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* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight3.html At Howland Island: 1415GMT to 1930GMT.] | * [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight3.html At Howland Island: 1415GMT to 1930GMT.] | ||
* [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight4.html The Airplane Returns to Earth.] | * [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight4.html The Airplane Returns to Earth.] | ||
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Revision as of 20:38, 6 October 2009
These are the last words received from Earhart and Noonon at 2013 GMT. This is a photostat of the entry in the "rough log" preserved by Leo G. Bellarts.
The crucial information here is: "We are on the line 157 337. Will repeat the message. We will repeat this on 6210 kcs. Wait."
Earhart indicates here that she is switching from her nighttime frequency (3105 kcs) to her daytime frequency (6210 kcs). No further messages were received from the aircraft.
Why were Earhart and Noonan were flying on the compass headings of 157 degrees and 337 degrees? The most likely answer is that Noonan had calculated a line of position at sunrise.
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