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Re: International Date Line and Earhart/Noonan
From: Tony Oz
Date: 2022 Jan 26, 12:59 -0800
From: Tony Oz
Date: 2022 Jan 26, 12:59 -0800
Dear David, you've said:
Yes, I think so too, she was about the wrong page. And I got her idea (English is not my native) as if she imagined that Mr Noonan stopped following the NA lines for the 2nd June where and when - by his DR - the plane has crossed the date line. From that moment - she says - Mr Noonan was reading the 3rd June page. And carried on from the next line relative to where he was on the previous page (not at midnight GMT).
Such a madness could happen only to a navigator that was using local time.
At least - I cannot imagine any other plausible explanation to her way of thinking.
Warm regards,
Tony
60°N 30°E
