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| 13:30, 16 February 2013 | Putnam Reply to Weems Courtesy National Air & Space Museum.jpg (file) |  |
120 KB | George Putnam's reply to Weems' offer of navigational and radio training. Courtesy Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History via National Air and Space Museum | 1 |
| 13:16, 16 February 2013 | Weems to Earhart Letter Courtesy National Air and Space Museum.jpg (file) |  |
151 KB | Commander PVH Weems offered to provide Earhart with celestial navigational and radio skills, including Morse code, which he felt was necessary for overwater flight. His May 14, 1937 letter was 5 days before Earhart’s Oakland departure on the second ... | 1 |
| 21:43, 13 September 2012 | Proposed and Actual Track.jpg (file) |  |
128 KB | Proposed route from Darwin to Koepang, and the actual track of the Monospar Croydon after navigating with a faulty compass and erroneous night time DF bearings from Darwin. The aircraft landed on Seringapatam Reef 267 miles south of its intended destin... | 1 |
| 16:48, 2 September 2012 | Proposed vs. Actual Track.jpg (file) |  |
128 KB | Proposed route from Darwin to Koepang, and the actual track of the Monospar Croydon after navigating with a faulty compass and erroneous night time DF bearings from Darwin. The aircraft landed on Seringapatam Reef 267 miles south of its intended destinat | 1 |
| 16:36, 2 September 2012 | Monospar Croydon on Seringapatam Reef (Courtesy Flightglobal).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
218 KB | The only General Aircraft Monospar Croydon ST-18 ever built is shown after landing on Seringapatam Reef in the Timor Sea. While taxiing to a higher dry area on the reef, the tail wheel yoke fractured on the rough coral, otherwise the plane was undamaged | 1 |
| 17:50, 28 May 2012 | Norwich City Port Lifeboat (Courtesy Vancouver City Archives).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
134 KB | This April 23, 1928 photo of the Norwich City following the Second Narrows Bridge collision offers a view of the port lifeboat. It does not appear to have the name of the mother vessel and port of registry painted on the bow a year before the grounding | 1 |
| 12:01, 11 September 2011 | WE 631B Mic Ref (Courtesy Bob Paquette Microphone Museum)-.bmp (file) | -.bmp) |
1.8 MB | A 3x5 card with reference data on the Western Electric 631A and 631B microphones. A set of reference cards were maintained by repair facilities for Western Electric microphones and related equipment. (Courtesy Bob Paquette Microphone Museum) | 1 |
| 17:32, 14 June 2011 | WE 631B Microphone(Courtesy, NWA History Centre, Inc.).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
211 KB | Earhart's Electra was equipped with two Western Electric 631B microphones, as listed in the Luke Field inventory. The WE 631B was a carbon button microphone used with the WE 13C transmitter.(Courtesy: NWA History Centre, Inc.) | 1 |
| 11:26, 13 June 2011 | WE 631b Microphone (Courtesy, NWA History Centre, Inc.) back.JPG (file) | _back.JPG) |
138 KB | The back side of the Western Electric Model 631b microphone which was used by Northwest Airlines. Earhart's Electra was equipped with the same model carbon type microphone. (Courtesy: NWA History Centre, Inc.) | 1 |
| 11:17, 13 June 2011 | WE 631b Microphone (Courtesy, NWA History Centre, Inc.).JPG (file) | .JPG) |
118 KB | Two Western Electric Model 631b microphones were listed on the Luke Field inventory of Earhart's Electra. Northwest Airlines also used the WE 631b,a carbon type microphone. The NWA History Centre, Inc provided TIGHAR with photographs of the NWA micropho | 1 |
| 11:35, 4 June 2011 | 362 Riverside Drive, Manhattan where Manning grew up.jpg (file) |  |
154 KB | Manning's childhood home at 362 Riverside Drive, now called the Carlton Arms serves as student housing for Columbia University (Google Earth) | 1 |
