The Last Horizon: Amelia Earhart's Final Journey Tour Leg 4

Leg 4 — KMSY → KMIA Mission Position the expedition in Miami where the official around-the-world flight will begin.

📖 Miami Although Amelia departed California weeks earlier, aviation historians generally recognize Miami as the official beginning of the successful eastbound attempt. Here the aircraft receives another thorough inspection. Engines. Fuel systems. Radios. Navigation equipment. Everything must function perfectly. Ahead lies the Caribbean. Then South America. Then the Atlantic Ocean. Mechanics spend nearly every waking hour preparing the Electra. Amelia spends hers answering questions. One reporter asks the obvious. "Aren't you afraid?" She smiles. "Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace." The quote appears in newspapers across America the next morning. Millions read it over breakfast. Few realize they are witnessing one of aviation's greatest adventures unfold day by day.