With a keen knowledge wave shapes and the sky, early peoples crossed the Pacific to South America.
Columbus had a compass and quadrant, he found the Bahamas, with topless native girls!
You just know he will find his way back; repeatedly.
Lindbergh had an induction compass, watch, clock and maps.
Head east to coastline, check maps head to Paris.
Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan had all usual aids and early radio direction finding equipment.
But their destination was fly speck, proving yet again that”Fate is the hunter” (That Gann guy made me write that!)
What is DR&P?
DR&P = dead reckoning and pilotage.
Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan had all usual aids and early radio direction finding equipment.
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Their radio equipment wasn’t compatible with the radio on the ship. Noonan had an inaccurate map, and their clock was set to a different time than the clock on the ship. Earhart was a lucky daredevil and her luck finally ran out.