What happened to Amelia Earhart?
Carl Whitmore
- Regions:
- Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, West Mids, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Hobby
- Fee:
- Paid: 50.00 plus 40p per mile travel expenses
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 13th March 2023
- Tagged:
- 20Th Century | / Mystery / Aviation/ Feminism
Amelia Earhart was the most famous female celebrity of her time and her disappearance on a round the world flight is one of the great mysteries of the 20th century. This talk explores the background of her rise to fame and goes on to look at her achievements and the fateful final flight. It also tries to come up with what actually caused the disappearance and what may have been her final fate.
How did Amelia's early life lead to her catching the flying bug? What were her early successes ?
Why did she describe herself as a sack of potatoes on her first transatlantic crossing?
How much of her fame was due to her publicist , who eventually became her husband?
Just how difficult was her solo flight across the Atlantic? What prompted the round the world attempt?
What happened on her final flight? What are the theories about what happened to her and her co-pilot and how likely are they be to be true?
Will the mystery ever be solved?
Views: 385 | Enquiries: 0About Carl Whitmore
I am a Business Studies graduate who has recently retired from the motor industry who always thought he would have made a good history teacher. I passed on my love of the subject to my daughter and she became one!
Interested in all historical periods I am passionate about ridding the subject of its stuffy image by providing well researched and illustrated Power Point presentations on subjects that provoke discussion and debate, which audience members are encouraged to do.
Always with an eye on bringing history to life, the talks where possible, describe ways more information can be obtained on the subject matter, including museums, tours or immersive experiences.
My talks can be short at 45 minutes but can be increased to an hour or more if required.
For the calculation of travel expenses my home base is in Brackley, post code NN13 .
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