It carried pilot Amelia Earhart and just one male crew member, navigator Fred Noonan.

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The aircraft's pilot and navigator were found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter, even though the military admitted the plane had been flying lower and faster than authorized.

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She learnt to fly and became his co-pilot and navigator.

ECONOMIST: Anne Lindbergh