On July 2nd, 1937, America’s favorite aviatrix, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan went missing over the central Pacific Ocean. What happened to Amelia Earhart is one of the last great unsolved mysteries of the 20th century.

Presenter Tom Vinson will cover some background on who Amelia Earhart was and what she was trying to accomplish when she disappeared, as well as some of the Earhart Discovery Project expeditions to the Pacific.

Tom Vinson retired from Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, IA after 33 years in Engineering and Program Management. He and his wife, Karen, have lived in Chatfield, MN since 2010. He serves on the board for Nauticos Corporation’s non-profit educational foundation, SeaWord. Under SeaWord’s STEM initiatives, Rockwell Collins supported Tom’s 2002, 2006, and 2017 Earhart expeditions. Since then, Tom has provided many Earhart Search presentations to local schools, civic and professional organizations, and various amateur radio clubs.