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[[File:Compact-mirror.png|thumb|2-8-S-1 and 2-6-S-18]] | [[File:Compact-mirror.png|thumb|2-8-S-1 and 2-6-S-18]] | ||
[[File:Mondaineopen.jpg|thumb|<div align="center">Mondaine compact purchased from e-bay.</div>]] | |||
* A small, thin shard of flat glass with a beveled edge found in 2007 during [[Niku V]]. | * A small, thin shard of flat glass with a beveled edge found in 2007 during [[Niku V]]. | ||
* Fits with [[2-6-S-18]]. | * Fits with [[2-6-S-18]]. | ||
"Tall and slight, with sun-tanned complexion, tousled hair, and a ready smile, [[Mrs. Putnam]] was dressed in long brown slacks and an open-necked checked shirt. Her navigator, Captain Fred J. Noonan, began to move from the cockpit of the machine--'the flying laboratory'--as the engines were shut off. But Mrs. Putnam pulled him back. Then, nonchalantly producing a puff, she powdered her nose before stepping out of the cockpit to wave cheerily to the crowd. Her slide down the wing to the ground followed"[http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11075420?searchTerm=Mrs+Putnam+Darwin] | From a newspaper account of [[AE|Earhart's]] arrival in Darwin, 29 June 1937: "Tall and slight, with sun-tanned complexion, tousled hair, and a ready smile, [[Mrs. Putnam]] was dressed in long brown slacks and an open-necked checked shirt. Her navigator, Captain Fred J. Noonan, began to move from the cockpit of the machine--'the flying laboratory'--as the engines were shut off. But Mrs. Putnam pulled him back. Then, nonchalantly producing a puff, she powdered her nose before stepping out of the cockpit to wave cheerily to the crowd. Her slide down the wing to the ground followed"[http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11075420?searchTerm=Mrs+Putnam+Darwin] | ||
It appears that [[Earhart]] was still carrying a compact at this point in the [[Second attempt|World Flight]]. | It appears that [[Earhart]] was still carrying a compact at this point in the [[Second attempt|World Flight]]--four days before the [[fatal flight|takeoff from Lae]] on 2 July 1937. | ||
== Related material == | == Related material == | ||
* [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/2008Vol_24/0308.pdf "So Many Projects, So Much to Report," TIGHAR Tracks, 24:1.] | |||
* [[Deterioration of a Mirror's Silvering|"Mirror, Mirror, on the Site: How Long Does It Take to Dim Your Light?"]] | |||
* [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Expeditions/NikuV/Analysis_and_Reports/Compact/NikuVanalysismetalfrag.html Niku V Analysis.] | |||
* [http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/earhart&CISOPTR=33&CISOBOX=1&REC=4 Compact belonging to Earhart in Purdue Collection.] | |||
[[Category:Artifacts]] | [[Category:Artifacts]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:28, 4 May 2011
Mondaine compact purchased from e-bay.
- A small, thin shard of flat glass with a beveled edge found in 2007 during Niku V.
- Fits with 2-6-S-18.
From a newspaper account of Earhart's arrival in Darwin, 29 June 1937: "Tall and slight, with sun-tanned complexion, tousled hair, and a ready smile, Mrs. Putnam was dressed in long brown slacks and an open-necked checked shirt. Her navigator, Captain Fred J. Noonan, began to move from the cockpit of the machine--'the flying laboratory'--as the engines were shut off. But Mrs. Putnam pulled him back. Then, nonchalantly producing a puff, she powdered her nose before stepping out of the cockpit to wave cheerily to the crowd. Her slide down the wing to the ground followed"[1]
It appears that Earhart was still carrying a compact at this point in the World Flight--four days before the takeoff from Lae on 2 July 1937.