonan were trying to do was very risky navigation-wise. And she was un-practiced with her radio homing beacon skills. Navigation fixes more accurate than 1nm are iffy. Howland was also a tiny island.

[@c--qs8je]

I have been an airplane mechanic and pilot for the last 40 years. I have heard this story many times and did not think there would be any new contributions. Good job.

[@PFay]

Nice work Amy.Your piece on “branding” of Amelia was insightful. And Amelia’s branding was a very successful exercise. The images we’re left with define Earhart as a style icon. I imagine if she walked into a room in the twenty first century the impression she’d make is. Wow, what a stylish woman. She wouldn’t look at all out of place or time? As Amy seems to have an appreciation of vintage style herself, I’m sure she would agree.

[@christopherguy1217]

Fantastic story. I didn't know many of those stories with Jackie. I was always impressed by the legend that was Amelia that I named my daughter after her.

[@wldtrky38]

Awesome. Thanks Amy 🌹

[@serpentb0y389]

It was extremely strange to have my brother show me the “Russian Cosmonaut” video and then a week later, I started to watch NASA’s Unexplained Files AND YOU WERE ON IT! Now I’m obsessed with VintageSpace lmao.

[@Nixontheman]

Thanks Amy, that was really well done, great edit! ❗️👍

[@conrailjohn6682]

Great video Amy! I have always been fascinated with this story. Thanks for sharing

[@Starboy-un4jb]

All these recent uploads are a godsend during the pandemic. Keep up the great work!

[@ss4jarmon]

Always great content

[@thetreblerebel]

She's the epitome of a missing persons case. We don't know, not sure if we ever will.

[@meetoo594]

I think they found bits of the plane on a remote island along with a few bones and objects that proved it was them. They most likely ran out of fuel and crash landed then died of exposure/starvation or from their injuries.

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

Case Closed. End video.

[@ronlochocki605]

Very well done History piece. I like how you handled the post disappearance theories by summarizing them.

[@shaynyoe]

You are doing great work Amy! Keep it up! I have been loving learning about history through your episodes.

[@sodster68]

Great to hear about Jackie as well. History becomes so much more interesting when you include a broader context. Nice presentation. Thanks!!

[@stridermt2k]

This was riveting! Thanks!

[@TheCimbrianBull]

The new channel art is amazing, Amy. That dress really becomes you. And it was a fascinating story you narrated. Keep up the good work, Amy and Pete! 😀

[@antoniomaglione4101]

Thank you Ms. Amy for the extended documentary about Mrs Earhart. The sister of my grandfather was an emancipated woman coeval of Mrs. Earhart, and she kept me informed of her achievements from the other side of the Ocean. I believe is pretty normal that we want models to follow and heroes to honour... It is a whole process of betterment of our culture and, in the case of Amelia Earhart, a distinct social advancement by recognising as equal the role of women in this specialised sector of the society. In the beginning Amelia may have felt worth her weight in potatoes, but her role was, initially, to induce awe and inspire other women. Successively, she fully graduated as solo pilot; as Charles Lindbergh heroically (and somewhat luckily) did before Mrs. Earhart in May 1927, and Alcock and Brown (aboard a Vickers Vimy IV) did with their flight (from Newfoundland to Ireland) even earlier in June 1919 - a feat of engineering, but not a "solo" operation. My evaluation - yes, it was branding, as you said. But with a large note of inspiration and optimism, as when the hope transitions into an achievement. Regards,

[@ShadowACE1998]

Amelia had all the press. Public relations is everything. Women like Poncho Barnes didn't need press. She lived a life of adventure and didn't take crap form anyone. That's why she had the respect of male pilots long after she retired. It's a shame too when you think about how her name was slandered. I still think the Air Force was behind the rumors of her running a brothel. I also think the fire that destroyed her ranch was arson. Amelia got all the glory, Poncho got the shaft.

[@don_5283]

This is also why Douglas MacArthur is still so well-remembered, while guys like Theodore Roosevelt Jr are not.

[@hughmoore786]

. . . and people are "in love with" or "wax nostalgic" when it comes to their problems ! ! ! NO DOUBT

[@jessmith7324]

Nice job on this

[@christopherstovall761]

1:55 A perfect example of a case where misspelling would be disastrous. "Manufacturing A Heroine" Vs. "Manufacturing Heroin"

[@jamesrussell7760]

Fascinating story, Amy, and you are a very charming raconteur. And you're right, the ESP detail is part of a portrait of Jackie Cochrane.

[@user-ev7qw8oi7e]

Amy is a great educator and an amazing speaker. How is it that she doesn’t have her own show on TV?

