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On msn there is a news headline that caught my eye, until I noticed that the source was our old friends at TIGHAR, which I think stands for something like. "The Int Group for Endless Humorous and Amusing Aviation Tall Tales".
The body of the report says they found a piece of aluminum skin on Nikomuro Island which therefore must have been from her plane.
You got to admire their persistence.
Here is a more informative article.
Of all of the pieces to "find" what are the odds that they'd find the ONE that is from an undocumented field repair?
And what happened to all of the rivets? Did Fred and Amelia get bored and drill them out while practicing to take their A&P practical tests if they ever got off the island?
I ain't buyin...
For that matter, if the "field repair" was replacing a plexiglas window with a sheet of aluminum, why does the aluminum have rows of rivet holes across it? If there had been a window there, seems like there wouldn't have been any structure across the middle of the window to rivet to....Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle Boatright
Ron Wanttaja
Has there been many aluminum airplanes wrecked in the S. Pacific since 1937? ........Oh wait a minute....... :)
OMG! They found this part in 1991 and just now figured out it was from Amelia's airplane? What a coincidence!
Everytime they run low on funds, they announce another hot lead that proves they now know exactly where the plane is. It hasn't panned out the last three times they had figured it out for sure.
While I believe there is justification and merit for all the satire and skepticism expressed here and in other publications and news items over the years, I also believe that one of the greatest mysteries of all time will be solved in my lifetime. I figure that to mean in the next 25-30 years.
Only reason I could see for row of rivets across the middle would be if a stiffener was installed behind it for more support. But then this begs the question, why was that particular piece ripped off the plane? I could think of easier places to get metal from than having to drill out a bunch of rivets.Quote:
Originally Posted by rwanttaja
I'm sticking with my theory the plane was found by Gilligan and the castaways.
If they find her she's gonna be 117 years old when they do.
There's a pilot Judy Rice who started an around the world trip at Sun 'n' Fun this year. She introduced me to her "navigator" Fred. I quickly interjected "Noonan?" They didn't find that funny.
Judy hasn't yet made it around the world but at least we know where she is. If Amelia only had facebook...