Fly By Night

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The truth about "Fly By Night":

This episode is another portrait of Hailey and Dennis' view of history and of the world around them. Hailey is unable to disassociate from the people she encounters. Her driving force is compassion, so she wouldn't have been able to leave Fred and Amelia to die on that island. Dennis, contrariwise, is driven by rules and the pursuit of knowledge. He was happy to discover the final resting place of Ms. Earhart and then just leave it at that. He had no moral obligation to save her life and he thought Hailey was "breaking the rules" by even considering it.

What went wrong:

From what I've found there wasn't any farewell gala for Earhart before she left Miami. She was getting pretty famous by the time of her fateful flight — she had become friends with Eleanor Roosevelt and she had met Albert Einstein at a grand opening of a museum — so it's conceivable that she would have a star-studded party to see her off. But the guest list was entirely fabricated.

Amelia Earhart in 1936.

There have been countless theories about the ultimate fate of Earhart and Noonan. From the idea that she was taken prisoner by the Japanese and died in captivity, to the creatively named "crash-and sink" theory, there are about as many scenarios as there were miles covered in her fateful trek. The Nikumaroro theory has one of the biggest followings and to this day expeditions are being sent to the area in search of more clues — a recent trip was even supported by Hillary Clinton. The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) is the main organisation today actively searching for Amelia; their website was a big help in the writing of this episode.


As for the King Arthur section of the story, there have been numerous contenders for the title of true King Arthur. Artorius, from what I've read seems the most interesting, if not the most likely.

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Sources:

TIGHAR's Amelia info database: http://tighar.org/wiki/Ameliapedia

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