[@stuffmorestuff6647]

I've seen her on the science channel before

[@txm100]

Because TV shows SUCK.

[@a1nelson]

What’s TV?

[@stuffmorestuff6647]

​@@a1nelson nice

[@gregorychaney7604]

Well Done! Too short! More about Amelia please. Cheers from Alaska, Greg Chaney

[@jamesfrangione8448]

One other thought in addition to my earlier comment... perhaps you’d consider an episode on Jerrie Mock; the Ohio housewife who, in 1964, finally completed what Amelia Earhart set out to do. I knew so little of her (and frankly still only know the basics) before reading an article in Smithsonian. She’s ripe for the AST/TVS treatment. I just found a copy of her book, “Three Eight Charlie” which appears to be significant in aviation circles. I came away wondering how any telling of the Amelia Earhart story doesn’t end up mentioning her. Amazingly still relatively unknown, yet her plane is in the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center.

[@dannileigh6426]

That you personally own that book is beautiful and amazing! I'd love to hear the story of how you acquired it. Missing you and your amazing work. I can't recall, did you start a general history channel? All the best!

[@taymossninjapriest]

Worth explaining to viewers: in that era it was reasonable for a pilot to do "Dead Reckoning" navigation where you determine your position based on your last known coordinates, your direction (magnetic compass), speed (indicated airspeed), and time elapsed. But this is very inaccurate in practice. Celestial navigation was possible but required someone who could focus on that task to do the careful measurements and hard math required.

[@RockinRobbins13]

It's not up yet. I'll give it a thumbs-up anyway because this lady has a track record! Asking if her new video is any good is like asking if a Beatles song is any good.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

Well does the Video have Yoko Ono in it?? :D

[@jamesfrangione8448]

Great work, AST! Really interesting episode. Your copy of “The Fun Of It” is freakin’ AWESOME! What an artifact and what a story behind it. I’d love to see you give a TVS treatment to the 1929 National Air Races (or as Will Rogers coined it, the first Powder Puff Derby). Other commenters here seem to know of Pancho Barnes...she raced in that race along with Amelia Earhart and some amazing female aviators of the day; Marvel Crosson, Phoebe Omlie, and Louise Thaden to name a few. It’s an unbelievable story. Also love the new graphics...inclusive of everyone’s favorite Gemin-eeee Titan. 😊

[@johndemeritt3460]

Please accept this as a gently offered correction, but the proper pronunciation for the spacecraft is gem-in-EYE. 'Least that's how we say it here in Texas, and Houston's where the Manned Spacecraft Center was.

[@jamesfrangione8448]

👍🏻😉

[@jamesfrangione8448]

John Demeritt 👍🏻😉

[@raphaelgoncalves1329]

Wow , nice i've been wondering it for a verry long time now .

[@michealoflaherty1265]

Great video. Thanks!

[@JackWaldbewohner]

Amy you "scored a home runwith this video" I learned so much!! Well done!!!

[@prdoyle]

4:50 - I didn't realize you were from Toronto until I heard you pronounce it!

[@tdrewman]

According to Star trek Voyager she was abducted by aliens and ends up on the other side of the galaxy

[@mbntr2363]

Oh, THAT episode...

[@MidnighterClub]

I hate it when that happens.

[@tdrewman]

@@mbntr2363 Season 2 Episode 1... The 37's

[@johnwatson3948]

And Voyager portrayed her as tough and ballsy like a fighter pilot -

[@Sammy10100]

@@tdrewman she now lives in the 24th century with Janeway and crew.

[@slyfox0086]

Aviatrix is one of my favourite words!

[@ilRosewood]

This was a great deep dive

[@stevendunn264]

Love the new opening graphic.

[@clintstephens7287]

Is there anyone that hasn't done a video on Amelia yet?

[@lincoln3307]

I think I'm OBSESSED with Amy !!!!

[@thomaswalsh476]

The younger generation might not have enough context. In the past there was a great variety and quantity of ash trays ... because at the time everyone smoked. Case in point, my grandparents had some glass ashtrays that were both large enough and heavy enough to bash in a person's head without too much effort. So, throwing one across the room, could have been trivial if is was cheap/light or dangerous if it was heavy.

[@robertgutheridge9672]

Great video and no one else could have told this story as well as you..

[@michelottens6083]

Cool to finally know this bit of history behind the myths. Your books are on my to-read list. Sorry to see most of the comments here are still just talking over, or not engaging much with the actual content of your videos.

