OSHKOSH, Wisc. — A distant relative who’s named after Amelia Earhart plans to recreate her around-the-world flight. Denver TV news anchor Amelia Rose Earhart says she and co-pilot Patrick Carter plan to take off next June from Oakland, Calif., where Kansas native Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan started their record-breaking but fatal flight. The modern-day Earhart said they’ll make 14 stops in 14 days for the more than 24,000-mile flight around the globe. She announced the plan this week at the annual Experimental Aircraft Association meet at Oshkosh, Wisc. Unlike the original Earhart’s specially-modified two-engine Lockheed Electra, they’ll fly a Swiss-made single-engine Pilatus PC-12, a turboprop that can carry up to nine passengers or carry freight. Earhart and Noonan disappeared over the Central Pacific near their next planned stops at Howland Island. Their disappearance remains one of the great mysteries.
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