Amelia Earhart (51 page)

42
Noonan drunk: Basset interview.

43
“So many things can happen”: PSC, Scrapbook #17:
NYHT
, March 18, 1937.

44
“It seems as if I hit a wet spot”:
NYT
, March 21, 1937, p. 1.

45
Left tire blew out: PSC, Scrapbook #17:
Boston Globe
, March 21, 1937.

46
Other versions:
NYT
, March 21, 1937, p. 1.

47
Mantz’s version: Dwiggins, interview with Mantz.

48
Capp’s opinion: Edna Whiting Nisewaner, letter from William C. Capp.

49
Five-hundred-dollar fine: R. S. Allen, files.

50
Electra’s repairs: National Archives, RG 237 835, March 23 and 24, 1937.

51
Electra moved to docks: Bell, “History of the Hawaiian Air Depot.”

52
Arrival at San Pedro:
LAT
, March 21, 1937, p. 1;
LAT
, March 26, 1937, p. 1.

1
Ben Howard: Howard, COHC, vol. 2, pt. 2, pp. 64–67.

2
Talking about the accident: “The Amelia I Knew,”
The Ninety-Niner
(1949), Cochran Papers, DDEL, Article Services, Box 1, p. 2.

3
Williams’s criticism: PSC, Scrapbook #17:
NYWT
, March 31 and April 6, 1937.

4
G. P.’s defense: PSC, Scrapbook #17:
NYHT
, April 7, 1937.

5
Raising money: Bruno, COHC, vol. 6, pt. 1, pp. 13–14.

6
Byrd’s donation: Morrissey,
Courage Is the Price
, 199.

7
Kraft Music Hour: PSC, Scrapbook #17: unidentified clipping.

8
Cachets restamped: Curley, “Amelia Earhart,” 19.

9
Additional one thousand covers: PSC, Scrapbook #17:
NYHT
, advertisement.

10
Muriel’s radio interview: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 23, March 23, April 15, and June 14, 1937.

11
“American’s Great Women”:
McCall’s
, May 1937, cover.

12
Loss of Miller and Manning: Letter from Miller to “Vivian,” May 5, 1937, Dwiggins files.

13
Jacques de Sibour: PSC, World Flight 2, Preflight Correspondence, de Sibour to Putnam.

14
Letter of authorization: National Archives, RG 237 835, May 10 and 14, 1937.

15
Albert Bresnik: Albert Bresnik, interview, January 27, 1988.

16
Noonan’s car accident:
San Francisco Chronicle
, March 30, 1937, p. 7, and April 5, 1937.

17
Margo DeCarie: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 53, April 20, 1940.

18
Noonan as navigator: Letter from Mantz to Putnam, June 8, 1937, Dwiggins file.

19
“without dumb luck”: Cochran, COHC, p. 33.

20
Amelia at Indian Palms: Claudia M. Oakes, interview with Cochran, May 20, 1979.

21
“some inner compulsion”: Cochran Papers, Speech Series, misc., Aviation, Box 1, p. 2.

22
Tired of G. P.: Vidal, “Love of Flying,” 18–19.

23
“sweet giftie”: Vidal Collection, Box 19A, Item 10.

24
Jockey shorts: Vidal, “Love of Flying,” 18–19.

25
Burbank to Oakland: C. B. Allen, unpublished book review, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.

26
Trailing wire: Dwiggins,
Hollywood Pilot
, 106–7.

27
Shakedown cruise: C. B. Allen, unpublished book review, p. 11, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.

28
Edna Gardner Whyte: Edna Gardner Whyte, interview, January 24, 1984.

29
Near crash landing: PSC, Scrapbook #18:
Miami Daily News
, May 24, 1984.

30
Denial: ibid.

31
Fuel-flow gauge: Telegram from A. E. to Mantz, May 24, 1937, Dwiggins files.

32
Morse code key: C. B. Allen, unpublished book review, p. 12, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.

33
Shortened aerials: Letter from Putnam to Mantz, June 3, 1937, Dwiggins files.

34
Revised plans:
NYHT
, May 30, 1937, p. 1.

35
Bruce MacIntosh: Clint and Marian Morrison, correspondence, August 5 and 6, 1987.

36
Interviews and photographs, PSC, Scrapbook #18:
Miami Herald
, May 30, 1937.

37
Lunch with Harvey Firestone: PSC, Scrapbook #18:
NYHT
, May 31, 1937.

38
Extraction: Goerner,
Search for Amelia Earhart
, 169.

39
Flag to Cochran: Cochran Papers, “To the Ninety-Nines,” Speech Series, Miscellaneous Aviation, Box 1, p. 2.

40
“It’s not a premonition”: Allen, unpublished book review, p. 9, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.

1
“for fun”:
Sunday Star
, July 7, 1937, p. 1.

