Photos: Amelia Rose Earhart Completes Round-the-World Flight in Oakland, Calif.
July 11, 2014
Amelia Rose Earhart, center, with co-pilot Shane Jordan, left, of Colorado, is greeted by her mom Debborah Dale, right, as they arrive at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart and co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, land at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart and co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, not pictured, arrive at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Debborah Dale, center, mother of Amelia Rose Earhart, 31, and Dyanna Jordfan, mother of co-pilot Shane Jordan, 40, are all smiles as their children land in a Pilatus PC-12 NG at the North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart, not related, never finished. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( AMELIA ROSE EARTHART RETURNS TO OAKLAND )
Amelia Rose Earhart and co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, land at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart, 31, of Colorado, smiles as she is photographed inside a Pilatus PC-12 NG in which she and co-pilot Shane Jordan, 40, arrived from their flight around the world at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart, not related, never finished. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( AMELIA ROSE EARTHART RETURNS TO OAKLAND )
A photo of legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart is displayed in the control panel of a Pilatus PC-12 NG after Amelia Mary Earhart, 31, and co-pilot Shane Jordan, 40, both of Colorado, arrived at the North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that her namesake, not related, never finished. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( AMELIA ROSE EARTHART RETURNS TO OAKLAND )
Amelia Rose Earhart, right, gets a hug from Raffy Marty, of San Francisco, as she and co-pilot Shane Jordan, both of Colorado, arrive at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart, 31, of Colorado, and her father Glen Earhart, hug each other after Amelia and co-pilot Shane Jordan, 40, arrived from their flight around the world in a Pilatus PC-12 NG at the North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart, not related, never finished. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( AMELIA ROSE EARTHART RETURNS TO OAKLAND )
Amelia Mary Earhart, 31, left, and co-pilot Shane Jordan, 40, both of Colorado, are photographed in a Pilatus PC-12 NG after arriving at the North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart, not related, never finished. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( AMELIA ROSE EARTHART RETURNS TO OAKLAND )
Amelia Rose Earhart and co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, arrive at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Juan Tinnirello holds a patch he gave to pilot Amelia Rose Earhart, 31, of Colorado, to take with her during her flight around the world after arriving at the North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart , not related, never finished. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( AMELIA ROSE EARTHART RETURNS TO OAKLAND )
Amelia Rose Earhart and co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, left, arrive at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart, 31, of Colorado, and her father Glen Earhart, hug each other after Amelia and co-pilot Shane Jordan, 40, arrived from their flight around the world in a Pilatus PC-12 NG at the North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart, not related, never finished. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart, right, receives flowers from Elwood A. Ballard, 84, of Newark, as she and co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, arrive at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart and co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, not pictured, arrive at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart, left, is greeted by twins Addison, and Natalie Boland, 7, right, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., after arriving at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Glen Earhart, father of pilot Amelia Rose Earhart, 31, of Colorado, waits for her daughter to finish interviews with reporters after she and co-pilot Shane Jordan, 40, arrived from their flight around the world in a Pilatus PC-12 NG at the North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart, not related, never finished. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( AMELIA ROSE EARTHART RETURNS TO OAKLAND )
Amelia Rose Earhart, 31, followed by co-pilot Shane Jordan, 40, both of Colorado, walk through the flags of the countries they stopped during their flight around the world as they are welcome by the Amelia Mary Earhart Senior Squadron 188 of the Civil Air Patrol after arriving at the North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart, not related, never finished. She visited the former hotel and room where her namesake, not related, used to stay at. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( AMELIA ROSE EARTHART RETURNS TO OAKLAND )
Amelia Rose Earhart, center, is greeted by her mom Debborah Dale, left, and others as she arrives with co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart and co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, not pictured, arrive at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart, left, and co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, arrive at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Spectators take pictures of the plane after Amelia Rose Earhart and co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, arrive at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart, right, poses with her mom Debborah Dale, left, after arriving with co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart, of Colorado, talks with the media after arriving with co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart, of Colorado, is greeted by Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Juan Tinnirello, right, as she and co-pilot Shane Jordan, of Colorado, arrive at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Amelia Rose Earhart, 31, left, of Colorado, follows Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Juan Tinnirello during a visit to the former hotel and room where legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart used to stay at whenever she came to the North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that her namesake, not related, never finished. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( AMELIA ROSE EARTHART RETURNS TO OAKLAND )
Amelia Rose Earhart, 31, of Colorado, visits the former hotel and room where legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart used to stay at whenever she came to the North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that her namesake, not related, never finished. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( AMELIA ROSE EARTHART RETURNS TO OAKLAND )
Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Juan Tinnirello, left, and Amelia Rose Earhart, 31, of Colorado, stand in the room where legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart used to stay at whenever she came to the North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that her namesake, not related, never finished. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( AMELIA ROSE EARTHART RETURNS TO OAKLAND )
Amelia Rose Earhart, 31, of Colorado, leaves the U.S.A.F. Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol building after visiting the former hotel and room where legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart used to stay at whenever she came to the North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that her namesake, not related, never finished. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( AMELIA ROSE EARTHART RETURNS TO OAKLAND )
Amelia Rose Earhart, 31, of Colorado, walks through the Oakland Aviation Museum where she and co-pilot Shane Jordan, 40, would be honored after arriving from their flight around the world in a Pilatus PC-12 NG at the North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014. Earhart recreated and symbolically completed the 1937 around-the-world flight that legendary aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart, not related, never finished. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ( AMELIA ROSE EARTHART RETURNS TO OAKLAND )
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