NIKUMARORO, Kiribati (WLFI) – Three people from an Indiana university are on a team working to help solve one of the United States’ greatest mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart?
A little backstory
The famous pilot earned her wings in December 1921 from the National Aeronautics Association, six years before the federal government began issuing licenses. In 1923, she became the 16th woman to earn an international pilot’s license.
She also became the first woman to fly an autogyro, an early helicopter.
In 1936, Earhart started planning her flight around the world with navigator Fred Noonan. Earhart began the attempt to circumnavigate the globe and set a record for long-distance flight in late May 1937, flying out of Oakland, California. In July 1937, the pair disappeared on the third-to-last leg of the flight, headed toward Howland Island…