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Aviator Amelia Earhart gets Google Doodle for her 115th birthday

Amelia Earhart, who went missing during a flight over the Pacific has been commemorated by Google on what would have been her 115th birthday.

The internet giant’s search page features a stylised drawing of Ms Earhart alongside a Google branded aeroplane.

Aviator Amelia Earhart gets Google Doodle for her 115th birthday
Google has commemorated Amelia Earhart in its latest Google Doodle (Google)

Ms Earhart and the Electra aircraft she was using to circumnavigate the globe disappeared in July 1937 near Howland Island just north of the equator, where she had been due to land on the leg of her trip from New Guinea.

At the time of her ill-fated final trip Ms Earhart was already a well-known celebrity of the 1930s, as in 1932 she became the first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.

She was also an important figure in politics as she campaigned for equal rights legislation in the US with the National Woman’s Party.

The Google Doodle comes just weeks after a $2.2 million expedition was launched to try and solve the 75-year mystery surrounding her disappearance.

Unfortunately the expedition is currently on its way back to its base in Hawaii after failing to find proof of the wreckage of the Electra.

Pat Thrasher, president of the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, said that experts will analyse sonar and video collected by the expedition to look for things that may have been missed initially.


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