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Re: Earhart's Plane - Search For?
From: Greg R_
Date: 2011 Apr 26, 19:07 -0700
From: Greg R_
Date: 2011 Apr 26, 19:07 -0700
I'll have to go take a look at my source material again, but if I remember right wasn't there a cloud deck around 1000' that day and they had dipped below that altitude in order to try to spot Howland? I used to fly out to the Bahamas when I lived in Florida years ago, and know exactly what you're talking about re: cloud shadows looking a lot like a land mass when viewed from the air. -- GregR On 4/25/2011 10:50:28 PM, Gary LaPook (glapook@pacbell.net) wrote: > I saw those videos before. The helicopter approach to Howland doesn't > accurately show the situation that Earhart was facing. If you have ever > flown over the ocean looking for low islands you will recognize how cloud > shadows can look a lot like an island as shown in the video. But when > Earhart was approaching Howland the sky was clear for 40 NM around > the island so no cloud shadows to deal with.