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Plane similar to Amelia Earhart’s flying to Kansas

Muriel, a 1935 Lockheed Electra L-10E -Photo courtesy Grace Mcguire
Muriel, a 1935 Lockheed Electra L-10E -Photo courtesy Grace Mcguire

ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — An airplane similar to one flown by Amelia Earhart when she disappeared in 1937 is flying this week to Earhart’s home in Kansas.

The fuselage of Muriel, a 1935 Lockheed Electra L-10E, outfitted exactly like the one Earhart used when she tried to fly around the world, will begin a five-day journey Monday from California to Atchison, where Earhart was born.

The Wichita Eagle reports the airplane will be put on permanent display at the Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation. The organization plans to build a museum commemorating the flight when Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared in July 1937.

The plane was acquired from Grace Mcguire, a pilot who spent three decades restoring it.

It’s expected to arrive in Atchison Friday.

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