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Re: Earhart news story
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2024 Feb 6, 14:56 -0800
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2024 Feb 6, 14:56 -0800
On 2/2/2024 8:36 AM, [Murray Buckman] wrote: > https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1993/december/amelia-didnt-know-radio Another Earhart article in the same magazine is "The Earhart Tragedy: Old Mystery, New Hypothesis" by John P. Riley Jr. https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2000/august/earhart-tragedy-old-mystery-new-hypothesis The author puts the blame on Itasca, particularly the skipper, Commander Thompson. Speaking of Itasca, the TIGHAR site says, "The [radio room] clock was set to local time, in this case Greenwich plus 11.5 hours." https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/Bulletins/37_ItascaLogs/background.html However, Howland is at about 177° W. I thought Itasca time was 11:30 behind GCT, but can't remember where I got that. I believe these were the local times when Earhart's departed Lae: GCT Lae Itasca Hawaii Calif. Fri 0000 Fri 1000 Thu 1230 Thu 1330 Thu 1600 Is that correct? -- Paul Hirose sofajpl.com
