Amelia?

Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 09:33 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

TIGHAR's 2012 expedition to Nikumaroro island recovered debris, including an aluminum sheet.
The debris is believed to be from Amelia Earhart's lost plane, consistent with a unique patch installed on her Electra.
This discovery supports the "castaway theory," suggesting Earhart and Fred Noonan landed on the uninhabited atoll and may have survived for a period.
Further analysis of the debris, including chemical and DNA testing, was planned to confirm its origin.

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Patty Wagstaff is a six time member of the U.S. Aerobatic team and a three-time U.S. National Aerobatic champion. She flies for the California Department of Forestry during the summer months. In Pattyâs monthly column, Let It Roll, she shares observations and philosophical meanderings in and beyond the air show arena as a flight instructor, life adventurer and experience-seeker.