• Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, a white woman and white male respectively, stand on top of a monoplane with twin engines. Noonan is climbing into the monoplane.
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    Fred Noonan climbs into the Electra in Puerto Rico as Earhart looks on. Noonan usually sat behind the auxiliary fuel tanks in the cabin and communicated with Earhart via notes fastened to a fishing line.

  • Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, a white woman and white male respectively, stand on top of a monoplane with twin engines. Noonan is climbing into the monoplane.

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