| 08:36, 3 June 2011 | Clarence Leonard (Kelly) Johnson testing a single tail version of the Lockheed Electra 10.jpg (file) | _Johnson_testing_a_single_tail_version_of_the_Lockheed_Electra_10.jpg) |
8 KB | Clarence (Kelly) Johnson testing a single vertical stabilizer version of the Lockheed Electra 10 at the University of Michigan's wind tunnel. (Wikimedia Commons) | 1 |
| 17:43, 2 June 2011 | S.S. United States and S. S. America (U.S. Navy Photo).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
129 KB | The S S United States (background) and S S America (foreground) pass in New York Harbor. Harry Manning was Captain of the "Big U" in 1952 when it captured the Blue Riband for setting both the Eastbound and Westbound Atlantic speed records. (U.S. Navy Ph | 1 |
| 17:29, 2 June 2011 | Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Harry Manning and Fred Noonan, Oakland, California, 17 March 1937 (Wikimedia Commons).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
41 KB | Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Harry Manning and Fred Noonan (L to R) on March 17, 1937 in Oakland California prior to their departure to Honolulu on the World Flight's first attempt. (Wikimedia Commons) | 1 |
| 10:14, 27 May 2011 | Harry Manning's Award for SS Florida Rescue.jpg (file) |  |
45 KB | Medals and awards presented to Captain Harry Manning for his part in the heroic rescue of the 32 man crew of the Italian vessel Florida on January 23, 1929.(Courtesy: Hermann Historica Auctioneers, Munich) | 1 |
| 20:28, 20 May 2011 | Captain Harry Manning at the radar of the SS America's chart room in 1946© 1998-2010 Smithsonian Institution.jpg (file) |  |
32 KB | Captain Harry Manning, Master of the SS America in 1946 is viewing the radar in the ship's chart room.© 1998-2010 Smithsonian Institution (used by permission) | 1 |
| 19:34, 20 May 2011 | Commodore Harry Manning.gif (file) |  |
21 KB | Harry Manning was named Commodore of the United States Lines fleet and assumed duties as the Captain of the flagship SS America in September, 1946.(Courtesy of The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA) | 1 |
| 10:09, 10 May 2011 | Noonan Octant Receipt.jpg (file) |  |
68 KB | Harry Manning's receipt from Fred Noonan for U.S. Navy Pioneer Octant number 12-36 dated March 20, 1937, the date of the Luke Field take-off accident, and written Matson Line note paper. Noonan was to return the octant Manning signed for from the Navy u | 1 |
| 19:20, 30 April 2011 | GPP to WT Miller 3-1-37 re Pan Am Nav.jpg (file) |  |
1,023 KB | George Putnam appears to be less than comfortable with Harry Manning's expertise as an aerial navigator in this 3-1-37 letter written just days before the first attempt. In it, he suggests that "Manning may be able to talk to practicing Pan Am navigators | 1 |
| 12:11, 1 April 2011 | GPP to WT Miller 3-1-37 re Pan Am Nav.pdf (file) |  |
1.09 MB | George Putnam appears to be less than comfortable with Harry Manning's expertise as an aerial navigator in this 3-1-37 letter written just days before the first attempt. In it, he suggests that "Manning may be able to talk to practicing Pan Am navigators | 1 |
| 00:36, 5 December 2010 | Sperry GyroPilot Automatic Pilot.jpg (file) |  |
443 KB | Sperry GyroPilot Automatic Pilot cockpit control unit. The gyroscopic stabilized autopilot improved the accuracy of sextant observations by reducing acceleration errors in the bubble chamber from aircraft axes movements. ((c)Tighar) | 1 |
| 20:07, 2 December 2010 | Dalton MK VII DR computer ca.jpg (file) |  |
77 KB | The Dalton Mk VII dead reckoning computer ca. 1935. Noonan's letter to P.V.H. Weems stated he used this model while flying the Pacific survey flights. (Used by permission.) | 1 |
| 19:53, 1 December 2010 | Potting Sheet Example.bmp (file) |  |
