Randall S. Jacobson, Ph.D.

Randy has contributed a series of articles to TIGHAR that give a very well-rounded account of how we can understand what went wrong with the final flight. He is also a co-author of Amelia Earhart's Shoes.

• The American Equatorial and Phoenix Islands.
• The World Flight, First Attempt: Oakland to Honolulu--Preparations, Departure, Navigation en route.
• The World Flight, Second Attempt
  • Communications.
  • The Final Flight
    • Reconstructing the Flight.
    • Part1: Lae to Midpoint.
    • Part 2: Midpoint to the Vicinity of Howland.
    • Part 3: At Howland Island.
    • Part 4: The Aircraft Returns to Earth.
    • Monte Carlo Simulation of Flight
• The 1937 search for the lost aircraft
  • The First 24 hours.
  • The Itasca Search.
  • The Colorado Search.
  • The Lexington Search.
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