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]

Amelia Earhart full size bronze statue was placed at the Spirit of Flight Center located in Lafayette, Colorado, in 2008.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]

Radio Materiel School (1936). "III. Aircraft Radio Direction Finders" (PDF). Aircraft Radio. U.S. Navy. p.129. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 2, 2015 . Retrieved December 1, 2017. The first calls, routine reports stating the weather as cloudy and overcast, were received at 2:45 and just before 5am on July 2. These calls were broken up by static, but at this point the aircraft would still be a long distance from Howland. [178] By 1919, Earhart prepared to enter Smith College, where her sister was a student. [46] [47] However, she changed her mind and enrolled in a course in medical studies and other programs at Columbia University. [48] Earhart quit a year later to be with her parents, who had reunited in California.Climbing Dome of Main Library is Ambition of Amelia Earhart, Former Columbia Student". Columbia Daily Spectator. May 2, 1933 . Retrieved January 3, 2022. In the "R" position for the DU-1, the antenna signal is capacitively connected (via C-101) to the output.