• Experts find credible calls from Amelia Earhart
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[quote]Dozens of previously dismissed radio signals were actually credible transmissions from Amelia Earhart, according to a new study of the alleged post-loss signals from Earhart's plane. The transmissions started riding the air waves just hours after Earhart sent her last in-flight message. The study, presented on Friday at a three day conference by researchers of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), sheds new light on what may have happened to the legendary aviator 75 years ago. The researchers plan to start a high-tech underwater search for pieces of her aircraft next July. "Amelia Earhart did not simply vanish on July 2, 1937. Radio distress calls believed to have been sent from the missing plane dominated the headlines and drove much of the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy search," Ric Gillespie, executive director of TIGHAR, told Discovery News. [url=http://news.discovery.com/history/amelia-earhart-jars-island-photos-120530.html]PHOTOS: Jars Hint at Amelia Earhart Castaway Presence[/url] "When the search failed, all of the reported post-loss radio signals were categorically dismissed as bogus and have been largely ignored ever since," he added. Using digitized information management systems, antenna modeling software, and radio wave propagation analysis programs, TIGHAR re-examined all the 120 known reports of radio signals suspected or alleged to have been sent from the Earhart aircraft after local noon on July 2, 1937 through July 18, 1937, when the official search ended. They concluded that 57 out of the 120 reported signals are credible. "The results of the study suggest that the aircraft was on land and on its wheels for several days following the disappearance," Gillespie said. [B][U]Tracking Earhart's transmissions [/U][/B] Earhart used radio transmissions on her last flight on July 2, 1937, during her record attempt to fly around the world at the equator. At 07:42 local time, as she flew toward the target destination, Howland Island in the Pacific, with her navigator Fred Noonan, Earhart called the Coast Guard cutter Itasca, stationed at Howland Island to support her flight. “We must be on you, but cannot see you — but gas is running low. Have been unable to reach you by radio. We are flying at 1,000 feet,” she said. Earhart's final in-flight radio message occurred a hour later, at 08:43. “We are on the line 157 337. We will repeat this message. We will repeat this on 6210 kilocycles. Wait,” she said. According to TIGHAR, the numbers 157 and 337 refer to compass headings — 157 degrees and 337 degrees — and describe a navigation line that passed not only Howland Island, the target destination, but also Gardner Island, now called Nikumaroro. This uninhabited atoll in the southwestern Pacific republic of Kiribati is where TIGHAR believes Earhart and Noonan landed safely and ultimately died as castaways. According to TIGHAR's hypothesis, Earhart would have used the aircraft's radio to make distress calls for several days until the plane was washed over the reef and disappeared before Navy searchers flew over the area. [B][U]Detailed analysis done [/U][/B] TIGHAR built a detailed catalog and analysis of all the reported post-loss radio signals, and selected the credible ones based on their frequencies. [url=http://news.discovery.com/adventure/amelia-earhart.html]PHOTOS: Amelia Earhart[/url] Transmissions from Earhart's Electra (NR16020) were possible on three primary frequencies: 3105 kHz, 6210 kHz and 500 kHz. For the latter, however, there were no reported post loss signals. On her world flight, Earhart transmitted on 3105 kHz at night, and 6210 kHz during daylight, using her 50-watt WE-13C transmitter. The Itasca transmitted on 3105 kHz, but did not have voice capability on 6210 kHz. Under favorable propagation conditions, it was possible for aircraft operating on the U.S. West Coast at night to be heard on 3105 kHz in the central Pacific. Indeed, the Itasca reported hearing such signals on one occasion. There were three 50-watt Morse code radio stations in Nicaragua that could be heard on a receiver tuned to 3105 kHz, but the stations sent only code, not voice.[/quote] [url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47653021/ns/technology_and_science-science/[/url]
I've always seen her name spelled "Earhardt".
They should search for signs of the aircraft
I can't imagine what it'll be like being left as a castaway. Must had been horrible.
I wonder how long they survived on the island before perishing. It's an eerie thought.
[QUOTE=Bentham;36170651]I wonder how long they survived on the island before perishing. It's an eerie thought.[/QUOTE] Nah, they were probably abducted by aliens and taken to the Delta Quadrant for slave labor or something.
According to Star Trek she was abducted by aliens. Seriously.
Horrid way to perish. Would at least try to disassemble some parts of the plane to make some half-assed raft or something
[QUOTE=xxncxx;36170546]They should search for signs of the aircraft[/QUOTE] Read the article.
[QUOTE=shian;36170621]I can't imagine what it'll be like being left as a castaway. Must had been horrible.[/QUOTE] atleast they had each others company. can't imagine what it'd be like alone
I'm guessing there wasn't edible plants on the island? They probably didn't have drinkable water either. what if by some fluke they were still alive? Biggest story of the century. [editline]2nd June 2012[/editline] This is the Atoll where they landed [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hsTuDxtqI7c/TAgZiw6C9OI/AAAAAAAAMhQ/rEkkk_0Gxww/s1600/Nikumaroro.jpg[/img]
Wow that's kinda sad, they didn't find you the first time so they started ignoring your signals.
