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Falcon Sells for SAR210,000 at Saudi Falcons Club Auction

The event aligns with Saudi Vision 2030 by promoting the cultural, civilizational, and economic heritage of falconry - SPA
The event aligns with Saudi Vision 2030 by promoting the cultural, civilizational, and economic heritage of falconry - SPA
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Falcon Sells for SAR210,000 at Saudi Falcons Club Auction

The event aligns with Saudi Vision 2030 by promoting the cultural, civilizational, and economic heritage of falconry - SPA
The event aligns with Saudi Vision 2030 by promoting the cultural, civilizational, and economic heritage of falconry - SPA

A young peregrine falcon fetched a record price of SAR210,000 on the 18th night of this year's Saudi Falcons Club Auction, held between October 1 and November 15 at the club's headquarters in Malham, north of Riyadh.
Starting at SAR50,000, the bidding was intense, ultimately leading to the impressive final sale price, according to SPA.
The Saudi Falcons Club offers a comprehensive range of services to falcon owners throughout the auction period. It provides accommodation and transportation for falconers, and broadcasts auctions on television and social media platforms.
As the Kingdom's largest official falcon auction, the event aligns with Saudi Vision 2030 by promoting the cultural, civilizational, and economic heritage of falconry.
The club aims to elevate the standards of falcon auctions globally, regulate the buying and selling process, and preserve endangered falcon breeds.

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Explorer: Sonar Image Was Rock Formation, Not Amelia Earhart Plane

A statue of Amelia Earhart at the US Capitol. Nathan Howard / GETTY IMAGES/AFP
A statue of Amelia Earhart at the US Capitol. Nathan Howard / GETTY IMAGES/AFP
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Explorer: Sonar Image Was Rock Formation, Not Amelia Earhart Plane

A statue of Amelia Earhart at the US Capitol. Nathan Howard / GETTY IMAGES/AFP
A statue of Amelia Earhart at the US Capitol. Nathan Howard / GETTY IMAGES/AFP

A sonar image suspected of showing the remains of the plane of Amelia Earhart, the famed American aviatrix who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937, has turned out to be a rock formation.

Deep Sea Vision (DSV), a South Carolina-based firm, released the blurry image in January captured by an unmanned submersible of what it said may be Earhart's plane on the seafloor.

Not so, the company said in an update on Instagram this month, AFP reported.

"After 11 months the waiting has finally ended and unfortunately our target was not Amelia's Electra 10E (just a natural rock formation)," Deep Sea Vision said.

"As we speak DSV continues to search," it said. "The plot thickens with still no evidence of her disappearance ever found."

The image was taken by DSV during an extensive search in an area of the Pacific to the west of Earhart's planned destination, remote Howland Island.

Earhart went missing while on a pioneering round-the-world flight with navigator Fred Noonan.

Her disappearance is one of the most tantalizing mysteries in aviation lore, fascinating historians for decades and spawning books, movies and theories galore.

The prevailing belief is that Earhart, 39, and Noonan, 44, ran out of fuel and ditched their twin-engine Lockheed Electra in the Pacific near Howland Island while on one of the final legs of their epic journey.

Earhart, who won fame in 1932 as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, took off on May 20, 1937 from Oakland, California, hoping to become the first woman to fly around the world.

She and Noonan vanished on July 2, 1937 after taking off from Lae, Papua New Guinea, on a challenging 2,500-mile (4,000-kilometer) flight to refuel on Howland Island, a speck of a US territory between Australia and Hawaii.

They never made it.