The show was on Discovery- labelled " Finding Amelia " - normally avail by subscription but also a one time ? freebie. However, they carefully worked hard to NOT mention or give credit to the real person who had found out about the map years ago and , the written notes about the engine mount tag removed from the wreckage etc. A bit of ethics involved. But look up 'Earhart Lockheed Electra Search Project ' copyright 2004 to 2025 for most of the rest of the story. And while what discovery channel did show was ' true '- a bit too much hollywood and VERY careful ducking around how the map ( genuine ) was really discovered and attempts to find the metal tag removed. Follow the comments which also show a simple ( non pilot ) an analysis of Lockheeds' Kelly Johnson range calcs of her plane.There was a show on TV the other night where they were looking for the Electra in the Paupa New Guinea jungle under the assumption that she was trying to reach Rabaul.
Some Aussie troops were looking for a trail thought to be used by the Japanese in 1943 when they encountered the wreckage of what they thought might be an Electra. On the TV show they found the wreckage from a B-17.