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1 posted on 07/14/2007 9:40:25 AM PDT by blam
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Finding out what happened to Earhart won’t change any lives, but it would be really, really interesting if the mystery could be at least partially solved.


2 posted on 07/14/2007 9:45:10 AM PDT by Clara Lou (Fred Thompson, '08-- imwithfred.com)
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Obviously “Pilot Error”. It always is especially when the pilot is dead.


3 posted on 07/14/2007 9:53:47 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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One must first consider statistics. In going down over the South Pacific, what is the probability of going down over water versus on land or within sight of land?

There are a lot of allied and Japanese planes on the bottom because a slight navigational error caused the pilot to miss the spec of land he was suppossed to land on. Even when the navigation was correct, the atoll might have been socked in with a thunderstorm causing the pilot not to see it.

7 posted on 07/14/2007 10:04:51 AM PDT by fso301
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What are they talking about? Dale Jr is just moving to Hendricks Racing not the South Pacific! :)


8 posted on 07/14/2007 10:14:20 AM PDT by Hazcat (We won an immigration BATTLE, the WAR is not over. Be ever vigilant.)
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Is the step son the same George Putnam that was a fixture on Los Angeles news for decades? The age is about right.He is a great conservative.


9 posted on 07/14/2007 10:18:30 AM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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There is a much, much higher probability that she went down in the water. Earhardt was known to be a headstrong person who didn’t listen to others. Before the flight she refused to learn how to use her radio properly, and she very probably just lost track of where she was and ran out of fuel. It’s highly unlikely she was able to land anywhere.


10 posted on 07/14/2007 10:20:02 AM PDT by Irene Adler (')
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Re: ...voracious crabs that make it necessary to wear shoes at all times.

Sounds like Nancy Pelosi's office at the Capitol, eh?

11 posted on 07/14/2007 10:25:35 AM PDT by Bender2 (A 'Good Yankee' comes down to Texas, then goes back north. A 'Damn Yankee' stays... Damn it!)
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Who went to Nikumaroro last week to put the “fix” in?
14 posted on 07/14/2007 10:36:52 AM PDT by tiger-one (The night has a thousand eyes)
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It is one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century

Well.....one of the most "hyped" mysteries of the 20th century, anyway.

17 posted on 07/14/2007 11:11:11 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny
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It seems like articles like this and other science/history articles usually come from the British press. Aside from the NYT science section on Tuesdays, the US press doesn’t have room for history older than last year or science beyond global warming hysteria.

Thank Zeus for the internet.


20 posted on 07/14/2007 1:15:26 PM PDT by gcruse (Let's strike Iran while it's hot.)
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Sounds like some people have to much money and time on their hands.


27 posted on 07/14/2007 4:22:38 PM PDT by fella ( newspapers used habitually to poison the public opinion)
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