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Amelia Earhart

Started by farrokh747, Thu, 6 Jul 2017 05:53

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Will

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Fri, 7 Jul 2017 03:53 Last Edit: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 00:37 by Will
I saw this... and I looked at the photos. Unless I'm missing something, I'm finding it hard to be convinced that the pics show Earhart.


[Edit: "liked at" the photos should is now corrected to "looked at" the photos.]
Will /Chicago /USA

Hardy Heinlin

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Fri, 7 Jul 2017 05:20
On that mysterious photo I see someone with black hair. She had no black hair, unless she dyed it.

Phil Bunch

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Fri, 7 Jul 2017 15:36
Has Photoshopping been ruled out? 

Often, experts can study photos and may be able to show that a photo was "Photoshopped".  It would be so easy nowadays to create such a photo.

I hope that it is legitimate and that we learn something new about Earhart.  I admire people who can navigate an aircraft across long ocean distances without modern technologies such as GPS, inertial navigation, LORAN, and more.  I suppose celestial navigation might have been an option if she could reliably get above the clouds.

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Here's some info about her navigation methods, etc:

https://timeandnavigation.si.edu/navigating-air/early-air-navigators/amelia-earhart

Excerpt:

"Their flight required an effective blend of dead-reckoning, celestial navigation, and radio direction finding, but poor planning, inexperience, and circumstance compromised all three. They never reached Howland Island and likely perished in the ocean."
Best wishes,

Phil Bunch
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