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* Full name: Frederick Joseph Noonan. | * Full name: Frederick Joseph Noonan. | ||
* Born April 4, 1893; lost July 2, 1937; declared dead June 20, 1938. | * Born April 4, 1893; lost July 2, 1937; declared dead June 20, 1938. | ||
== How did Noonan get involved in the World Flight? == | |||
A confidential [http://tighar.org/aw/mediawiki/images/a/a0/Putnam_to_Miller_re_Pan_Am_Nav.pdf letter from George P. Putnam to William T. Miller] on March 1, 1937, hinted that Putnam was not totally comfortable with the experience level of Capt. Harry Manning "in matters like this" (aerial navigation), and suggested that one of Pan Am's best practicing navigators be summoned to discuss the matter with him "to advantage". On March 12th it was announced that Noonan, who left Pan Am earlier in the year, would be joining the crew of the World Flight. | |||
== First round-the-world attempt == | |||
* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/prepdepart.html Manning and Noonan's navigation to Hawaii.] | |||
* [[Mantz]] was scheduled to leave the plane in Honolulu; '''Noonan''' at [[Howland Island]], and [[Manning]] in Darwin, Australia. | |||
== Was Noonan a drunkard? == | |||
* Claim first made in the 1960s? | |||
* Heavy drinking a norm for pilots in the 1930s. | |||
* The claim that [[Delayed in Lae|"personnel unfitness"]], a phrase from a telegram sent from [[Earhart]] to [[Putnam]] on June 29th, was a pre-arranged code between them has not been substantiated.<ref>Gore Vidal, for example, made this claim in the [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/earhart/transcript/1/ WGBH American Experience] show.</ref> | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/ResearchPapers/Noonan.html Research paper on Noonan.] | * [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Research/ResearchPapers/Noonan.html Research paper on Noonan.] | ||
* [http:// | * [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Research/Bulletins/09_Noonan/09_Noonan.html Fred Noonan, Sea Captain.] | ||
* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Brines_Letter/Brinesletter.html The Brines Letter]--mentions Noonan's drinking. | * [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Brines_Letter/Brinesletter.html The Brines Letter]--mentions Noonan's drinking. | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Noonan Wikipedia article.] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Noonan Wikipedia article.] | ||
* [https://sites.google.com/site/fredienoonan/resources/noonan-article/Noonan1936article.pdf?attredirects=0 "Finding Tiny Islands from Speeding Planes."] | |||
* Letters to Helen Day during the final flight: | |||
** [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/HelenDay/dayletters.htm Fortaleza] | |||
** [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/HelenDay/dayletters2.htm Karachi] | |||
** [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/HelenDay/dayletters3.htm Bandoeng] | |||
** [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/HelenDay/dayletters4.htm Koepang] | |||
== References == | |||
<references/> | |||
==Related articles== | |||
* [[Air Navigation: State of the Art in 1937]] | |||
[[Category:Final Flight|Noonan]] | |||
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[[Category:Biographical Data|Noonan]] | |||
Latest revision as of 16:25, 11 July 2012
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- Full name: Frederick Joseph Noonan.
- Born April 4, 1893; lost July 2, 1937; declared dead June 20, 1938.
How did Noonan get involved in the World Flight?
A confidential letter from George P. Putnam to William T. Miller on March 1, 1937, hinted that Putnam was not totally comfortable with the experience level of Capt. Harry Manning "in matters like this" (aerial navigation), and suggested that one of Pan Am's best practicing navigators be summoned to discuss the matter with him "to advantage". On March 12th it was announced that Noonan, who left Pan Am earlier in the year, would be joining the crew of the World Flight.
First round-the-world attempt
- Manning and Noonan's navigation to Hawaii.
- Mantz was scheduled to leave the plane in Honolulu; Noonan at Howland Island, and Manning in Darwin, Australia.
Was Noonan a drunkard?
- Claim first made in the 1960s?
- Heavy drinking a norm for pilots in the 1930s.
- The claim that "personnel unfitness", a phrase from a telegram sent from Earhart to Putnam on June 29th, was a pre-arranged code between them has not been substantiated.[1]
Links
- Research paper on Noonan.
- Fred Noonan, Sea Captain.
- The Brines Letter--mentions Noonan's drinking.
- Wikipedia article.
- "Finding Tiny Islands from Speeding Planes."
- Letters to Helen Day during the final flight:
References
- ↑ Gore Vidal, for example, made this claim in the WGBH American Experience show.