And Amelia had left some significant radio equipment behind, despite the advice of others. Records reveal that a Coast Guard vessel stationed off Howland picked up her last radio transmissions, but despite their best efforts to reach her on several radio frequencies, she apparently could not hear them. So America lost its sweetheart of the air. But not the mystery surrounding her passage. That mystery has grown more with every year since its occurrence.
Amelia is more than a female aviator today.
She has become an aviation legend.