Amelia Earhart is most commonly known for her last flight. This is because her coordinates were lost, and she was never found again on her way to Howland Island. Previously, you've read about some of her other flights and the other side of her life. 

AE departed from Los Angeles, California for Florida on May 21, 1937 after the delivery of her rebuilt Electra.                                                                             

On June 1, 1937 Amelia and her navigator Fred Noonan departed Miami, Florida bound for California by traveling around the world. The first destination was San Juan, Puerto Rico.

It was June 27 before Amelia and Noonan were able to leave Bandoeng for Port Darwin, Australia. At Darwin the direction finder was repaired, and the parachutes were packed and shipped home...they would be of no value over the Pacific.

Amelia reached Lae in New Guinea on June 29. At this point they had flown over 22,000 miles and there was less than 7,000 more to fly. Amelia cabled her last commissioned article to the Herald Tribune before embarking on her flight over the Pacific. Photos show her looking very tired and ill during her time at Lae.

Amelia left Lae at precisely 12am (Greenwich Mean Time) on July 2. It is believed that the Electra was loaded with 1,000 gallons of fuel, allowing for a little less than a full day `of flying.

At 7:20am (GMT), Amelia provided a position report placing the Electra on course at some 20 miles southwest of the Nukumanu Islands. The last weather report Amelia was known to have received was before her take-off. The head wind speed had increased by about 11 mph, but it is unknown if she ever received the report.

At 8:00am (GMT), Amelia made her last radio contact with Lae. She reported being on course for Howland Island at 12,000 feet. There is no real evidence as to the precise coordinates of the aircraft after Nukumanu. No one saw or heard the plane fly over the supposed area.

Several short transmissions were received by the Itasca with varying signal strengths but they were unable to get a fix on her location because they were too brief. At 7:30pm GMT, the Itasca received a report from Amelia. It said gas was low and they couldn’t see them.

The flight to Karachi was another first...no one had flown non-stop from the Red Sea to India before them. From Karachi, the Electra flew to Calcutta on June 17... from there, on to Rangoon, Bangkok, Singapore and Bandoeng.

Monsoon weather prevented departure from Bandoeng for several days. Repairs were made on some of the "long distance" instruments, which had given trouble to her previously. During this time, Amelia had finally become ill with dysentery that lasted for several days.

By this time, Fred Noonan had become overwhelmed with the stress, had become an alcoholic. Amelia had to take over his position. This meant she was flying and navigating her plane by herself.

At 8:14pm GMT, the Itasca received the last voice transmission from Amelia giving positioning data. The Itasca continued to transmit on all frequencies until 9:30pm GMT when they determined that Amelia must have ditched at sea and began to engage search procedures.

It has been determined that the plane flew off 35 to 100 miles off the coast of Howland Island. A life raft was stowed on board but no trace had ever been found the raft.

President Roosevelt organized a search party containing 9 naval ships and 66 planes with an approximated cost of over $4 million. On July 18, the Howland area abandoned the search. George continued to seek help in the search, but by October he too abandoned all hope of finding Amelia and Fred alive.