[QUOTE=Mr. Sun;36173183]This is the Atoll where they landed [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hsTuDxtqI7c/TAgZiw6C9OI/AAAAAAAAMhQ/rEkkk_0Gxww/s1600/Nikumaroro.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I can think of worse places to die, at least. starvation isn't a nice way to go out by any stretch, in fact it's probably one of the worst, but at least they died in the sun and the sand rather than clutching eachother for warmth or screaming in their quickly-sinking steel coffin.
Who's Amelia Earhart.
[QUOTE=H4wkeye;36175002]Who's Amelia Earhart.[/QUOTE] no idea, maybe i should read the article and find out
Sounds like a conspiracy. There's only one man for the job. [IMG]http://chuckpalahniuk.net/files/images/interviews/jesse-ventura-5.jpg[/IMG] [B]Jesse "The Body" Ventura[/B]
[QUOTE=H4wkeye;36175002]Who's Amelia Earhart.[/QUOTE] The fuck? did you not finish 4th grade history? She's a major figure in early aviation history, especially for women.
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[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;36175309]The fuck? did you not finish 4th grade history? She's a major figure in early aviation history, especially for women.[/QUOTE] Actually I don't know who she is either, in fact I wouldn't be surprised to find a lot more people on FP who don't know her. I'm going to take a guess she is English? That would explain it since all throughout my school years I literally learned nothing but about the Indians and civil war in my history classes. They never even taught us about WW1 or 2 other then pearl harbor. I'm American if you didn't catch that, and yes, those videos you see where they ask us questions are NOT cherry picked.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;36175309]The fuck? did you not finish 4th grade history? She's a major figure in early aviation history, especially for women.[/QUOTE] I don't believe we ever studied about her in our history lessons.
[QUOTE=Professer Trall;36175374]Actually I don't know who she is either, in fact I wouldn't be surprised to find a lot more people on FP who don't know her. I'm going to take a guess she is English? That would explain it since all throughout my school years I literally learned nothing but about the Indians and civil war in my history classes. They never even taught us about WW1 or 2 other then pearl harbor.[/QUOTE] Weird, when we learned American History in my elementary/middle school years we learned about Civil War, WW1, and WW2, with some focus on actual WW2 battles. Probably just the difference in our school systems. (I'm also American, I mean by our local governments)
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;36171404]According to Star Trek she was abducted by aliens. Seriously.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/The_37's_(episode)"]He's not lying[/URL]
[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;36175423]Weird, when we learned American History in my elementary/middle school years we learned about Civil War, WW1, and WW2, with some focus on actual WW2 battles. Probably just the difference in our school systems. (I'm also American, I mean by our local governments)[/QUOTE] I live in Valve land, and over here the school scores are so low in history and geography I wouldn't be surprised to hear it's actually the countries lowest.
wtf i'm american and how the hell do you not know who amelia earhart is she's one of the most prominent female figures in modern history, hell, and probably the most famous
Sam & Max already solved the case, she became addicted to the Fountain of Youth on Easter Island and reverted back to being a baby.
[QUOTE=H4wkeye;36175390]I don't believe we ever studied about her in our history lessons.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Professer Trall;36175374]Actually I don't know who she is either, in fact I wouldn't be surprised to find a lot more people on FP who don't know her. I'm going to take a guess she is English? That would explain it since all throughout my school years I literally learned nothing but about the Indians and civil war in my history classes. They never even taught us about WW1 or 2 other then pearl harbor. I'm American if you didn't catch that, and yes, those videos you see where they ask us questions are NOT cherry picked.[/QUOTE] All faith lost in the American Education system. I'm American and I learned this in early grade school. Read up on her, she's a pretty important woman in aviation history. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart[/url]
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;36175891]All faith lost in the American Education system. I'm American and I was learned this in early grade school. Read up on her, she's a pretty important woman in aviation history. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart[/url][/QUOTE] Same for me, I'm actually surprised to hear about an American who hasn't heard of her
[QUOTE=Mr. Sun;36173183] This is the Atoll where they landed [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hsTuDxtqI7c/TAgZiw6C9OI/AAAAAAAAMhQ/rEkkk_0Gxww/s1600/Nikumaroro.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Well, if you have to die, might as well die on an island shaped like a dick.
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;36175964]Well, if you have to die, might as well die on an island shaped like a dick.[/QUOTE] if your dick is shaped like this i recommend you seek medical attention posthaste
Oh wow, so they might have landed and lived out the rest of their days slowly dieing from starvation and dehydration on an uninhabited island miles away from civilization? Holy shit this completely changes everything about this story. Once a story filled with mystery, it was almost fun to wonder "what really happened to amelia?". Now it's just....depressing and hard hitting.
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