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Plane similar to Amelia Earhart’s flying to Atchison

Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart

ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — An airplane similar to one flown by Amelia Earhart when she disappeared in 1937 is flying this week to Earhart’s home in Kansas.

The fuselage of a 1935 Lockheed Electra L-10E, outfitted exactly like the one Earhart used when she tried to fly around the world, will begin a five-day journey Monday from California to Atchison, where Earhart was born.

The airplane will be put on permanent display at the Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation. The organization plans to build a museum commemorating the flight when Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared in July 1937.

The plane was acquired from Grace Mcguire, a pilot who spent three decades restoring it.

It’s expected to arrive in Atchison Friday.

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