PAUL:	These days, The Vault is one 
	of the happiest places in the 
	whole BCN building.  I love 
	descending through the wires 
	and cables and hallways of 
	our beautiful broadcast 
	emporium, down down through 
	the dust and the must ... 
	there finding the lair of 
	sound historian 
	extraordinaire, and director 
	of radio here at BCN, Ish 
	Lundrigan.  Ish always has 
	some sonic treasure for us, 
	culled from the millions of 
	hours of BCN broadcast time.

	And here he is now. good to 
	see you, Ish.

ISH:	Paul.

PAUL:	What priceless magic moments 
	do you have for us today, 
	Ish?

ISH:	This month, the International 
	Group for Historic Aircraft 
	Recovery, or Tiger, takes off 
	on a mission to find traces 
	of the great flier, Amelia 
	Earhart.

PAUL:	They’re looking for her 
	plane, I guess?

ISH:	Her remains, her camp, any 
	other souvenirs they can find 
	of her last, fateful around 
	the world attempt.  July 2, 
	1937 she went down off 
	Howland Island with her 
	navigator, Fred Noonan.

PAUL:	That’s the centre of the 
	Howland Heptagon, Ish.

ISH:	The what ?

PAUL:	The Howland Heptagon.  You 
	know, like the Bermuda 
	Triangle.  English Crop 
	Circles ?

ISH:	Paul, boy, you’ve been in the 
	lineup at the supermarket 
	again, I can tell.

PAUL:	I don’t know, Ish, many 
	strange events are connected 
	with the Howland Heptagon.
	
ISH:	Anyway, while Amelia Earhart 
	didn’t include Nfld in her 
	ill-fated final journey, she 
	was here in 19 and 32.
	
PAUL:	The famous flight ...

ISH:	Gallagher’s pasture ...

PAUL:	Londonderry.

ISH:	And then the great lesbian 
	aviatrix was here again in 
	1936.

PAUL:	Oh come on, Ish.  There was 
	absolutely no indication she 
	was a lesbian.  She was 
	married, sure.

ISH:	Bah. Beard.

PAUL:	What’s the tape, Ish ?

ISH:	This is Dirk Pilgrim, 
	reporting from her landing in 
	July, 1936.
	
SFX:	WIND WHOOSHING, PLANE PURRING 
IN OVER LESTER’S FIELD.

DIRK:	Here she is now, Lady Lindy, 
	soaring in over Lester’s 
	Field.
	
	You can hear the purr of the 
	Lockheed Electra, the most 
	advanced aeroplane in the 
	skies, expressly designed to 
	the aviatrix’s requirements.
	
SFX:	GENERAL CROWD HUBBUB

DIRK:	And here comes the official 
	welcoming party ... the famed 
	flyer is stepping out of her 
	aeroplane on to one of the 
	bobbing pontoons.  She’s 
	dressed head to toe in her 
	flying leathers ...
	
ISH:	Giveaway.

DIRK:	Sir Peyton Osborne the Third 
	is there now, Sir Peyton, 
	known for his profound fear 
	of flying, shaking hands ... 
	Sir Peyton introduces his 
	wife to the world’s 
	sweetheart, Amelia Earhart.  
	They embrace ... and, ah, the 
	women continue to embrace ... 
	and exchange a continental 
	greeting ... they must have 
	had a previous ... 
	acquaintance ... now the 
	Lieutenant Governor, Colonel 
	Russell Outerbridge, steps 
	forward ... he’s about to 
	speak and make an official 
	presentation.
	
CRO:	Good afternoon, good lady, 
	and welcome to New Found 
	Land.  How do you do, ma’am.  
	On behalf of the people of 
	New Found Land, allow me to 
	present you with this 
	commemorative gift of hard 
	biscuit.

ISH:	A bit of a loon, I’m afraid 
	...

SFX:	ISH TURNS OFF TAPE MACHINE

PAUL:	No, no, let it run, Ish.  You 
	can still hear the tracking 
	devices.
	
ISH:	The what ?

PAUL:	Amelia Earhart didn’t 
	“disappear”, Ish, she was 
	harvested !  Or claimed.
	
ISH:	What are you talking about ?

PAUL:	Just play back that bit where 
	she’s landing.

ISH:	The beginning ?

PAUL:	Yeah.

SFX:	TAPE REWINDS.  THEN PLANE 
PURRING IN OVER THE LAKE

DIRK:	Here she is now, Lady Lindy, 
	soaring in over Quidi Vidi 
	Lake.  

( CONTINUES UNDERNEATH )  You 
	can hear the purr of the 
	Lockheed Electra, the most 
	advanced aeroplane in the 
	skies, specially designed to 
	the aviatrix’s requirements.

PAUL:	Hear that ?

ISH:	Dirk ?

PAUL:	No, that high-pitched 
	clicking.

ISH:	That’s old magnetic tape, 
	Paul.

PAUL:	No, Ish.  I know that sound.  
	That’s alien tracking 
	devices.

ISH:	You need a holiday, boy.

PAUL:	Play it backwards, Ish.

SFX:	WE HEAR THE PREVIOUS TAPE 
BACKWARDS, AND OVER IT AS A 
VOICE THAT MIGHT BE SAYING 
	...

VOICE:	Amelia, you are next.

PAUL:	Did you hear that !  Amelia 
	Earhart was harvested by 
	aliens !

ISH:	What aliens ?  

PAUL:	She joins the list of the 
	great disappeared, Ish.  
	Lindbergh’s baby, for crying 
	out loud.  Sir John Franklin, 
	O.L. Vardy , Ron Gellately 
	...

ISH:	Ron Gellately was not 
	abducted by aliens.

PAUL:	How do you know, Ish, how do 
	you know ?

ISH:	( USHERING PAUL OUT THE DOOR 
	)  Paul, why don’t you come 
	back soon ... and see me ...

PAUL:	Think I could have a copy of 
	this tape ?

ISH:	In the Vault.

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