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 of a hands-on education area. Interest in the story of Amelia Earhart, especially with the release of "Amelia" in 2009, led film reviewers to recall the earlier Earhart portrayals. Rosalind Russell had played "an Earhart-esque flier in 1943's "Flight for Freedom"" and Susan Clark starred in the 1976 miniseries, "Amelia Earhart". Following closely the contemporary Earhart biographies that had appeared, "Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight" dramatized Earhart's final flight to the extent that more myth than fact comes through. Reviews of the performances in "Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight" were mixed, with some observers noting that the depictions were not