#The mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart's first female solo pilot, is still hotly debated. Some say he ran out of fuel over the vast Pacific Ocean, while others thought he landed on an island now called Nikumaroro, before he died. Others said he had been arrested by Japan and tortured to death, on suspicion of being an Allied spy. In fact, an Earhart search project in Nikumaroro will begin next month. The project reportedly cost up to US $ 500 thousand (Rp6, 6 billion). But a teacher in a high school has his own theory. He thinks Earhart's plane crashed in the Marshall Islands, on an atoll or coral island called Mili. The teacher named Dick Spink even dared to say he had the proof. Spink, a teacher in Washington, based his theory on stories told by native islanders, and over the years he has spent US $ 50,000 (660 billion) trying to prove that the stories are true. "The world needs to know this," the 53-year-old told National Geographic. "I heard a consistent and incontrovertible story from many people at Marshall." Earhart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic solo, disappeared on July 2, 1937 with navigator Fred Noonan. At that time, Earhart intends to circumnavigate the world with a solo flight using a double-engined aircraft Lockheed Electra. Spink believes that Earhart landed in the Marshall Islands after hearing the stories of the island's native people. By conducting research through interviews, Spink said that Marshall Islands natives had seen Amelia Earhart. In doing his research, Spink works with technology company Parker Aerospace. The company headquartered in Ohio, USA had left for Mili Atoll earlier this year to prove Spink's theory.
#There, they found a small aluminum plate covering the body of the plane and a landing gear piece that was believed to be from Earhart's plane during a visit to Mili Atoll. The Skagit Valley Herald daily said aircraft mechanic Jim Hayton had identified the wheel cut fit the Goodyear Lockheed 10 tire on the left. "How many Lockheed 10 landed on the shore of this small island? Just one," Hayton said. National Geographic said scientists from Alcoa, who became aluminum supplier of the aircraft, are now comparing the findings with other pieces taken from Earhart's aircraft when it was repaired during early 1937. If both fit, then the mystery of Earhart may finally come to light after pent-up for decades
