Lockheed Electra 10e News Today

Amelia Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, a military award for heroism or extraordinary achievement in aerial flight. In 1937, Earhart attempted to become the first person to fly around the world along the equator, a distance of about 29,000 miles. She flew a Lockheed Electra 10E, a twin-engine aircraft, with Fred Noonan, a navigator and a former Pan American Airways pilot.

Despite the passage of 85 years, interest in unraveling the mystery of her disappearance is still high.