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[[Image:Wheeler Field, Mar 19, 1937 Hawaii Aviation.jpg|thumb|250px|Shortly after arriving at Wheeler Field.]] | [[Image:Wheeler Field, Mar 19, 1937 Hawaii Aviation.jpg|thumb|250px|Shortly after arriving at Wheeler Field.]] | ||
[[Earhart]], [[Manning]], [[Noonan]], and [[Mantz]] left Oakland on March | [[Earhart]], [[Manning]], [[Noonan]], and [[Mantz]] left Oakland on '''17 March 1937''' heading westward. Mantz was there just for the first leg to Hawaii. Manning was to be left behind after the flight from Hawaii to [[Howland Island]]. Noonan and Earhart were to complete the flight from there. The crash while attempting to take off on '''20 March''' ended the first attempt. | ||
* [[First attempt: flight planning| Flight Planning]] | * [[First attempt: flight planning| Flight Planning]] | ||
* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/prepdepart.html Preparations, Oakland to Honolulu] | * [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/prepdepart.html Preparations, Oakland to Honolulu] | ||
* [[Disaster at Luke Field]] | * [[Disaster at Luke Field]] | ||
*[[Timeline of the second round-the-world attempt]] | |||
[[Category:First World Flight Attempt]] | |||
Latest revision as of 01:51, 2 October 2017
Earhart, Manning, Noonan, and Mantz left Oakland on 17 March 1937 heading westward. Mantz was there just for the first leg to Hawaii. Manning was to be left behind after the flight from Hawaii to Howland Island. Noonan and Earhart were to complete the flight from there. The crash while attempting to take off on 20 March ended the first attempt.