A Restored Radio From 1937 Might Have Finally Located Amelia Earhart’s Lost Plane ^15.6%

Popular Mechanics - By Michael Natale - 6/26/2026, 6:49 PM

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This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Amelia Earhart’s disappearance in the summer of 1937 has remained one of aviation’s greatest mysteries for nearly 90 years. Since then, explorers and researchers have searched land, reef, lagoon, and deep ocean for any trace of the plane she flew with navigator Fred Noonan. One team has... more