I te ata o te 20 o Mei 1932, 34-tau-tau Earhart i wehe atu i Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, me te kape o te Telegraph-Journal, i hoatu ki a ia e te kairipoata Stuart Trueman, i te tikanga ki te whakaū i te rā o te rere. i whakaaro ia ki te rere ki Paris i roto i tona kotahi engine Lockheed Vega 5B ki te tāruatia Charles Lindbergh o rere takitahi rima tau i mua. tona kaitohutohu hangarau mo te rere ko rongonui Norwegian American aviator Bernt Balchen i āwhina ki te faaineine i tona waka rererangi. i hoki ia i te tūranga o te "decoy" mo te press rite i te mea i te faaineine ia o Earhart o Vega mo tona ake rere Arctic. i muri i te rere whakamutunga 14 haora, 56 meneti i roto i nei i whawhai ia ki kaha hau raki, me ngā āhuatanga mīhini, ka ūnga Earhart i roto i te paenga ki te raki o Culry, Northern Ireland.
Ko Herbert Hoover