Earhart's Electra

Running Low on Fuel

2011-09-05T11:25:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who has kicked in for the kickstarter campaign.. as we get closer to the finish line.. I chose Sept 11.. I'll let everyone in on a few secrets.. Hope you're enjoying your Labor Day! xx R

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2011-08-23T13:05:00.000-07:00

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and JACK TRACEY!!!

father of my dear friend Paul, who said "Please don't make me figure out how to sign up for Kickstarter" and sent me a check... what a guy.

I'm in the hunt. There's only 3 weeks left. Hope this finds its way into the Earhart Universe!!

Questions about Amelia

2011-08-17T12:46:00.000-07:00

I decided to focus on her Electra, rather than on the various theories about her disappearance. Mainly because I've filmed half a dozen eyewitnesses who saw the Electra on Saipan. They're US Marines - and you know how much they like to prevaricate. Not much. So starting from there, I expanded the search and the research - and the timeline is as follows:
1. 1936. AE plans for an around the world trip, with Harry Manning (radio man) and Fred Noonan (navigator)
2. She crashes in Hawaii. Manning declines to continue on. Only problem, according to Elgen Long's book, Harry created the radio plan for the mission. NO ONE CHANGED IT. It required the Coast Guard to communicate with her via Morse Code. According to AE in her book "Last Flight" neither she nor Fred Noonan knew Morse Code.
3. 1937. She and Fred depart Lae for the leg to Howland. Key radio equipment is left behind. Long estimates 90% of the radio traffic to the Electra was in Morse Code. The only transmission that was acknowledged is when the Coast Guard asked her to broadcast the "A" key. She did. But she didn't know the rest of the code, unfortunately.
4. The plane is seen coming down in Barre Island, Mili Atoll. This according to numerous eyewitnesses, some I have on tape - Oliver Knagg, a journalist from South Africa went there and filmed interviews. Am trying to track those down. His book, hard to get, details those interviews (which I have).
5. The Electra is picked up a Japanese barge, taken to Majuro where its put aboard the Kyoshu Maru. Numerous eyewitnesses, some on tape, also Gen. McArthur investigated this story when he was in Tokyo.
5. The Kyoshu docks in Jaluit. Numerous people see the plane on the ship, including a young medical assistant who treats AE and Fred's wounds. He's in the doc.
6. The plane, and AE and Fred are taken to Saipan. She is incarcerated for "being a spy" in Garapan prison. Many eyewitnesses, some in the doc, see her there. The plane is put in a hangar at Aslito Airfield.
7. Both Fred and AE are executed by the Japanese (eyewitness accounts in the doc).
8. The plane is found on June 18th, 1944 by US Marines. Numerous eyewitnesses.
9. The plane is flown a few weeks later. Numerous eyewitnesses (in doc).
10. Her briefcase is found in a safe in Garapan. After two weeks carrying it around,the PFC Marine turns it over to an officer.
11. A Navy man tasked with recovering her or her remains arrives on Saipan. He collects the briefcase. (confirmation by eyewitness and one of his relatives). He digs up her body, and has the Electra destroyed. (numerous eyewitnesses, included in the doc.)

I have confirmed the location of where the plane was destroyed and buried. I plan to take a forensic team to this site and find a piece of the burned plane. I need your help to accomplish this...
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/467782699/earharts-electra-eyewitnesses-to-what-really-happe

Kickstarter Campaign begins!!!

2011-08-15T17:42:00.000-07:00

We've put up a copy of our trailer and begun our kickstarter campaign in earnest. Special thanks to the Hall of Famers who appear on the right side of this page. Here's a link to the Kickstarter site:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/467782699/earharts-electra-eyewitnesses-to-what-really-happe

Or just click here:
KICKSTARTER

With the money we raise to finish our documentary, we can get the word out to the public what REALLY HAPPENED to Amelia Earhart, and by extension what happened to her plane. I figured there were one too many theories out there about what happened to her - so I just focused on EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS TOLD BY US SOLDIERS of what they saw and heard and did when they found her plane on an airfield in Saipan in the MIDDLE OF WORLD WAR II.

Pardon my caps, but it's annoying that people usually turn off their ears when they here new news about Amelia. Well, this is new news, and with your help we'll finally dig up a piece of the puzzle to put the rest of the theories to bed. Come along and join in the fun!!!!

Best,

Rich

Locations

2009-01-18T07:29:00.001-08:00

Hawaii Locations
Hawaii Locations Selects
California Locations
California Airfields

Last Flight

2009-01-18T06:40:00.000-08:00

Last flight pix
Last flight montage
Last Flight

Historical Photos

2009-01-18T06:34:00.000-08:00

Earhart Research Pix (500)
Research Pix part two
Research Pix part three
Research Pix part four
Research Pix Redux
Research Pix Redux 2
Research Pix Redux 3
Research Pix Redux 4