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* Heavy drinking a norm for pilots in the 1930s. | * Heavy drinking a norm for pilots in the 1930s. | ||
* The claim that "personnel | * The claim that "personnel unfitness" was a pre-arranged code between [[Earhart]] and [[Putnam]] cannot be substantiated. It may have been a typo for "personal," meaning that [[Earhart]] herself was feeling unwell; it may have been a reference to both [[Earhart]] and [[Noonan]] (exhaustion or some other malady); or, of course, it may refer to [[Noonan]] alone. The possibility that it might refer to drinking or a hangover cannot, of course, be eliminated by recognizing that there are other possible interpretations. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
Revision as of 17:16, 2 March 2010
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- Full name: Frederick Joseph Noonan.
- Born April 4, 1893; lost July 2, 1937; declared dead June 20, 1938.
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" was a pre-arranged code between Earhart and Putnam cannot be substantiated. It may have been a typo for "personal," meaning that Earhart herself was feeling unwell; it may have been a reference to both Earhart and Noonan (exhaustion or some other malady); or, of course, it may refer to Noonan alone. The possibility that it might refer to drinking or a hangover cannot, of course, be eliminated by recognizing that there are other possible interpretations.
Links
- Research paper on Noonan.
- Fred Noonan, Sea Captain.
- The Brines Letter--mentions Noonan's drinking.
- Wikipedia article.
- Letters to Helen Day during the final flight: