Seventy-seven years after Amelia Mary Earhart disappeared in the South Pacific while attempting to fly around the world, her namesake, 30-year-old Amelia Rose Earhart has just successfully circled the globe in a single engine plane.
Listen to Radio new Zealand International’s Amelia Langford speaking to Ric Gillespie about the search for Amelia Earhart’s plane near Kiribati.
Simon Mercep talks to Amelia Rose Earhart about her achievement and the power of a name.
Amelia says for many years, she thought she was somehow related to her famous namesake, but about a year ago, she discovered there’s no relation at all.
