Amelia Earhart 125345 02: Baby picture of pilot Amelia Earhart, Indianapolis, IN. (Photo by Getty Images) (Getty Images/Getty Images)
Amelia Earhart UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: Usa. Amelia Earhart At The Age Of Six Months And At Seven (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
Amelia Earhart American aviatrix Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937) operates the controls of a flying laboratory, circa 1935. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Keystone/Getty Images)
Amelia Earhart June 1931: American aviator Amelia Earhart (1898 - 1937) climbs into the cockpit of her airplane at Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, just before embarking on a trip to California. (Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images) (New York Times Co./Getty Images)
Amelia Earhart (Original Caption) Anne Lindbergh with Amelia Earhart-both full length. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive)
Amelia Earhart circa 1935: American aviator Amelia Earhart (1898 - 1937), the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, decorated with leis during her visit to Honolulu, Hawaii. Earhart had arrived by ship. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Amelia Earhart (Original Caption) This photo shows the giant Lockheed Electra, Amelia Earhart's "Flying Laboratory," as the ship took off from Oakland Airport at Alameda, California, on the first leg of her proposed world spanning flight. Miss Earhart landed at Honolulu, Hawaii on March 19, 1937, in the fastest crossing ever made of the span of the Pacific. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive)
Amelia Earhart Pilot Amelia Earhart wearing a leather flight helmet and goggles. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive)
Amelia Earhart (Original Caption) All the greatest transatlantic flyers are present at the dinner given in honor of James H. Kimball, meteorologist of the United States Bureau; The man whose aid and cooperation were invaluable in making the epic flights of his hosts a success. Left to right seated: Clarence Chamberlin, Amelia Earhart, Dr. James H. Kimball, Ruth Elder, William Brady, Colonel James Fitzmaurice and Lowell Thomas. Left to right standing: Lewis Yancey, Colonel Charles Lindbergh, Colonel Frank T. Cortney, Armand Lotti, Harry Connor and Bernt Balchen. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive)
Amelia Earhart (Original Caption) Frederick Noonan, navigator of the ill-fated round-the-world flight which carried himself and Amelia Earhart Putnam to oblivion, sent this card to Jack Marsh, a Hollywood, California, friend. The card carries India postage. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive)
Amelia Earhart (Original Caption) Mrs. Earhart, mother of Amelia Earhart, in Medford, Mass. waits for news of her daughter's trans-Atlantic flight. With her radio she keeps in touch with the progress of her famous daughter. Undated photo (Photo by George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images) (George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images)
Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images) (ullstein bild Dtl./ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart Posing For Cover Of The Sphere Magazine Just After Her Transatlantic Flight June 1928 (Photo By Classicstock/Getty Images) (ClassicStock/Charles Phelps Cushing/ClassicSt)
Amelia Earhart Portrait of American aviatrix Amelia Earhart (1898-1937), made before her intended trip around the world. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive)
Amelia Earhart (Original Caption) Everyone seems happy here as Amelia Earhart meets with the American Ambassador to Great Britain. Here she has just flew down from Londonderry through the pouring rain. (Photo by George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images) (George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images)
Amelia Earhart Amelia Mary Earhart with her husband George Palmer Putnam. Amelia Mary Earhart (born July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937, declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. George Palmer Putnam (September 7, 1887 – January 4, 1950) was an American publisher, author and explorer and one of the most successful promoters in the United States during the 1930s. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (Universal History Archive/Universal History Archive/Univer)
Amelia Earhart Herbert Hoover and Amelia Earhart stroll the White House grounds in 1932. (Photo courtesty Library of Congress/Getty Images) (Donaldson Collection/Getty Images)
Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart waving, sitting with two men in the back seat of a convertible automobile, Chicago, Illinois, 1928. (Photo by Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images) (Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)
Amelia Earhart (Original Caption) Amelia Earhart (1898-1937), American aviatrix, first woman to cross Atlantic. Photograph showing her with airplane. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive)
Amelia Earhart UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: Miss Amelia EARHART - the girl Lindy - who arrived in Trepassey, Newfoundland, in the FOKKER plane Friendship with pilot Wilmer STULTZ and mechanic Slim GORDON completing the first two legs of their projected flight to England. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
Amelia Earhart (Original Caption) Amelia Earhart, (1898-1937), first woman to crosss the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. She stands impishly near the rear of her aircraft. Undated photograph. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive)
Amelia Earhart 22nd May 1932: American aviator Amelia Earhart (1898 - 1937) shakes the hand of US ambassador to Britain Andrew Mellon (1855 - 1937), after completing the first transatlantic flight by a woman, landing in Northern Ireland. (Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images) (New York Times Co./Getty Images)
Pilot Amelia Earhart and Navigator Fred Noonan Pilot Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, with a map of the Pacific that shows the planned route of their last flight. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive)
Amelia Earhart UNITED STATES - JULY 03: Front page of the Daily News dated July 3, 1937, Headline: EARHART PLANE LOST AT SEA, Subhead: Amelia Earhart Missing on World Flight, (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) (New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News via Getty Images)