[@thetreblerebel]

That's cool you have the gift book. Good fandom stuff there

[@tomnekuda3818]

Amelia Earhart was always a heroine in my mother's eyes. Mom and her girlfriend ferried fighters into the Pacific theatre for various aircraft companies. It was on one of those flights that a good friend of my mother disappeared over the Pacific without a trace. Mom and her girlfriend were the best of friends and her disappearance bothered Mom deeply until the day she died.

[@JimBagley]

Well done and informative.

[@MrChief101]

Utterly fascinating. As an aviation/space enjoyer ("enthusiast" seems too intense) I have been interested in the Myth of Earhart-- but you have made it all the more interesting. Plus the ESP detail-- wonderful and hair-raising; eerie. Excellent presentation-- one hopes you are working up another book (or screenplay... )! Very much like the new artwork for your intro and outro. Neat.

[@Samuel-ge7im]

Nice video Amy!

[@CAPFlyer]

Another excellent episode Amy! Also, lovely new title card!

[@JC-xz4ec]

Love your hair in this video. Excellent presentation as well.

[@SweetBearCub]

Star Trek Voyager had an episode, I think in their second season called "The 37s", where the story is that they find Amelia and Fred (along with others) on an alien planet in the delta quadrant, cryogenically frozen, but alive. The episode suggests that aliens abducted several people from earth in the late 1930s and brought them to that planet as slave labor, and that the slaves revolted, but the original abductees were somehow dead. It's got a few fun scenes of a pickup truck floating in space, Amelia's plane, and Amelia trying to make sense of just how fast a starship can go ("About 4 billion miles a second"), and asking if she can take it out for a spin.

[@dannypowersbug]

I love you Amy & Pete

[@TraditionalAnglican]

danny powers - Speaking of which, where is Pete Conrad?

[@blakek.7201]

Amy I love your content and your are very pretty . Keep up the great work

[@WanderingSeneca]

Excellent report........!!!

[@Zoutsteen]

Nice vintage space wallpaper!

[@frederickbecker8672]

I have the sudden urge to play KSP, and I'm not sure why... oh wait :)

[@safepancake7551]

oh yea i have ksp open i gott- oh wait its the music

[@normandegeorge6526]

Amy you are beautiful and very informative. I watch your videos all the time.

[@Petertronic]

This was fascinating! Have you thought of telling the story of Harriet Quimby?

[@RCAvhstape]

26:31 Epic living room decor!

[@gmsherry1953]

Tiny little point. The Spirit of St. Louis was named after the U.S. city which takes the English pronunciation of LOO-us, not the French pronunciation of LOO-ee. But it was very Canadian of you to use the proper French pronunciation. And the U.S. is maddeningly inconsistent about whether to use foreign language pronunciations or English ones for place names. Des Moines, for instance, is given the French pronunciation. We seem to choose at random.

[@ACRVasquez]

Please cover Pancho Barns!! I grew up near Edward's Airforce Base and Pancho was a Legend around those parts.

[@ACRVasquez]

The saddest part of her story, as the locals tell it, was that she froze to death in her trailer out in the desert when she couldn't afford propane during a cold winter. Absolutely one of the shining stars from the Right Stuff era, Pancho is so tragically overlooked, it would be wonderful to see her get some attention.

[@alan-sk7ky]

@@ACRVasquez oh no, cant do that She detested the wonderful Jackie...

[@AlbertusMagnus_44]

Researchers are now fairly certain that Earhart landed on or near Gardner Island. They have records of radio communications and physical evidence from the island that support this conclusion.

[@derrickhankel8450]

People want closure. Not knowing nags at us.

[@TheFSFLensman]

See the Star Trek Voyager episode "The 39s" for a TRULY outlandish Amelia Earhart legend...

[@DolanOk]

That KSP building song is fantastic haha

[@mrtomdorn]

Amy.. You did a good job on this Amelia Earhart story. TD Atlanta p.s. I some really nice Emelia Earhart luggage. Pretty Cool.

