One More Good Flight

""Gillespie's belief that Earhart ended up a castaway has been bolstered by decades of rigorous research that has turned up clues and unearthed fragments of evidence. His theories have crystallized into something more rigid too-hardened by effort, discovery, and defeat, much of it in humid, briny Pacific air during the many costly expeditions that he has taken to Nikumaroro, searching for signs of the famous pilot.""-Popular Mechanics ""Readers interested in Amelia Earhart's disappearance need look no further than Ric Gillespie's book. Combining intensive research in primary sources, remote underwater vehicles, forensic archaeology, and rigorous deductive reasoning, Gillespie and his team have provided convincing evidence that Earhart's last flight ended not in a ditching at sea, but in a forced landing on an atoll in the South Pacific. Although this book may not satisfy every skeptic, it will stand for some time as the definitive explanation for what may be the mystery of the 20th century.""-William F. Trimble, Professor Emeritus at Auburn University, author of Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power ""In a tour de force of patient research and skillfully constructed narrative, Ric Gillespie has brought back to life an era, a cast of characters, and a tangle of circumstances and events that popular memory had melted down into a simple myth. This is history told with the emotive energy and fine-grained texture of a novel that you can't put down.""-Peter Garrison, pilot, airplane builder, author, and columnist for Flying Magazine ""There is no shortage of books about Amelia Earhart, but One More Good Flight is the only one based exclusively on hard evidence. Ric Gillespie is an engaging writer able to take the reader through the bewildering array of events leading up to the 1937 attempt to encircle the globe. He uses advances in science to test the hypothesis that Earhart landed on Nikumaroro Island, where she and Noonan perished. Those who seek definitive answers about the fate of Amelia Earhart need look no further.""-Richard L Jantz, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Director Emeritus, Forensic Anthropology Center, University of Tennessee Knoxville