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Re: Earhart article
From: Don E. Bray
Date: 2014 Dec 21, 19:27 +0000
On Dec 21, 2014, at 12:37 PM, "John D. Howard" <NoReply_Howard@fer3.com> wrote:
From: Don E. Bray
Date: 2014 Dec 21, 19:27 +0000
I have been in and out of Lae several times in recent years, working with the University of Technology there, and have stood at the end of the old downtown runway, looking out over the bay, thinking that Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were well aware of the challenge ahead looking for that small island over the vast Pacific. I find that intriguing, and what happened to them is a curiosity, but that is about it. I read these posts on their flight with curiosity.
Don
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On Dec 21, 2014, at 12:37 PM, "John D. Howard" <NoReply_Howard@fer3.com> wrote:
To me the Earhart search is great. Not that I care for Earhart but I am interested in navigation. There are a large number of web sites and blogs the discuss navigation ie. sunrise LOP, DR, sighting lights at sea, etc. Gary LaPook has a great web site about Fred Noonan and that lady pilot. Nav regulations, charts, old Air Corps books, etc. are available for download. Even the dumb ( IMHO ) TIGAR site has great info.
I flew in the Pacific during my C-141 days and finding small islands like Canton using sextant and Loran was a challange.The Earhart search is a good exercise for an old landlubber.
John
