Collins, Max Allan - Nathan Heller 10 - Plot & Excerpts
Patrick’s Day, 1937, on what was, technically at least, the first leg of her round-the-world flight. Heavy rains had caused numerous postponements, and many reporters—who, frankly, were probably a little bored with Amelia Earhart by now, anyway, finding her a relic of a quaint, earlier era of pioneering aviation—had bailed out. But one memorable photo—which appeared all over the country, including Chicago—caught the Electra, shortly after takeoff, poised above the almost-finished Golden Gate Bridge. When they arrived at Honolulu fifteen hours and forty-seven minutes later (setting a record), Paul Mantz handled the landing, due to fatigue on Amy’s part. At least, this is what Mantz later told me, dispelling the official word that the twenty-four-hour delay before beginning the first true leg of the flight (and the most dangerous)—Honolulu to tiny Howland Island, more than 1,800 miles away—was due to shaky weather forecasts; in fact, it was to give Miss Earhart time to rest up for the physically demanding flight.
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