mojaveman
01-29-2024, 12:50
I've always had a small fascination with this subject. After all of the theories and stories that have been circulated over the years this one actually sounds halfway believable.
https://people.com/amelia-earhart-lost-plane-may-have-been-found-pilot-spent-11-million-search-8551263
Badger52
01-29-2024, 19:41
Read that, thanks. I read most others when they come out. Always intrigued me about this plan to takeoff from New Guinea and hit a literal speck (Howland Isl) 2,200 nm away that, on a good day, has its terrain maybe 20-ft above sea level. There's not even a remnant there of a runway; at least Baker Isl has the remnants of a crushed coral strip. This old school blue water navigation is tough & my Dad told me tales of what was needed in celestial skills as well as that Trig you paid attention to in class. As Paul Newman said in the movie "Absence of Malice" if you miss it, "well, you'll be gone for awhile."
Yeah I've been kinda following. It will be interesting to find out..
intriguing..