Possibly the first tribute album dedicated to the legend of Earhart was by Plainsong, In Search of Amelia Earhart (Elektra K42120), released in 1972. Both the album and the Press Pak released by Elektra are highly prized by collectors and they have also gained a cult status. [306]

The plane had a modified Western Electric model 13C transmitter. The 50-watt transmitter was crystal controlled and capable of transmitting on 500kHz, 3105kHz, and 6210kHz. [152] Crystal control means that the transmitter cannot be tuned to other frequencies; the plane could transmit only on those three frequencies. The transmitter had been modified at the factory to provide the 500kHz capability. In the 2021 alternate history novella Or Even Eagle Flew by Harry Turtledove, Earhart does not go missing in 1937 and later joins the Eagle Squadrons of the British Royal Air Force to fight against the Nazis in World War II. [317] Baby Pilot Aviator Outfit With Leather Hat Goggles Scarf Diaper Cover First Birthday Flying Themed Party Baby Photo Outfit In 2011, the Great Canadian Theatre Company hosted a musical play titled Amelia: The Girl Who Wants To Fly. [312] This is one of numerous plays on the subject.

A rumor that claimed that Earhart had made propaganda radio broadcasts as one of the many women compelled to serve as Tokyo Rose was investigated closely by George Putnam. According to several biographies of Earhart, Putnam investigated this rumor personally but after listening to many recordings of numerous Tokyo Roses, he did not recognize her voice among them. [273] New Britain During the 1970s, retired USN captain Laurance Safford began a lengthy analysis of the flight. His research included the intricate radio transmission documentation. Safford concluded that the flight had suffered from "poor planning, worse execution". [210] A slightly different version of the Japanese capture hypothesis is not that the Japanese captured Earhart, but rather that they shot down her plane. Henri Keyzer-Andre, a former Pan Am pilot, propounded this view in his 1993 book Age Of Heroes: Incredible Adventures of a Pan Am Pilot and his Greatest Triumph, Unravelling the Mystery of Amelia Earhart. [263] Outstanding Alumnae". Penn State University Libraries. September 12, 2016 . Retrieved September 25, 2018. Quote: "It was pencilled longhand ... a slip or two in spelling meticulously corrected." The later typewritten note has the word medieval incorrectly spelled. The original note has some slight variances in the header, use of commas and the salutation but is spelled correctly. [98]

Radio Log: Itasca" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 21, 2016 . Retrieved November 20, 2017. Through a series of misunderstandings or errors (the details of which are still controversial), the final approach to Howland Island using radio navigation was not successful. Fred Noonan had earlier written about problems affecting the accuracy of radio direction finding in navigation. [Note 32] Another cited cause of possible confusion was that the Itasca and Earhart planned their communication schedule using time systems set a half-hour apart, with Earhart using Greenwich Civil Time (GCT) and the Itasca under a Naval time zone designation system. [173]A teenager in the northeastern United States claims to have heard post-loss transmissions from Earhart and Noonan but modern analysis has shown there was an extremely low probability of any signal from Amelia Earhart being received in the United States on a harmonic of a frequency she could transmit upon. Angwin died in 2001. David Billings, an Australian aircraft engineer, has continued to investigate his theory. Billings claims that the serial numbers written on the map, "600H/P S3HI C/N1055", represent: The loop antenna and not the receiver ordinarily limit RDF. An RA-1B receiver has a band that stops at 1500kHz; the next band starts at 1800kHz (A model frequency range) or 2500kHz (B model) (see "Aviation Radio Equipment" (PDF). Bendix Radio. p.2. ). If the loop antenna could do direction finding above 1800kHz, then the receiver could be used for direction finding at those higher frequencies. Long claims the loop antenna was limited to 1430kHz. In 1930, Earhart became an official of the National Aeronautic Association, where she actively promoted the establishment of separate women's records and was instrumental in the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) accepting a similar international standard. [78] On April 8, 1931, [88] [89] she set a world altitude record of 18,415 feet (5,613m) flying a Pitcairn PCA-2 [90] autogyro borrowed from Beech-Nut Chewing Gum. [91] [92] [93] [94]