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Amelia (detail)

Item

Title

Amelia (detail)

Description

"We are on the line 157 337. We will repeat this message. We will repeat this on 6210 kilocycles. Wait."

On July 2, 1937 Model 10 Electra 1055 piloted by Amelia Earhart with navigator Fred Noonan took off from Lae Airfield, New Guinea and was never seen again. Earhart's last radio message was estimated to be within 200 miles of her destination Howland Island.

Burn holes made with a magnifying glass on a handkerchief which corresponds to the positioning of the stars as observed from the place, date and time Amelia Earhart sent her last broadcast.

Creator

Date Created

2013

Resonances

ventricular septal defect

Type

Artwork

Contributor

Nina Liebenberg
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