Copyright 2001 America Hurrah
Last of six photographs of Amelia Earhart
Is this Amelia Earhart taking off for Oakland?
At first I thought the photos were taken the day she departed for Oakland, but
they were not.
Newspaper accounts at the time state
that 200 people were at the flight line when she took off; fewer than 25 are
shown in these photos.
She left at 4:45 p.m. Hawaiian time,
and the position of the sun is much higher in these pictures.
She wore a brown fur line jacket. Who
ever took these snapshots would have included one with her in flight gear.
Amelia was in Honolulu for two weeks
and came to the field when tests had to be made. These images are from one of
those days.