Amelia Earhart was a superstar long before the term was ever coined.

The famed aviator set multiple flying records, serving as a model of independence for girls and women in a male-dominated world. She was a 1930s-era influencer, starring in radio spots, endorsing products and hobnobbing with the world’s elite. She drew crowds wherever she went, including several times in Baltimore, even flying first lady Eleanor Roosevelt to Baltimore one night in 1933.

So when Earhart and the plane she was trying to fly around the world vanished in the South Pacific 88 years ago, the event sparked a global frenzy. The madness hasn’t stopped yet.

A team of 14 explorers will depart for Nikumaroro, a remote speck of an island halfway between Australia and Hawaii, on Nov. 4, in search of the downed aircra

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