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A recently discovered photo has everyone talking about Amelia Earhart's
mysterious disappearance more than 80 years ago again, with many believing the
photo proves she survived the thought-to-be fatal plane crash of 1937.
While we may never know what really led to the famous aviator's death, we do
have several interviews and photos that tell us what she liked to eat up in the
sky. We gotta say, it's an odd mix.
In a radio interview she gave sometime between 1935 and 1937, Earhart joked that
women were interested in knowing about 'aeronautical housekeeping', and
regularly asked what she ate in flight. Her three rules for in-flight foods were
simple: stay full, but not tired; it must be easy to eat (no chopsticks
allowed); and keep it physically light.
Keep in mind, when Earhart was flying, her flights could take up to 15 hours,
and weight was a crucial factor. She was very aware of what she packed for
flights, even telling her husband "Extra clothes and extra food would have been
extra weight and extra worry. A pilot whose land plane falls into the Atlantic
is not consoled by caviar sandwiches."
Tomato juice was a staple of Earhart's, and she would drink it both cold and
hot. "In colder weather, it may be heated and kept hot in a thermos," she said
in the same radio interview. She also ate chocolate squares, hard-boiled eggs,
and raisins, NPR reports.
As she flew around the world, Earhart's diet became a pattern of light snacks in
the air followed by lavish dinners wherever she landed, and the pace took a toll
on her health. Before her final flight, she appeared to be worn-down and
emaciated, according to biographer Mary S. Lovell. That day, she and Fred Noonan
took off with just a few cans of tomato juice.
A new documentary about Amelia Earhart premieres Sunday, July 9 on the History
channel, and delves into the theory that she was capture by the Japanese and
imprisoned in Saipan.
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