Airship

Amelia Earhart had been missing for almost 75 years when retired shuttle commander, Burt Johnson, boarded the 850 foot long airship, Monterey. Finding the long missing pilot never crossed Burt's mind as he watched the crew prepare the giant dirigible for its maiden voyage to Hawaii.

Now, standing in the warm sand, Burt thought back to the crash of the Monterey and the plight of the 114 survivors who were depending on him for rescue. As he stared at the business end of a rusty WWII carbine and the scattered wreckage of Ms. Earhart's Lockheed Electra, he wondered if the old sailor would really pull the trigger.