I am afraid I'm a bit deaf after the terrible roar of the engines in my ears all the time, but at any rate, I've done it. In addition the petrol gauge had broken, probably in the storm of the night and there was a little leakage, so I decided to come down. I landed in an open field a mile or two from the town of Derry. The first one to greet me was the owner of the field. My first thought on getting here was to ring up the press association so that my safe landing would be made known without delay’.

Unfortunately Derrry City Council closed the Amelia Earhart Centre which was built near the spot where she landed to celebrate this great achievement.  Amelia Earhart was aiming to reach Paris to recreate Lindberg's epic solo flight in May 1927 and was airborne for 15 hours and 18 minutes. Campaigns are afoot to create something in the city that marks this amazing women.  Amelia dissappeared in 1937 along with her co-pilot Fred Noonan while flying from New Guinea to Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean.

If you would like a unique experience as well as a viewing the Walls of Derry from the air, a seaplane operates at weekends from a jetty  close to the new pedestrian Peace Bridge, taking off and landing on the river. Find out more information about this fabulous service here: Lakeland Seaplanes.