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Re: Amelia Earhart Report
From: Greg R_
Date: 2011 Mar 3, 15:06 -0800
From: Greg R_
Date: 2011 Mar 3, 15:06 -0800
If this website is accurate, the statement from one of the Itasca's radio operators (Chief Radioman Leo G. Bellarts) would seem to discount this latest theory: http://www.wingsoverkansas.com/earhart/article.asp?id=955 "She was coming closer to us all the time. In those days the closer you got the louder you became. I even flipped on the louder [sic?] speaker so others in the radio shack could listen. She came over so loud.� [...] "A 50-watt transmitter airborne will certainly transmit dependably to 500 miles under normal conditions. During nighttime hours, this distance could be multiplied several times under favorable skip conditions. I did not notice any skip conditions during her flight and believe that her signals were copied �ground wave� as they continually build up to the time of her final transmission when she was very loud and could be easily copied on the ship�s loud speaker. This would not have been true under skip conditions�". -- GregR On 3/3/2011 4:50:26 AM, Richard Langley (lang@unb.ca) wrote: > AVwebFlash report: > > EARHART WRECK FOUND? > A report from Papua New Guinea says the wreck of an aircraft that > might be the Lockheed Electra flown by Amelia Earhart and her > navigator Fred Noonan has been found on a reef near Bougainville > Island near Papua New Guinea. The Papua New Guinea Post Courier is > reporting"armed men" are guarding the area over a reef off Matsungan > Island where an aircraft matching the description of Earhart's plane > has been found. Divers are now checking the wreck and inquiries are > flooding in from all over the world. There is no word on whether any > human remains have been recovered. > > More: http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1847-full.html#204205 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Richard B. Langley E-mail: > lang@unb.ca | > | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: > http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ > |