"Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights"

[medi]

This sure hit me as a surprise a couple evenings ago when I was having to share some space with others at ... well, where I don't have to go too often. Anyway, this captain out of the blue asked me if I had read about this in the New Yorker and I thought she was pulling my leg; you know, messing with the old guy. But she sure wasn't. And I sure had not read or heard about this until the other evening. Actually, it was kind of neat, as a few others in the room were also having doubts about her info.

Anyway, figured I'd share this, BUT I am a tad worried about a pay wall, so let me know if there is trouble viewing their page on this:

Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights

The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.

www.newyorker.com

 

[VySky]

This sure hit me as a surprise a couple evenings ago when I was having to share some space with others at ... well, where I don't have to go too often. Anyway, this captain out of the blue asked me if I had read about this in the New Yorker and I thought she was pulling my leg; you know, messing with the old guy. But she sure wasn't. And I sure had not read or heard about this until the other evening. Actually, it was kind of neat, as a few others in the room were also having doubts about her info.

Anyway, figured I'd share this, BUT I am a tad worried about a pay wall, so let me know if there is trouble viewing their page on this:

Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights

The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.

www.newyorker.com

Yes. Unfortunately there is a paywall but from the first paragraph yikes!

 

[medi]

Yes. Unfortunately there is a paywall but from the first paragraph yikes!

Thank you for checking and as I was afraid that would happen I went into another account to see if Google had sent me a copy of that with another link and I then tried that link in this SlimJet browser and it worked, BUT I might already have the necessary cache file and so that's why I got in again. Maybe you can try this link and see if it gets you to the article:

Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights

The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.

www.newyorker.com

 

[gman]

Thank you for checking and as I was afraid that would happen I went into another account to see if Google had sent me a copy of that with another link and I then tried that link in this SlimJet browser and it worked, BUT I might already have the necessary cache file and so that's why I got in again. Maybe you can try this link and see if it gets you to the article:

Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights

The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.

www.newyorker.com

Unfortunately it’s Still a paywall. Like so many of us old farts I’ve always been intrigued by Amelia Earhart’s story and disappearance.

 

[VySky]

Thank you for checking and as I was afraid that would happen I went into another account to see if Google had sent me a copy of that with another link and I then tried that link in this SlimJet browser and it worked, BUT I might already have the necessary cache file and so that's why I got in again. Maybe you can try this link and see if it gets you to the article:

Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights

The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.

www.newyorker.com

It worked. I’ll go read it now. As a pilot myself I find the article intriguing.

 

[medi]

Unfortunately it’s Still a paywall. Like so many of us old farts I’ve always been intrigued by Amelia Earhart’s story and disappearance.

It might just be that if you try that first link and it doesn't work and then leave that page and try the second link your brower cache file will allow you in through the second link. I'm just guessing, because VySky got in the second time.

 

[Safiel]

Jessica Dubroff - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Reminds me of this poor little girl.

In this case, the publicity hound was the father.

 

[GIJane]

Pay site, but I can see this happening with some women. Most I've read about her, though, is that she was a strong-willed person. Not sure hubs could manipulate her that way. Who knows?

 

[Oozlefinch]

Jessica Dubroff - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Reminds me of this poor little girl.

In this case, the publicity hound was the father.

I still remember that. And there was a lot of media hype around that, which ended in tragedy.

And Ted Koppel earned a lot of respect when he publicly stated that it was ultimately the media itself that was responsible for her death.

 

[Cordelier]

Of course the flights were reckless... if they were safe and routine they wouldn't have been a big deal. No guts, no glory.

 

[BitterPill]

Yes. Unfortunately there is a paywall but from the first paragraph yikes!

Here are the last four:

At 10 a.m., the overburdened Electra roared down the grass strip [at Lae]. For a terrifying second, it seemed to disappear over a bluff at the end of the runway—but then it reappeared, skimming the ocean waves and bouncing lightly until it ascended into the sky.

Balfour, listening for Earhart’s radio communications from the ground, marvelled at her nerve. The plane was at least five thousand pounds over its normal gross weight, but Earhart had coaxed the Electra into the air with her usual casual daring. For all the messy planning and makeshift repairs, she was a woman who had always won a bet when it really mattered.

Earhart radioed Balfour. She was heading east with heavy clouds ahead. “Goodbye, Lae,” she said. “I’m turning over to night frequency.”

Roughly twenty hours after the Electra took off, it went down somewhere in the Pacific. The location is still unknown. The ocean has kept its secret.​