2
Fans at airport:
NYHT
, June 3, 1937, p. 1.

3
Gas fumes: PSC, World Flight 2, notes for book on world flight.

4
Chief means of communication: Note from Kelly Johnson on drawing by
Elgen M. Long, December 3, 1980, Earhart file, Lockheed Publications Office.

5
Error in navigation: PSC, World Flight 2, notes for book on world flight.

6
Navigating by instinct: Earhart,
Last Flight
, 114.

7
Anne Lindbergh:
NYT
, June 14, 1931, sec. 2, p. 1.

8
Joseph Gurr: Letter from Joseph Gurr to Frederick A. Goerner, May 3, 1982, p. 5, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.

9
1935 flight:
NYT
, January 13, 1935, p. 1.

10
1935 St. Louis: Earhart,
Last Flight
, 121–23.

11
1935 Eleanor Roosevelt: PSC, Scrapbook #18:
NYWT
, June 8, 1937.

12
Bad weather:
NYT
, June 9, 1937, p. 27.

13
Dakar to Gao:
NYHT
, June 11, 1937, p. 1.

14
Gao to Assab:
NYHT
, June 13, 1937, p. 1.

15
Arrival at Karachi:
NYT
, June 16, 1937, p. 25.

16
Karachi to Calcutta:
NYT
, June 18, 1937, p. 23.

17
“ardent feminist”:
Equal Rights
23 (June 15, 1937): 82.

18
Telegram from G. P.: PSC, World Flight 2, telegram, June 18, 1937.

19
“personnel trouble”: Collins,
Tales of an Old Air-Faring Man
, 147.

20
Across Bay of Bengal: Earhart,
Last Flight
, 170.

21
Akyab:
NYT
, June 19, 1937, p. 6.

22
Trying for Rangoon:
NYT
, June 20, 1937, p. 25.

23
Race to Singapore:
NYHT
, June 21, 1937, p. 1.

24
Circling the field:
NYT
, June 21, 1937, p. 25.

25
Bandoeng for repairs: ibid.

26
Malfunctioning instruments:
NYHT
, June 27, 1937, p. 1.

27
Landing at Koepang:
NYT
, June 28, 1937, p. 1.

28
“I will rise at 4
A.M.
”: Earhart,
Last Flight
, 187.

29
Radio broadcasts:
NYHT
, June 27, 1937, p. 1.

30
Communications with
Itasca
: CG Log.

31
“I think will have recovered tomorrow”: PSC, World Flight 3, June 10, 1937.

32
“personnel trouble”: Collins,
Tales of an Old Air-Faring Man
, 147–48.

33
Noonan to Collopy: August 28, 1937, Dwiggins file.

34
“every aid to locating it”: C. B. Allen, unpublished manuscript, p. 11, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.

35
Gyroscope: Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Zinavage (USN, ret.), interview, December 20, 1986.

36
Meteorological reports: Rear Adm. Richard B. Black (USN, ret.), COHC, p. 36.

37
Government charts:
LAT
, interview with Elgen Long, June 28, 1987, pt. 2, p. 9;
San Diego Union, interview with Grace McGuire
, December 21, 1986.

38
Inadequate radio skills: August 28, 1937, Dwiggins files.

39
Takeoff: Collins,
Tales of an Old Air-Faring Man
, 147–48.

40
Harry Balfour: ibid.

41
Broadcasting fees: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 23, June 30, 1937.

42
Radio contact with
Itasca
; CG Log, pp. 39, 40, 41.

43
“a quick drawl”: Dwiggins, interview with Mantz, May 18, 1964, Dwiggins file.

44
Radio contact: CG Log, pp. 42, 43, 45.

45
“When I go”: PSC, Scrapbook #15: G. P. Putnam, article in unidentified newspaper.

1
Schlesinger:
Washington Post
, September 18, 1986, sec. D, p. 4.

2
Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mantz: May 14, 1938, Dwiggins file.

3
Mantz’s belief: Dwiggins,
Hollywood Pilot
, 119.

4
Cochran’s pain: Claudia M. Oakes, interview with Cochran, May 20, 1979.

5
Cochran’s psychic powers: Cochran Papers, DDEL, Speeches, Box 10, December 17, 1969, Aviation Hall of Fame.

6
Letters from Cochran to E. Roosevelt and Mantz: March 11, 1938, Dwiggins file.

7
Vidal’s opinion: Vidal Collection, Box 19, p. 97.

8
Collins’s opinion: Collins,
Tales of an Old Air-Faring Man
, 153.

9
Johnson’s opinion: Johnson,
More Than My Share of It All
, 46.

10
Allen’s opinion: Letter to Robert Highham, July 3, 1971, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.

11
Evidence of Japanese capture: PSC, Scrapbook #18:
Washington Star
, November 26, 1961;
Christian Science Monitor
, July 2, 1960.

12
Masataka Chihaya: Masataka Chihaya, letter, November 12, 1986.