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Re: Update on search for the Earhart plane, 87 years later
From: David Pike
Date: 2024 Aug 3, 09:37 -0700
From: David Pike
Date: 2024 Aug 3, 09:37 -0700
With reference to my earlier post on this subject today, please ignore the reference to a hand-bearing-compass in paragraph 2. There is of course no practical way of using a hand bearing compass to find the angle between a celestial body and the fore and aft axis of an aircraft. DaveP