The U.S. Navy Report of the Search for Amelia Earhart (1937) documents that the search operation began after Earhart’s last transmission and spanned 16 days from July 2, 1937 to July 18, 1937.
July 18, 1937
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Duration of the official U.S. Navy search operation as recorded in the 1937 Navy report.
A 1937 U.S. Navy analysis using Lockheed Electra performance charts recalculated the aircraft's fuel endurance at 20 hours and 13 minutes, extending the expected flight time by about 40 minutes compared with the initial U.S. Coast Guard estimate.
July 18, 1937
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Performance and endurance recalculation for the Lockheed Electra related to Earhart's planned flight.
The prevailing historical belief is that Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan ran out of fuel and ditched their twin-engine Lockheed Electra in the Pacific Ocean near Howland Island in 1937.
July 02, 1937
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This is the dominant hypothesis among historians and aviation experts about their disappearance.