webfact Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Has a Piece of Amelia Earhart's Missing Plane Been Found?BY MIKE SCHULERMIAMI: -- A piece of aircraft debris found on a remote South Pacific atoll is reinforcing speculation that a sonar anomaly detected in 2012 just off the island is in fact the lost aircraft of Amelia Earhart.According a group of experts with The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), new research has determined that a piece of aluminum found on the Nikumaroro atoll in 1991 is likely a window patch that was installed on Earhart’s Lockheed Electra aircraft during a brief stopover in Miami towards the start of her ill-fated world flight attempt.In their findings, TIGHAR notes that the dimensions, proportions, and pattern of rivets found on the piece of aluminum match what would have been placed on Earhart’s aircraft.“During Amelia Earhart’s stay in Miami at the beginning of her second world flight attempt, a custom-made, special window on her Lockheed Electra aircraft was removed and replaced with an aluminum patch,” said TIGHAR in the abstract of the new findings. “The patch was as unique to her particular aircraft as a fingerprint is to an individual.Full story: http://gcaptain.com/piece-amelia-earharts-missing-plane-found/ -- gCaptain 2014-10-31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seastallion Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Wow. In all the vastness of the Pacific, she came down near an atoll. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F430murci Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 This has been known for a while. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 that could be a start in solving this mystery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Gives me hope MH370 will be vound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysdexic Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 http://earhartonsaipan.blogspot.com This is old news, these guys have been trying to put Earhart on this atoll for years. Putting that bit of metal on Earharts Electra is a real stretch. The whole mysterious 'the Japanese executed her and the US Military hushed it up' thing is another stretch. All. Those Islanders' recollections though..... Darned interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggg88 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Wow. In all the vastness of the Pacific, she came down near an atoll. Well if her aircraft was in trouble she would head for the nearest land hoping to ditch in the sea and then make to the land to await rescue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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