Elgen Long

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Elgen Marion Long (born August 12, 1927) is known for his accomplishment of setting fifteen aviation records and firsts from his 1971 flight around the world over both poles, and received the FAI Gold Air Medal for his accomplishment. He is also known for his "Crash and Sink" theory explaining the disappearance of Amelia Earhart (all research regarding the theory has been published in the book Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved). Elgen has devoted over thirty-five years of research explaining what happened on the last leg of Amelia's flight and determining where her Lockheed Electra could have splashed into the sea. He and his wife Marie K. Long are also responsible for an effort to document the people and data involved in Earhart's disappearance, a historical collection that now resides at the SeaWord Foundation. [1]