Amelia Earhart's aircraft was a rock formation. (1 Viewer)

[SaparotRob]

Ahh...yeah, I missed that!

But then again, the BBC reported that there was a "magnificent display of Spitfire fighter jets" during the anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

They were beautiful. I loved the sonic boom the Hurricanes made.

 

[rochie]

Uhhh - turboprops use a 'jet' engine to drive props- but according to the article
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Taylan said that he and his team then saw two engines sticking out of the ground that were partially buried in soil, with only the tips of the propeller and engine mounts visible.

It was at this point that they noticed red paint on the wreckage. "Richard Bong's 'Marge' had red-painted wingtips, red-painted tail tips, and red-painted propeller spinners," Taylan said. " The team confirmed that it was the wreckage of Bong's plane when they saw a U.S. Army stencil with the last three digits of the plane's serial number, 993, on the wingtip. "

Where does it say it was a fighter jet they found ? or are you just trolling or using AI ??

Calm down, he is not having a go at your post, more the quality of journalism in some articles.

 

[SaparotRob]

Calm down, he is not having a go at your post, more the quality of journalism in some articles.

Agreed.

 

[special ed]

I always look for the author of articles such as these and try to imagine their experience level. For instance, did she graduate from any real school and where was she in her class and how did she get hired?

 

[MiTasol]

She almost certainly comes from a generation where every fighter is a jet. Lack of both real world experience and logical thinking.

 

[GrauGeist]

Many authors have gone to AI lately, too.

 

[SaparotRob]

I remember reading a puff piece in the New York Daily News about 20 years ago.
It was an article about the SkyTypers ( I think). They do sky writing over the local beaches and such. According to the article, they fly S&J trainers.

 

[nuuumannn]

They were beautiful. I loved the sonic boom the Hurricanes made.

They were actually Defiant jets, but apparently they get mistaken for Hurricane jets often, Misturr...

 

[SaparotRob]

They were actually Defiant jets, but apparently they get mistaken for Hurricane jets often, Misturr...

 

[MiTasol]

Many authors have gone to AI lately, too.

Which AI

Asinine intelligence​

Absolute insanity​

Alcoholic inebriation​

(others of your choice)​

I have yet to see one with the intelligence of a two year old.

 

[buffnut453]

AI? Isn't that when a blonde dyes her hair brunette?????

 

[SaparotRob]

 

[Merlin51h]

Keep in mind the quality-capability of long range triangulation at that time- plus the use of a then ' new' frequency range, etc combined with weather etc. But why not take a close look at the data presented and put it into modern gps aircraft computer systems available for private aircraft and determine the effects of a constant- near constant wind from the east during the whole time the plane could/was airborne at t˙e most probable speed. In addition check out who set up the radio system(s) involved and who was responsible for setting up howland island as a landing strip. interesting in that that info has never been mentioned at Tighar or a half dozen ' gotcha ' or conspiracy sites- yet with the improvement in search engines on the internet plus advances in excel and AI ability to more easily handle queries and solve multifactor - analysis problems I find it interesting that apparently noone has either done such or has yet to publish such. I'm not a pilot- but my crude analyis simply shows that one cannot exclude the 'crash site' west of LAE.. Were this a class on such the term would be
" proof is left to the student "

Suggest a close look- analysis be done using

Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10E Special, NR16020 | This Day in Aviation

look for manuf line number

https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Report_487/Report487.pdf

Note the author of report 487 who later ran the 'Skunk Works '

Just as a matter of interest, and I also am not a pilot, but I was able to work out that MH370 had crashed in the Indian Ocean just off the coast of Western Australia. This was done by 'simply' working back from where parts of the aircraft were discovered off the coast of Africa using the internet, the current maps of the oceans and the maximum range of the jet. However, as I suspect MH370 will not be found as a 'complete' aircraft as it would have disintegrated on impact. Unless Amelia's plane 'landed' on the ground, the chances of finding the remains are slimmer than finding MH370. There's my 2 cents.

 

[BEAR VMF257]

When did "jet fighters" become "fighter jets"?

As someone who grew up in the transition from props to jets the use of "Fighter Jet" just sounds so stupid.

"The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star is the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces."

"The F-14 is a two-seat, twin-engine jet fighter, also called the Tomcat, that was built from 1970 to 1992. It was designed in the 1960s with ..."

"The F/A-18 Super Hornet is a multi-role fighter jet that replaced the F-14 Tomcat in the US Navy in 1999."


Change might have come in the last 20 years or so

 

[GrauGeist]

I grew up in the transitional period between piston and jet engines and have heard both terms regularly both in the civil sector and military.

It seems to me that either way, it accurately describes the aircraft - unless it's a dumbass reporter commenting on WWII aircraft...