[@aceshigh6499]

Love the KSP background music :)

[@xiaoka]

Sorry Amy, you kind of lost me on the ESP. Reporting about what they believed is one thing. Repeating it as if it’s actually at all related to reality is another. Magic brain powers can be easily be disproven by science. (If I think of a spot between Utah and California, I think of mountains in the distance and power lines too.... )

[@mikentx57]

@xiaoka: I sensed that you would be saying that... ;-)

[@johndemeritt3460]

Remote viewing has long been a controversial phenomenon, with the US Army and the CIA alternately saying they use it and that they don't. I've been present in a remote viewing training session, but I didn't see provable or replicable results, while others found it uncannily accurate. I personally don't have much faith in the practice, but others do. That said, I have to agree that it's relevant to Amelia's story to mention this supposed link. Whether it actually existed or not, it seems to have influenced the two women, and that's part of the reality of the story. So the fact that Jacqueline thought she knew what happened to Amelia influenced many people who've sought concrete evidence of Amelia's end. The other reality, of course, is that we may never know.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

@@johndemeritt3460 "while others found it uncannily accurate." Same as for Cold reading. Gullible / desperate people focus on the SUCCESSES and sceptical people see the 50 misses for each hit. As for "bodies have been found using ESP" ... same as with Mrs Cochrane... if you are a trained pilot and get the right clues, you can make very good "educated guesses" as for where a certain route might have lead to a crash or when weather or whatever is bad enough to force a detour to an airfield you might have spoken about being a valid alternative before. If you WANT it to be true you will note the "success" triumphantly , but ignore any misses. Kind of like Homeopathy or Reiki or any other of a number of "alternative medicines" and ESP disciplines, the rare annecdote confirming it does nothing to stem against the torrential flow of missing results, but the one willing to "give it a chance" won't care about the million times no measurable success could be determined but only about the ONE time THEY experienced it working.

[@johndemeritt3460]

@@Ugly_German_Truths , I've hung around with enough "New Agers" to understand the proposition. I've also taken enough methods classes along the road to a PhD that I have "CORRELATION IS NOT THE SAME AS CAUSATION" stamped on the inside of my eyelids! But, to paraphrase Paul Simon, people will believe what they want to believe and disregard the rest. But none of this changes how the belief in a mental or spiritual connection plays into the Amelia Earhart/Jacqueline Cochran story: the belief appears to have been there, and if they believed it, it was part of the reality they accepted. 'Cause that's how social constructions do.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

@@johndemeritt3460 sure. THEY most likely believed it. Still no reason for Amy to give up npov and present it as fact not just belief.

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

I wonder why they didn't fly further south through French Polynesia? Not sure how many airfields there were back then, but probably more than around Howland and to the east.

[@pangaea5258]

Very interesting!

[@whtbobwntsbobget]

If Jackie really had ESP why not live off of playing cards at the casino?

[@jimmym3352]

The only (legal) casinos at the time were in Nevada. And Las Vegas at the time wasn't a good destination for pilots. And of course if you won too much money, the casinos would just ban you. So there's only so much you are going to make.

[@xiaoka]

Jimmy M sports betting, horse racing.... The ESP thing is BS. Disappointed that it’s even included in this retelling.

[@alan-sk7ky]

@Sandcastle • harumph, married to Mr Convair no need to ' By 1933, Odlum was one of the 10 wealthiest men in the United States. Besides Atlas Corporation, he had a major stake in RKO Studios, Convair, Northeast Airlines, and Bonwit Teller, among other businesses' (wiki)

[@txm100]

Because there is no ESP.

[@orangeSoda35]

If you're too good at cards the casino will ask you to leave.

[@Philc854]

Really excellent synopsis of this evergreen fascinating topic. Thank you, Amy. While I love Vintage Space and you bringing your expertise to that endlessly diverse topic, I think your reportage on other related issues such as Amelia Earhart is most refreshing too. Please do some more. BTW, love your black flowery dress - you look wonderful and elegant! Also, more Pete pussy cat please. Meow!

[@markholm7050]

I’m not obsessed with Amelia Earhart. She pushed the limits of aerial navigation too far and paid the price. From her and many other experiences, we have learned to do more thorough planning and preparation for limit pushing adventures. That’s what took us to the moon.

[@scidav87]

She lived 30 minutes from me in Atchison, KS

[@fewwiggle]

I doubt that she LIVED thirty minutes from YOU... ;-)

[@morourke2561]

It's a pleasure to see you evolve and exude your femininity more and more, great story telling as ever 👍

[@christalbot210]

This is the first time I've seen the new cover art. I noticed you changed from Apollo to Gemini. This makes me wonder what your favorite old space program is. Okay, favorite one that actually made it to space (Dinosoar doesn't count :-) ).

[@ebt12]

People don't like having things hanging, in life or in fiction, such as TV shows where some story thread is never completed. A big name such as Amelia Earhart disappears without a trace and the question of what happened will last forever. Of the theories out there, based on the available evidence I prefer the Gardner Island theory. There is no smoking gun, like a plane, but everything else found says an western woman was on that island before the Brits colonized it, an island no one lived on since 1892.