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Amelia Earhart Search Forum => General discussion => Topic started by: Bill Richards on August 11, 2013, 03:59:34 PM
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Hi
I've been lurking on this forum for some time and today I was compelled to post a video that I stumbled across on youtube. It is a video of a round-the-world flight in 66 hours by a Lufthansa MD-11F and at apx. the 12:20 mark the co-pilot is seen taking a picture of an atoll as they are en route to New Zealand. I was immediately struck by the similarity of Nikumaroro. Is it the same island? I may be wrong but I thought an interesting coincidence. Here's the video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh5U-w_9NuI
Bill Richards
TIGHAR #4270
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No doubt about it! That's our Niku at 12:29 into the video. . BEAUTIFUL!
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Thanks for the confirmation Ric. Obviously I've lurked enough to recognize Niku :-)
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Nice :)
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wow, it looks pretty from the air - the blue lagoon in the center stands out so much.
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the blue lagoon in the center stands out so much.
That's the first thing you see when you're flying - the color of the lagoon. It's one reason why Niku would be so much easier to see than Howland which has no lagoon.
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Wow, nice catch by the new guy! :)
Such a beautiful place from above, yet so inhospitable on the ground.
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Wow! Nice! I like it!
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Nice catch! Beautiful!
Is this what it may have looked like to Amelia and Fred? How high up would you estimate this guy was compared to how high Amelia could fly?
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How high up would you estimate this guy was compared to how high Amelia could fly?
My guess is that the jet was flying at about 10,000 ft - surprisingly low. AE could fly that high but I'd be surprised if they were up there when they spotted Gardner. They were down at 1,000 feet trying to find Howland. A climb back up to 10,000 would be very expensive fuel-wise.
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Interesting. Thanks, Ric!
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Beautiful! Thank you, Bill :)