Linda Finch flight of Earhart was known as "World Flight 1997." Finch's flight marked the 60th anniversary of Earhart's failed effort as well as centennial of her birth. History records that Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, the first woman to fly nonstop across the United States and first woman to fly from Hawaii to the west coast of California. The whole world was watching Amelia Earhart when she began her global attempt and of course then mourned her when the plane came up missing without a trace. Earhart was lost somewhere in the south Pacific
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (also known as "Amelia Earhart") is a 1994 television film starring Diane Keaton, Rutger Hauer and Bruce Dern. The series is based on Doris L. Rich's "Amelia Earhart: A Biography". The film depicts events in the life of Amelia Earhart, focusing on her final flight and disappearance in 1937, with her exploits in aviation and her marriage to publisher G.P. Putnam being revealed in flashbacks. This film was not the first television dramatization of Earhart's life, as "Amelia Earhart" appeared in 1976, starring Susan Clark as Earhart and John Forsythe