HRM Posted August 13, 2019 Report Posted August 13, 2019 Of course, hope springs eternal in terms of closure, this may be it. Quote
tigers2007 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Posted August 13, 2019 Amelia Earhart found? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
HRM Posted August 13, 2019 Author Report Posted August 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, Jeff_S said: Huh? Que es esso? Existe esta cosa llamada 'Google'. Intentalo. 1 Quote
HRM Posted August 13, 2019 Author Report Posted August 13, 2019 Just now, tigers2007 said: Amelia Earhart found? Best data on the issue I have seen yet...and Ballard has gotten involved. Quote
jetdriven Posted August 13, 2019 Report Posted August 13, 2019 That area has been searched quite good and nothing has been found yet. However it is a shallow lagoon That drops off into the abyss so it may be there but it may be very deep. Keep in mind this is 80 years ago Quote
thinwing Posted August 13, 2019 Report Posted August 13, 2019 I’m starting and requesting funds for a new search organization ....STTGIFAPV Quote
HRM Posted August 13, 2019 Author Report Posted August 13, 2019 1 hour ago, jetdriven said: That drops off into the abyss so it may be there but it may be very deep. Titanic is over 2 miles deep...of course, it's huge. Quote
Jerry 5TJ Posted August 14, 2019 Report Posted August 14, 2019 Too bad she didn’t have a 406 ELT. 1 1 Quote
tigers2007 Posted August 14, 2019 Report Posted August 14, 2019 Too bad she didn’t have a 406 ELT. Hell, I still want one Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote
Jeff_S Posted August 14, 2019 Report Posted August 14, 2019 16 hours ago, HRM said: Existe esta cosa llamada 'Google'. Intentalo. I did Google it, right after I replied to the post. So I got the information. It just seems to me that a bit more context might have helped everyone understand who isn't following TIGHAR religiously. But titillation and obscure information are part of the process, I understand... Personally, having examined all the photographic evidence that is now on display everywhere, I think people are stretching with this one, but you never know. I do think that Nikumaroro is the likeliest spot for them to have ended up based on other evidence. Perhaps Ballard can help validate. Only problem is, what happens to the intrigue-industry if this is ever proved? What is the next mystery to be solved. I know...Ancient Aliens! 1 Quote
HRM Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Posted August 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Jeff_S said: But titillation and obscure information are part of the process, I understand... I am a big fan of cockpit humor. Jeez, the innuendos surrounding the Johnson Bar alone, and we all know how superior manual gear is to electric, is enough to titillate any pilot. Quote
EricJ Posted August 14, 2019 Report Posted August 14, 2019 36 minutes ago, HRM said: I am a big fan of cockpit humor. Jeez, the innuendos surrounding the Johnson Bar alone, and we all know how superior manual gear is to electric, is enough to titillate any pilot. I'm still intrigued by the "inappropriate touching" of two Mooneys on the caravan this year. The fact that there's pressure to not talk about it makes it even better. 3 Quote
Hank Posted August 14, 2019 Report Posted August 14, 2019 2 hours ago, HRM said: I am a big fan of cockpit humor. Jeez, the innuendos surrounding the Johnson Bar alone, and we all know how superior manual gear is to electric, is enough to titillate any pilot. You're omitting the scatalogical origins of "cockpit" itself! 1 Quote
HRM Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Posted August 14, 2019 All kidding aside...here's a good article on the topic from a pilot's perspective. A woman pilot no less! Quote
Sabremech Posted August 14, 2019 Report Posted August 14, 2019 You might want to check this group out, Project Blue Angel as they have found an aircraft that fits Amelia and Fred’s where others have found nothing. Quote
HRM Posted August 15, 2019 Author Report Posted August 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Sabremech said: You might want to... Add to their GoFundMe. OMG, they have raised $4,015 of their $55,000 goal. To think that Bob Ballard has somehow missed this incredible discovery is just mind boggling. That he has already started spending millions on his wild goose chase to Nikumaroro Island is hard to fathom. He needs to be told about this! Quote
Deb Posted October 16, 2019 Report Posted October 16, 2019 From https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/science/amelia-earhart-robert-ballard.html?smid=nytcore: For two weeks in August, a multimillion-dollar search from air, land and sea sought to solve the 80-year mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance. Robert Ballard, the ocean explorer famous for locating the wreck of the Titanic, led a team aboard the resesearch vessel Nautilus that discovered two hats in the depths. It found debris from an old shipwreck. It even spotted a soda can. What it did not find was a single piece of the Lockheed Electra airplane flown in 1937 by Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, which vanished during their doomed voyage around the world. Dr. Ballard and his crew don’t consider it a failure. For one thing, he says, they know where the plane isn’t. And in the process, they may have dispensed with one clue that has driven years of speculation, while a team of collaborating archaeologists potentially turned up more hints at the aviator’s fate. “This plane exists,” Dr. Ballard said. “It’s not the Loch Ness monster, and it’s going to be found.” 1 Quote
steingar Posted October 16, 2019 Report Posted October 16, 2019 All this excitement over Amelia Earhart and nobody even knows who Jerrie Mock was. Quote
HRM Posted October 16, 2019 Author Report Posted October 16, 2019 2 hours ago, steingar said: All this excitement over Amelia Earhart and nobody even knows who Jerrie Mock was. ...and don't forget Beryl Markham! Quote
carusoam Posted October 16, 2019 Report Posted October 16, 2019 We would have known Jerrie, if she flew a Mooney...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerrie_Mock Finding beryl, I didn’t even need her last name... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_Markham Best regards, -a- 1 Quote
steingar Posted October 16, 2019 Report Posted October 16, 2019 4 hours ago, HRM said: ...and don't forget Beryl Markham! However, Jerrie made it around the world (setting a slew of records while she was at it), somewhat more germane to the topic at hand. And Jerrie had one less engine and one less navigator than Earhart. Quote
HRM Posted October 16, 2019 Author Report Posted October 16, 2019 12 minutes ago, steingar said: However, Jerrie made it around the world (setting a slew of records while she was at it), somewhat more germane to the topic at hand. And Jerrie had one less engine and one less navigator than Earhart. No dissing of that. Frankly, Amelia was waaay overrated as an aviatrix (versus the others) and much of her 'fame' was generated by her marketing husband. Jerrie, however, flew a modern airplane in 1964 (my E is a '66) . Still a tremendous feat. Beryl, however, did her (East-West) cross Atlantic in 1936. If you read her biographies, you'll also know that with her in the cockpit you would not need cabin heat. I'll also point out that both ladies died of natural causes in their 80's. 1 Quote
BKlott Posted October 16, 2019 Report Posted October 16, 2019 2 hours ago, steingar said: However, Jerrie made it around the world (setting a slew of records while she was at it), somewhat more germane to the topic at hand. And Jerrie had one less engine and one less navigator than Earhart. And she accomplished her flight in a Cessna, no less. 1 Quote
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