Amelia Earhart

by Doris L. Rich

  39 Takeoff: Collins, Tales of an Old Air-Faring Man, 147–48.

  40 Harry Balfour: ibid.

  41 Broadcasting fees: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 23, June 30, 1937.

  42 Radio contact with Itasca; CG Log, pp. 39, 40, 41.

  43 “a quick drawl”: Dwiggins, interview with Mantz, May 18, 1964, Dwiggins file.

  44 Radio contact: CG Log, pp. 42, 43, 45.

  45 “When I go”: PSC, Scrapbook #15: G. P. Putnam, article in unidentified newspaper.

  Epilogue

  1 Schlesinger: Washington Post, September 18, 1986, sec. D, p. 4.

  2 Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mantz: May 14, 1938, Dwiggins file.

  3 Mantz’s belief: Dwiggins, Hollywood Pilot, 119.

  4 Cochran’s pain: Claudia M. Oakes, interview with Cochran, May 20, 1979.

  5 Cochran’s psychic powers: Cochran Papers, DDEL, Speeches, Box 10, December 17, 1969, Aviation Hall of Fame.

  6 Letters from Cochran to E. Roosevelt and Mantz: March 11, 1938, Dwiggins file.

  7 Vidal’s opinion: Vidal Collection, Box 19, p. 97.

  8 Collins’s opinion: Collins, Tales of an Old Air-Faring Man, 153.

  9 Johnson’s opinion: Johnson, More Than My Share of It All, 46.

  10 Allen’s opinion: Letter to Robert Highham, July 3, 1971, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.

  11 Evidence of Japanese capture: PSC, Scrapbook #18: Washington Star, November 26, 1961; Christian Science Monitor, July 2, 1960.

  12 Masataka Chihaya: Masataka Chihaya, letter, November 12, 1986.