- [AMELIA EARHART] and [Fred Noonan] left what is now Papua New Guinea for Howland on July 2, 1937, with 1,100 gallons of fuel - too much to run out of gas near Howland and too little to reach any Japanese island - but enough to make Nikumaroro.

- The heel of a woman's shoe and medicine bottle cap were from Earhart's time. The heel - identified by experts from the Cat's Paw division of the Biltrite Corp. - was a replacement for a 10-eyelet, size 9 Blucher-style Oxford. Enlargements of photos of Earhart taken during her trip show her wearing this type of shoe, with a replaced left heel.

CUTLINE:PIONEER: Amelia Earhart in front of her plane on Aug. 24, 1932, as the first woman to fly non-stop across the United States. CUTLINE:EVIDENCE: [Richard Gillespie], of The International Group for Historical Aircraft Recovery, displays artifacts found by expeditions to Nikumaroro. He believes they help solve the puzzle of Amelia Earhart's disappearance.