", Cochrane said she has seen the new photo from the History documentary and called it "interesting" but "not definitive. } A new History Channel special claims this photo is proof Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were in the Marshall Islands after their plane disappeared.
Gillespie said he looked into the photo and believes the person sitting down has too much hair to be Earhart and that the alleged Noonan figure has the wrong hairline. Amelia Earhart stands June 14, 1928 in front of her bi-plane called 'Friendship' in Newfoundland. // -------------------------------------------------------------------
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Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, achieving the feat in 1932.
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