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Debris recovered from Pacific island confirmed as part of Earhart plane
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:13 pm
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RIP. She may have been working for US Naval Intelligence at the time, so
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A fragment of Amelia Earhart's lost aircraft has been identified to a high degree of certainty for the first time ever since her plane vanished over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937, in a record attempt to fly around the world at the equator.
New research strongly suggests that a piece of aluminum aircraft debris recovered in 1991 from Nikumaroro, an uninhabited atoll in the southwestern Pacific republic of Kiribati, does belong to Earhart’s twin-engined Lockheed Electra.
According to researchers at The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), which has long been investigating the last, fateful flight taken by Earhart 77 years ago, the aluminum sheet is a patch of metal installed on the Electra during the aviator’s eight-day stay in Miami, which was the fourth stop on her attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
Photos: Where Amelia Earhart Plane Fragment Came From
The patch replaced a navigational window: A Miami Herald photo shows the Electra departing for San Juan, Puerto Rico on the morning of Tuesday, June 1, 1937 with a shiny patch of metal where the window had been.
“The Miami Patch was an expedient field repair," Ric Gillespie, executive director of TIGHAR, told Discovery News. "Its complex fingerprint of dimensions, proportions, materials and rivet patterns was as unique to Earhart’s Electra as a fingerprint is to an individual."
TIGHAR researchers went to Wichita Air Services in Newton, Kans., and compared the dimensions and features of the Artifact 2-2-V-1, as the metal sheet found on Nikumaroro was called, with the structural components of a Lockheed Electra being restored to airworthy condition.
The rivet pattern and other features on the 19-inch-wide by 23-inch-long Nikumaroro artifact matched the patch and lined up with the structural components of the Lockheed Electra. TIGHAR detailed the finding in a report on its website.
Photos: Clues Pointing to Amelia Earhart's Plane
“This is the first time an artifact found on Nikumaroro has been shown to have a direct link to Amelia Earhart,” Gillespie said.
The breakthrough would prove that, contrary to what was generally believed, Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, did not crash in the Pacific Ocean, running out of fuel somewhere near their target destination of Howland Island.
Instead, they made a forced landing on Nikumaroro' smooth, flat coral reef. The two became castaways and eventually died on the atoll, which is some 350 miles southeast of Howland Island.
RIP. She may have been working for US Naval Intelligence at the time, so
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:15 pm to Jim Rockford
They must have been running out of funding again...
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:19 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:Damn. So close to where they were headed.
The two became castaways and eventually died on the atoll, which is some 350 miles southeast of Howland Island.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:20 pm to Jim Rockford
Baw took that picture right. Got those shoes in frame.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:21 pm to Jim Rockford
It seems to me that every few months some piece of material with a "high degree of certainty of being from Earhart" shows up and yet nobody finds a MF'ing airplane.
Mirrors, perfume bottles, whatever.
Lets be honest, its a piece of weathered aluminum found on a deserted island. Given the amount of trash floating around the worlds oceans its entirely possible if not likely that its from something else.
Mirrors, perfume bottles, whatever.
Lets be honest, its a piece of weathered aluminum found on a deserted island. Given the amount of trash floating around the worlds oceans its entirely possible if not likely that its from something else.
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:22 pm to Jim Rockford
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The two became castaways and eventually died on the atoll, which is some 350 miles southeast of Howland Island.
They fricked out of shear boredom sooooooooo many times
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:26 pm to Jim Rockford
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The breakthrough would prove that, contrary to what was generally believed, Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, did not crash in the Pacific Ocean, running out of fuel somewhere near their target destination of Howland Island.
Instead, they made a forced landing on Nikumaroro' smooth, flat coral reef. The two became castaways and eventually died on the atoll, which is some 350 miles southeast of Howland Island.
If that were the case, I would think the plane, or more of it, would've been found in the last 23 years.
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:30 pm to Jim Rockford
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Instead, they made a forced landing on Nikumaroro' smooth, flat coral reef. The two became castaways and eventually died on the atoll, which is some 350 miles southeast of Howland Island.
Damn.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:42 pm to Jim Rockford
I happen to think this stuff is fascinating... So thank you for linking.
Often thought about the "taking pics for the Navy" myself. My Dad is a Navy Cmdr. Ret. who spent time on a guided missile frigate and an aircraft carrier. He had his thoughts as well.
Often thought about the "taking pics for the Navy" myself. My Dad is a Navy Cmdr. Ret. who spent time on a guided missile frigate and an aircraft carrier. He had his thoughts as well.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:53 pm to Jim Rockford
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the aluminum sheet is a patch of metal installed on the Electra during the aviator’s eight-day stay in Miami, which was the fourth stop on her attempt to circumnavigate the globe
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The patch replaced a navigational window
Maybe they shouldn't have covered that up.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 4:16 pm to Jim Rockford
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Instead, they made a forced landing on Nikumaroro' smooth, flat coral reef. The two became castaways and eventually died on the atoll, which is some 350 miles southeast of Howland Island.
the smoke monster got them
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