900 KB | An example of a plotting sheet devoid of geographic features. Used off-shore, the navigator must assign the longitude (and in this example the latitude also) for the area he is traversing. The VP-3 and VP-4 used by Noonan while with Pan Am were similar. ( | 1 |
| 18:02, 30 November 2010 | Pioneer Mark III Octant Patent.jpg (file) |  |
454 KB | Carbonara's 1934 patent of the Pioneer Mk III octant similar to the one used on the first attempt of the World Flight. The bubble chamber of this octant was difficult to adjust and the averager,which provided a mean of several observations over a few min | 1 |
| 17:24, 30 November 2010 | Nautical Almanac 2 Jul 37.jpg (file) |  |
362 KB | This page of the 1937 American Nautical Almanac includes data for 2 July 1937. The Luke Field inventory listed two copies of this edition of the Nautical Almanac carried on board during the first attempt of the World Flight. (TIGHAR photo) | 1 |
| 17:10, 30 November 2010 | M-130 Clipper Nav Station.jpg (file) |  |
98 KB | The navigator's station on the M-130 Pan Am Clipper is shown with Flight Engineer Vic Wright. What may be Noonan's "preventer" in a Brandis sextant box is on the shelf above the chart table. (Used by permission) | 1 |
| 17:01, 30 November 2010 | Gatty-Weems Speed & Drift Indicator Patent.jpg (file) |  |
260 KB | Harold Gatty and P.V.H. Weems collaborated on the "Speed and Drift Indicator" patented in 1934. Both men had numerous inventions relating to air navigation. | 1 |
| 16:43, 30 November 2010 | Electra Navigator's Station.jpg (file) |  |
1.46 MB | The Electra's navigator's station was in the aft cabin behind the fuel tanks. Communication with the pilot was by written notes passed with a bamboo stick. ((c)William F. Harney,2006,(c)TIGHAR,2009) | 1 |
| 16:31, 30 November 2010 | Dreisonstok Reduction Tables & Nautical Almanac.jpg (file) |  |
1.29 MB | Dreisonstok's sight reduction tables and the 1937 Nautical Almanac like those used by Noonan on the second attempt of the World Flight. The Dreisonstok tables were very compact, but required more arithmetical operations than some other available methods. | 1 |
| 16:20, 30 November 2010 | Ceramic Drift Bomb.jpg (file) |  |
33 KB | Ceramic or glass drift bombs were filled with aluminum or bronze flakes and dropped over water during daylight, breaking on impact. The metal particles would spread to form a bright reflection which the navigator could follow with the drift sight. (Used b | 1 |
| 18:00, 29 November 2010 | MK IIB Pelorus Drift Sight.jpg (file) |  |
34 KB | A Mark IIB pelorus drift sight like that installed on the Earhart Lockheed Electra 10E for the World Flight. A U.S. Army inventory made following the Luke Field accident included this type drift sight and an extra base, plausibly for mounting the drift si | 1 |
| 17:56, 29 November 2010 | MK II B Pelorus Drift Sight.jpg (file) |  |
34 KB | enhanced and background change | 2 |
| 14:38, 2 October 2010 | Lifeboat diagram showing buoyancy tank location.jpg (file) |  |
230 KB | The location of buoyancy tanks (air tanks) like those seen in the 1938 Norwich City shelter photo are shown in this lifeboat diagram. The tanks were shaped to fit the hull of the lifeboat. (Used by permission) | 1 |
| 10:58, 2 October 2010 | Lifeboat ration tank (brass).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
34 KB | Provision tanks like this watertight brass canister were carried aboard lifeboats. One of the tanks pictured near the center of the 1938 shelter photo may have been such a provision tank. (Used with permission) | 1 |
| 08:58, 2 October 2010 | Lifeboat Compass (Courtesy nauticalartifacts.com ).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
11 KB | This lifeboat compass may be similar to what we see in the 1938 photo of the survivors' shelter. (Courtesy, nauticalartifacts.com) | 1 |
