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Amelia Earhart made contact with radio operators for days after her plane went down
News.com.au ^ | September 10, 2016

Posted on 09/10/2016 4:34:24 PM PDT by Kaslin

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To: wetgundog

I admit it.

I cried like a damn fool.

:)


121 posted on 08/28/2018 10:52:34 AM PDT by Salamander (What is the sound of one hand, typing? Pit Bull Porn hate threads. Little more than a circle jerk.)
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To: newfreep
Arguably, her best album...and featured Larry Carlton on guitar and “Jaco” on bass.

I like the "Shadows and Light" version with Pat Metheny on guitar.

122 posted on 08/28/2018 10:54:40 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: rdl6989
I'm certain he was drunk when he agreed to fly with her a second time.

123 posted on 08/28/2018 11:02:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: dfwgator

...and Lyle Mays on keyboards.

Pat Metheny has long been one of my fav jazz guitarists.

I saw JM’s “Shadows” tour at Cleveland’s outdoor Blossom Center - Great band & music.


124 posted on 08/28/2018 11:16:07 AM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: newfreep

Been about 40 years since I first heard the PMG “White Album”.

It changed everything for me musically. The perfect mix of rock and jazz. (I refuse to use the “F” word) I miss Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb in the group, it wasn’t the same after they left.


125 posted on 08/28/2018 11:18:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: henkster

That part did not make sense to me, I thought radar was not operational then. Looked it up:

“The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca was at Howland to assist Earhart in this pre-radar era by providing radio bearings and a smoke plume, but owing to radio problems, communication was sporadic and broken. According to the Itasca’s radio logs, Earhart indicated she must be near the island but couldn’t see it and was running low on gas. The Electra never made it to the island.”

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/amelia-earhart-disappearance-theories-spd/


126 posted on 08/28/2018 11:33:49 AM PDT by Tammy8
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To: sparklite2

I think it was barely invented- not sure it was in use enough that she was tracked on it. According to this they were using radio bearings and a smoke plume...

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/amelia-earhart-disappearance-theories-spd/


127 posted on 08/28/2018 11:36:11 AM PDT by Tammy8
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To: proust

I get the joke, but she did have a male navigator - but it was a different one than she had flown with for years. He wasn’t as experienced. Lots of compounding problems with her last flight - one being the set times to use the radio, and the other to use the telegraph. But the radio(?) on the island wasn’t working, and the ships in the harbor were on different time zones, all still using the time zone of whatever port was home for them! And the time zones weren’t even on the hour. One ship might have 1145 on the clock, and the next one over had 1200. And the island was at 0930.

After the investigation of her disapperance, a time standard was created (Greenwich Mean Time) for international use.


128 posted on 08/28/2018 11:58:27 AM PDT by 21twelve
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To: Tammy8

See my post 148. I read a very interesting book on her - included a lot of her early flights. The latter half of the book was about her round the world attempt. It seemed to be very well researched with lots of notes in the end of the book. I think they came up with several possibilities based on how flight worked at the time - but that she went down while doing a north-south search pattern looking for the island.


129 posted on 08/28/2018 12:10:22 PM PDT by 21twelve
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To: 21twelve

Thank you, very interesting! Your post #128...you had me looking for #148 and we aren’t there yet...lol


130 posted on 08/28/2018 12:19:31 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: newfreep

Always admired Carlton’s work with the Crusaders. “Chain Reaction” is one of my old-time faves.


131 posted on 08/28/2018 1:29:07 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: P.O.E.

The Crusaders, w/Larry Carlton, played on Michael Franks’ (GREAT) album, “The Art of Tea”.

I loved his work on Steely Dan’s “Royal Scam” aka “the Guitar Album” since LC arranged and played lead on most of the tracks including “Kid Charlemagne” and “Don’t take Me Alive”.


132 posted on 08/28/2018 1:43:51 PM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: newfreep

Never heard of “Art of Tea”. I looked up a few tracks.

So far, me like!

Thanks.


133 posted on 08/28/2018 1:50:20 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: henkster

I caught that too. Radar was JUST coming on line in 1940.


134 posted on 08/28/2018 1:53:00 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: P.O.E.

As an aside, I love the lyrics and can personally relate to “Popsicle Toes”...except she didn’t use a Nikon.

LOTS of great songs on that album.

Michael Franks was a music professor at UCLA when he decided to go for a career change. I saw him at a local jazz club - great show and backing band.


135 posted on 08/28/2018 2:10:02 PM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: newfreep

His voice & style is reminiscent of Mose Allison.


136 posted on 08/28/2018 2:22:16 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: newfreep

And Bob Welch of early Fleetwood Mac.


137 posted on 08/28/2018 2:39:57 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Kaslin

Mark her down as another dead American, courtesy of that communist cripple FDR.


138 posted on 08/28/2018 2:58:43 PM PDT by ZULU (MAGA)
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To: SunkenCiv

What strikes me from that photo is how glacial change is in men’s fashions. Fred could reappear today in that outfit and no one would bat an eye. If a woman from that time period in the average dress women wore then came back you’d know something odd was happening, unless you were in Portland, NYC or West Hollywood.


139 posted on 08/28/2018 3:01:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: WKUHilltopper

I think they meant RDF radio direction where you triangulate three waves to find a location.


140 posted on 08/29/2018 3:28:36 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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