U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers (center) during his Soviet tribunal
Wreckage of the downed spy plane
(Reuters) – A team of researchers trying to solve the mystery of aviator
Amelia Earhart’s 1937 disappearance said on Friday that underwater
video from a Pacific island has revealed a field of man-made debris
that could be remnants of her plane.
The footage was collected in July by The International Group for Historic
Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) during a $2.2 million expedition to Nikumaroro
in the Republic of Kiribati.
Amelia Earhart‘s Lockheed Model 10 Electra
Underwater video showing a semicircle at top (the fender?) and a round object
off to right. (Click to enlarge)
Neil Armstrong as a child in a band uniform, circa 1940
Neil Alden Armstrong is a former NASA astronaut, Naval Aviator, aerospace
engineer, university professor, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon.
Apollo 11 mission, July 21, 1969. Armstrong descends
the ladder for the first walk on the Moon.
President Harry S. Truman helped dedicate Idlewild Field — the airfield that would become John F. Kennedy International Airport. Idlewild Field was named after the
golf course it replaced. The airport went through several name changes before it
was officially changed to JFK one month after the president was assassinated.