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Re: lunar parallax killed Amelia Earhart
From: hellos
Date: 2006 May 17, 21:29 -0400
From: hellos
Date: 2006 May 17, 21:29 -0400
"And Noonan did have a sextant onboard. At least before take off." It is entirely possible that if he had only one sextant on board, that he dropped it when the plane hit turbulence and it was ruined. Or damaged enough to throw off all subsequent readings. A simple reason for a good navigator to be unable to nagivate with his sextant.
