Tony Romeo and his brother Lloyd set off to find the plane and solve the mystery of Earhart s disappearance in September, but after 100 days at sea with no results they had all but given up.
Earhart s great-nephew said the family would like to see the plane placed in the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC. They would also like her remains returned to her birthplace in Kansas.
Tony Romeo and his brother Lloyd this week released a sonar image from their recent $11 million Pacific Ocean expedition, showing a ghostly outline resembling Earhart s Lockheed Electra