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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 2:17 pm to Spaceman Spiff
sooooo..... they found this in 91
confirmed it today
geez and i thought we had advanced in technology, hell of a project to work on! I give them props for staying motivated
confirmed it today
geez and i thought we had advanced in technology, hell of a project to work on! I give them props for staying motivated
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 2:23 pm to wiltznucs
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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.
Especially when the company runs low on funds..
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:23 pm to DrunkenStuporMan
I love the conclusion they jumped to at the end. They definitely became castaways on the island, no way they died in a crash landing on the reef.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:24 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:i woulda Brooke Shields'ded tha frick out of her so many times.
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 2:28 pm to meauxjeaux2
they could have crashed thousands of miles away from there and that piece washed ashore long after. its cool and everything but still doesnt pinpoint an exact area imo
by the way, that fred noonan got the shaft in terms of recognition.
by the way, that fred noonan got the shaft in terms of recognition.
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 2:31 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 2:34 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
You'd have to have been really, really, really really hard up to frick her - like your hands don't work hard up.
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:38 pm to HarryBalzack
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You'd have to have been really, really, really really hard up to frick her - like your hands don't work hard up.
In the movies she was always good-looking WTF?
Hollywood lied to me?
I think a few weeks on a deserted island would probably do it TBH.
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:39 pm to JG77056
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They definitely became castaways on the island, no way they died in a crash landing on the reef.
I think the othe artifacts/remains they have found show this.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 2:40 pm to HarryBalzack
You mean like being stranded on a deserted island without any other females present hard up?
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