| 14:32, 30 September 2010 | Sea anchor with iron ring.bmp (file) |  |
92 KB | Conical sea anchor similar to one in the 1938 NZ Pacific Aviation Survey photo which had deteriorated. Note the iron ring at the large end which is also still visible in the photo. (Courtesy of www.globalsecurity.org) | 1 |
| 10:45, 30 September 2010 | Wooden Cask (TIGHAR photo by Andrew McKenna).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
119 KB | Small wooden cask with a stopper on a chain similar to the water "breaker" pictured in the Norwich City's survivors' shelter. (TIGHAR photo by Andrew McKenna) | 1 |
| 17:33, 26 September 2010 | Wind diagram on NZ Survey countour map with North orientation.jpg (file) |  |
163 KB | New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey contour map of Gardner Island with a wind diagram of Dec 1938-Jan 1939 data. Winds depicted are 1-16 mph and 17-32 mph. Calm:Nil Rain: Nil The map has been rotated so that North is at the top.(Courtesy , Wigram Air Forc | 1 |
| 16:54, 26 September 2010 | Norwich City survivor's camp in 1938.jpg (file) |  |
566 KB | Norwich City survivors' camp photographed by the New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey Expedition still showing identifiable equipment. (Courtesy, Wigram Air Force Base Archives, RNZAF) | 1 |
| 14:06, 10 August 2010 | Putnam to Miller re Pan Am Nav.pdf (file) | |
3.69 MB | This letter from George P. Putnam to William T. Miller hints that the Putnams were uneasy with the aeronautical navigational experience level of Capt. Harry Manning, and were exploring alternatives. (courtesy of the John W. Davidson, Jr. family) | 1 |
| 14:44, 30 May 2010 | Floyd Kilts.jpg (file) |  |
160 KB | Floyd Kilts | 1 |
| 16:16, 27 April 2010 | Norwich City Yardbook 792 p1.JPG (file) |  |
331 KB | Page 1 of the yardbook for yard-number 792, the Normanby, later renamed Norwich City. | 1 |
| 14:19, 17 April 2010 | MarchOfTime July 8, 1937.pdf (file) | |
675 KB | The March of Time script for July 8, 1937 re: Search for Amelia Earhart | 1 |
| 11:32, 15 April 2010 | WT Miller Chronological Files Index Rev 1.pdf (file) | |
102 KB | with minor corrections | 1 |
| 12:32, 9 April 2010 | WT Miller Chronological Files Index.pdf (file) | |
102 KB | Index for William T. Miller Chronological Papers PDF | 1 |
| 19:05, 22 July 2009 | Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington Refueling Off Lahaina, Maui (Courtesy Hawai Aviation, used with permission.).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
278 KB | Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington refueling off Lahaina, Maui,in this photo taken June 1, 1935. (Courtesy Hawaii Aviation, used with permission.) | 1 |
| 11:14, 5 July 2009 | Benedictine Bottle ca 1930's (Courtesy Oxygenee, Ltd.).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
105 KB | Benedictine D.O.M., ca 1930's, with its characteristic bottle shape. It is most likely representative of the bottle found on Gardner Island. (Courtesy: Oxygenee, Ltd.) | 1 |
| 11:04, 5 June 2009 | Norwich City KAP (TIGHAR Photo) 3.jpg (file) | _3.jpg) |
1,013 KB | Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) of the Norwich City Debris Field in July 2007. (TIGHAR Photo) | 1 |
| 17:54, 30 May 2009 | March of Time Script 8 July 1937.jpg (file) |  |
135 KB | March of Time script for July 8, 1937. This program was broadcast on CBS less than a week after Earhart disappeared. (Courtesy: Time, Inc.) | 1 |
| 12:03, 22 May 2009 | Tower Radio Article on March of Time.jpg (file) |  |
176 KB | Tom Carskadon cronicles the production of March of Time from conception to the airing in this January 1935 issue of Tower Radio. It can be found on the University of Virginia Xroads web page [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA04/wood/mot/html/life/towerradio. | 1 |
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