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Scientists Discover New Possible Clue in Amelia Earhart Mystery
New York Post ^ | December 1, 2022 | Patrick Reilly

Posted on 12/01/2022 5:03:48 PM PST by nickcarraway

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To: Beowulf9
The only reason anybody cares what happened to her is whe married a wealthy publisher (George Putnam) who paid to get her good press coverage and make her look both glamorous and heroic. The only reason she took up flying in the first place is she had been a passenger in a trans-Atlantic flight, which made her famous for being the first woman to be flown across the Atlantic. She was embarrassed by all the attention she got for nothing other than sitting on her butt and waiting to arrive and thought learning to fly could make up for it. But she wasn't a natural "stick and rudder" man and was a mediocre pilot at best.

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It wasn't her first mishap but a little less than two years before the ill-fated flight she ground-looped the same Lockheed Electra she later would disappear in on landing at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, and did considerable damage (which George was happy to pay to have repaired).

At the time there were any number of American aviatrixes (Jacqueline Cochran, Ann Baumgartner, Bessie Coleman, et Al) who were skilled pilots who flew to earn a paycheck. As opposed to a hobby pilot with a rich husband to keep them in airplanes and fuel.

21 posted on 12/01/2022 6:32:53 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: telescope115

That picture was debunked. It was from 1935, not 1937 as claimed...she was alive and living in the States in 35.


22 posted on 12/01/2022 6:33:13 PM PST by LongWayHome
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To: crusty old prospector

https://24.media.tumblr.com/8fd9010ee073a2adbf31c8cd27aad23c/tumblr_mv1dp7xyJD1r8bxs1o2_500.gif


23 posted on 12/01/2022 6:59:55 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

I don’t get it. What do the letters mean?

“send lawyers, guns and money. The Sh*t has hit the fan”

Due apology to Warren Zevon .....


24 posted on 12/01/2022 7:00:08 PM PST by njslim
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To: WonkyTonky

The piece was supposedly from a repair made to the Electra following an accident on earlier attempt at flight


25 posted on 12/01/2022 7:01:45 PM PST by njslim
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To: dsrtsage

https://youtu.be/z5zgxZtF9W8

About 30 seconds in.


26 posted on 12/01/2022 7:04:42 PM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: CFW

Someone will look into the 2020/2022 election fraud (and any before that) in about 100 years.

That is, when we’re all dead and gone and it doesn’t matter anymore.


27 posted on 12/01/2022 7:21:32 PM PST by ro_dreaming (Joe Biden is the dementia riddled, no-filter grifter he's always been - just now, we get to see it.)
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To: nickcarraway

Amelia Earhart got lost in a big ocean, crashed and her and the plane sank.


28 posted on 12/01/2022 7:40:04 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: LongWayHome

Thanks, didn’t know that.


29 posted on 12/01/2022 7:43:22 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: ro_dreaming

“Someone will look into the 2020/2022 election fraud (and any before that) in about 100 years.

That is, when we’re all dead and gone and it doesn’t matter anymore.”

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The thing is, at that point they will find, as in so many historical events, that it actually mattered a lot. I think it will be looked back on as a turning point in our nation. One that will historically be seen as something that affected issues world-wide. In a hundred years, I suspect what we know now as the United States of America will just be a small chapter in the history books. The 2016 (and the deep state actors’ response), 2020, and 2022 elections will be seen as a pivotal point in our nation’s demise.

There will be people saying mockingly “fake news” or “Sad” or maybe even “Covfefe” much as we now create memes with the words “Let them eat cake” or “and the band plays on”.

Decades ago, even the democrat party thought those that committed crimes should be punished and locked up as punishment for those crimes. Now, they demand that crimes be excused or even rewarded. Things move quickly and you have to wonder, “How did they get to their current position on that issue?”.

What will the future history books say as to how we got from 2016 to 2023 and what were the major issues and causes of all that followed?


30 posted on 12/01/2022 7:51:25 PM PST by CFW
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To: nickcarraway
She was a bad pilot...
31 posted on 12/01/2022 7:51:31 PM PST by Kenny Bania (Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
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To: telescope115

That picture looked legit to me also, especially when I first saw it.

I just think at this point they went down deep into the ocean and the plane is long gone.


32 posted on 12/01/2022 8:20:07 PM PST by LongWayHome
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To: newfreep

Joni Mitchell.


33 posted on 12/01/2022 11:53:32 PM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: markman46
"I wonder of there are plans still around for the lockeed Electra"

There is a restored model of the plane at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
34 posted on 12/02/2022 1:18:01 AM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: njslim; Beowulf9
What do the letters mean?

When an airplane is repaired, careful records have to be made so that parts can be traced to a certified supplier. They are hoping that the replacement panels can be located in repair logs for the airplane. That would tell them if the parts actually came from her airplane.

35 posted on 12/02/2022 5:22:55 AM PST by GingisK
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To: CFW

I meant it won’t matter to us, but yes, it will matter to those future generations after us.

I do believe we’ve crossed the rubicon and are losing our Republic, as Doctor Franklin forewarned us of not so long ago.


36 posted on 12/02/2022 7:09:32 AM PST by ro_dreaming (Joe Biden is the dementia riddled, no-filter grifter he's always been - just now, we get to see it.)
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To: clearcarbon

ummm interesting, i wonder if the numbers are location numbers


37 posted on 12/02/2022 11:04:05 AM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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