Earhart's navigator, Fred Noonan, had been navigator aboard China Clipper during the initial airmail flight.
Other characters are loosely drawn from real life, such as Earhart confidant and instructor, Paul Mantz as well as Fred Noonan, albeit in the role of pilot Randy Britton.
Nukumanu's most recent claim to fame, is that it was the last place on the path of Amelia Earhart before she and her co-pilot Fred Noonan disappeared forever into the vast Pacific Ocean.
Joining Commander Chakotay's (Robert Beltran) team, the crew finds a "cryostasis chamber" containing eight Humans preserved since the 1930s, including Amelia Earhart (Sharon Lawrence) and her navigator, Fred Noonan (David Graf).
Since 1988, TIGHAR has been testing the hypothesis that the missing 1937 flight of Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan landed at Gardner Island.
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Since 1988, The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) has been testing the hypothesis that the missing 1937 flight of Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan landed at Nikumaroro.