AVweb’s Friday Podcast: David Billings and the Enduring Mystery of Amelia Earhart

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Key Takeaways:

  • The disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan 70 years ago remains a significant mystery, with theories including capture by the Japanese or vanishing in the South Pacific.
  • Australian aircraft engineer David Billings claims to have strong evidence suggesting Earhart's Lockheed Electra is located under a mat of jungle on New Britain Island.
  • The article references an interview with Billings where he discusses his evidence, the importance of resolving the mystery, and the relatively modest effort required to do so.
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Every year about this time, we hear about the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Was she taken prisoner by the Japanese only to die or be executed in captivity? Or did she, her navigator Fred Noonan, and their specially-outfitted Lockheed Electra simply vanish into the vastness of the South Pacific?

David Billings, an aircraft engineer in Brisbane, Australia, says he has hard evidence that strongly suggests that Electra, and the 70-year-old mystery it contains, is under a mat of jungle on New Britain Island, off New Guinea. AVweb‘s Russ Niles asked Billings about the evidence, why it’s important that we put the Earhart story to rest, and the relatively modest effort that would achieve that goal.

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