Amelia Earhart, a Kansas native, began her ascent to fame in 1922 when she piloted her bright yellow Kinner Airster biplane—endearingly called “The Canary”—to a then-record height of ...

Amelia Earhart took to the skies in 1921 ... she bought the infamous yellow Kinner Airster biplane she named "The Canary." ...

Amelia Earhart and her long-lost plane were last seen when they took off from Papua New Guinea in 1937 Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in ...

Explore the gripping story of Ric Gillespie, who has devoted his life to solving the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance. Ric Gillespie remembers the late 1980s, a time close to the ...