Diary a Clue to Amelia Earhart Mystery

[snopes]

It's the coldest of cold cases, and yet it keeps warming to life. Seventy years after Amelia Earhart disappeared, clues are still turning up. Long-dismissed notes taken of a shortwave distress call beginning, "This is Amelia Earhart...," are getting another look.

The previously unknown diary of an Associated Press reporter reveals a new perspective.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...LIA?SITE=FLTAM

[Ali Infree]

So why is it that they named a line of luggage after Amelia? After all, where's hers?

My answer is Jack-the-Ripper in the backseat with a baseball bat.

Or, in Montana, on a ranch with Judge Crater.

I think the TIGHAR folks are onto something with Gardner Island in any case.

Ali

[Syllavus]

Very interesting article. Unsolved mysteries have always fascinated me, and it's so exciting when it seems that a decade-long mystery may finally be solved.

[Troberg]

I've always considered her "missing, presumed dead" rather than "dead". Of course, given the time frame, she'd probably be dead anyway from old age.

[katdixo]

Originally Posted by Ali Infree

So why is it that they named a line of luggage after Amelia? After all, where's hers?

I used to wonder about that too. It didn't seem like a very good association for luggage. But then I found out that the line was actually started while she was still alive. That made a lot more sense!

From Wikipedia:

"The luggage line that she promoted (marketed as Modernaire Earhart Luggage) also bore her unmistakable stamp. She ensured that the luggage met the demands of air travel; it is still being produced today. The endorsements would help Amelia finance her flying."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart

[Ali Infree]

And the truth takes all of the air out of another one-liner.

Ali "rimshot" Infree

[mizzie]

That was really interesting! Thanks for sharing that. I like these kinds of mysteries. It's really, really a shame they didn't pay more attention to those radio transmissions though, they might have found her. You just never know.