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EAA and GA groups stand united Never-Before-Seen Photo Could Be Clue to
against ATC privatization... Explain Amelia Earhart Mystery
But YOUR voice is needed NOW!
More than 30 general aviation organizations, including
EAA, have sent a joint letter to Congress opposing any
legislation that would include privatization of air traffic
control services. As proposed in the House, a
privatized system governed by a board dominated by
commercial aviation interests would be devastating to
your freedom of flight, to rural and GA airports, and to
the fly-ins and aviation activities you enjoy.
The photo is believed to have been taken by a spy who was later executed
by Japan
A newly uncovered photograph suggests legendary
pilot Amelia Earhart and her navigator survived their
mysterious 1937 plane disappearance, according to
evidence from a History Channel documentary shared
with the "Today" show 80 years and three days after
they vanished.
LISTEN TO: EAA CEO Jack Pelton podcast on ATC
privatization The image, discovered in a formerly top secret
American file, appears to show Earhart and Fred
Our organizations' letter is one step, but YOUR voice is Noonan on a dock in the Marshall Islands, and
needed as individual citizens and aviators. We need investigators, including an NBC News analyst, believe
you to act now because the bill could possibly come up her plane can be seen on a barge being towed by a
for a vote of the full House as early as next week! Japanese ship in the background.
Go to EAA's Rally Congress tool, find your local The photo is believed to have been taken by a spy who
lawmakers, and tell them you OPPOSE the House bill was later executed by Japan, which investigators
(H.R. 2997) that includes ATC privatization and support believe imprisoned the pair of aviators in Saipan,
the bipartisan Senate bill (S. 1405) that includes many where Noonan was executed and Earhart died.
fair and equitable reforms for general aviation.
Japan's Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry and
National Archives tell NBC News they have no
documents of Earhart being in their custody. However,
ACT NOW! many records from that time were destroyed during or
after World War II.
P.S. The summer months are when many federal lawmakers
are back home, meeting constituents at local events and The History Channel is running a two-hour
gatherings. Stop by or call, and respectfully urge them to documentary on Sunday night at 9 p.m. ET.
vote AGAINST ATC privatization!
