The trailblazing female pilot vanished as she tried to fly around the world on July 2, 1937, along with navigator Fred Noonan and their Lockheed Electra 10-E airplane. Their fate has become one of the world’s great unsolved mysteries. Only one Lockheed Electra 10-E still exists. It is named “Muriel,” after Earhart’s sister, Grace Muriel Earhart Morrissey, who died in 1998 at age 98. That plane will become the centerpiece of the soon-to-be-created Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum at Atchison, Earhart’s birthplace. Museum founder and president Karen Seaberg announced April 13 that supporters had already donated $10 million of the estimated $15 million needed to create the museum. Those donors include corporate powerhouses FedEx, Garmin and Lockheed Martin. The museum is expected to open next year, according to its website.
Source: Hutch News
