User contributions for Rickerjones

13 August 2011

• 15:3015:30, 13 August 2011 diff hist +5‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Manning’s last flight
• 15:0715:07, 13 August 2011 diff hist −4‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎World War II era

4 July 2011

• 14:2214:22, 4 July 2011 diff hist +3‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Retirement years
• 14:1714:17, 4 July 2011 diff hist 0‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Commodore of the Fleet
• 14:1414:14, 4 July 2011 diff hist −5‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎World War II era
• 13:4513:45, 4 July 2011 diff hist +2‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Career disappointments

3 July 2011

• 13:0713:07, 3 July 2011 diff hist 0‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎World War II era
• 12:2812:28, 3 July 2011 diff hist +48‎ Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Earhart’s World Flight navigator: add requirement for visa statement
• 11:3511:35, 3 July 2011 diff hist 0‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ exchange location of two images of Manning

26 June 2011

• 22:0222:02, 26 June 2011 diff hist +1‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Retirement years
• 21:5021:50, 26 June 2011 diff hist +1‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Earhart’s World Flight navigator

15 June 2011

• 12:5712:57, 15 June 2011 diff hist −3‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Earhart’s World Flight navigator: minor wording change nav position

14 June 2011

• 21:4121:41, 14 June 2011 diff hist +345‎ Radio equipment on NR16020 ‎ →‎Design: add image
• 21:3221:32, 14 June 2011 diff hist +226‎ N File:WE 631B Microphone(Courtesy, NWA History Centre, Inc.).jpg ‎ Earhart's Electra was equipped with two Western Electric 631B microphones, as listed in the Luke Field inventory. The WE 631B was a carbon button microphone used with the WE 13C transmitter.(Courtesy: NWA History Centre, Inc.) current

13 June 2011

• 15:2615:26, 13 June 2011 diff hist +209‎ N File:WE 631b Microphone (Courtesy, NWA History Centre, Inc.) back.JPG ‎ The back side of the Western Electric Model 631b microphone which was used by Northwest Airlines. Earhart's Electra was equipped with the same model carbon type microphone. (Courtesy: NWA History Centre, Inc.) current
• 15:1715:17, 13 June 2011 diff hist +315‎ N File:WE 631b Microphone (Courtesy, NWA History Centre, Inc.).JPG ‎ Two Western Electric Model 631b microphones were listed on the Luke Field inventory of Earhart's Electra. Northwest Airlines also used the WE 631b,a carbon type microphone. The NWA History Centre, Inc provided TIGHAR with photographs of the NWA micropho current

9 June 2011

• 22:2722:27, 9 June 2011 diff hist +12‎ Captain Harry Manning ‎No edit summary
• 21:5221:52, 9 June 2011 diff hist +16‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Earhart’s World Flight navigator: add links

8 June 2011

• 14:0214:02, 8 June 2011 diff hist +5‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎World War II era

7 June 2011

• 21:3721:37, 7 June 2011 diff hist +6‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎The “Habitual Hero”: Add "then" to sentence
• 21:0321:03, 7 June 2011 diff hist +6‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎The “Habitual Hero”

5 June 2011

• 19:5719:57, 5 June 2011 diff hist +1‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Earhart’s World Flight navigator

4 June 2011

• 21:0921:09, 4 June 2011 diff hist +3‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Earhart’s World Flight navigator
• 21:0421:04, 4 June 2011 diff hist +2‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Earhart’s World Flight navigator
• 15:5115:51, 4 June 2011 diff hist +262‎ Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Young Harry Manning: Add image boyhood home
• 15:3515:35, 4 June 2011 diff hist +141‎ N File:362 Riverside Drive, Manhattan where Manning grew up.jpg ‎ Manning's childhood home at 362 Riverside Drive, now called the Carlton Arms serves as student housing for Columbia University (Google Earth) current
• 15:1115:11, 4 June 2011 diff hist +710‎ Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Commodore of the Fleet: Add images Manning at Radar, United State and America ships
• 14:5714:57, 4 June 2011 diff hist +1,164‎ Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎Earhart’s World Flight navigator: Add images, Putnam letter, Noonan Octant receipt
• 14:0014:00, 4 June 2011 diff hist +316‎ Captain Harry Manning ‎ →‎The “Habitual Hero”: Add image of awards
• 13:5113:51, 4 June 2011 diff hist +288‎ Captain Harry Manning ‎ Add image Harry Manning
• 13:3413:34, 4 June 2011 diff hist +8,700‎ Captain Harry Manning ‎ Add part two Harry Manning Biography
• 01:2601:26, 4 June 2011 diff hist −12‎ m Captain Harry Manning ‎ Minor edits, italics, cleanup

3 June 2011

• 23:4723:47, 3 June 2011 diff hist +20,434‎ Captain Harry Manning ‎ Draft Harry Manning Biography
• 12:3612:36, 3 June 2011 diff hist +161‎ N File:Clarence Leonard (Kelly) Johnson testing a single tail version of the Lockheed Electra 10.jpg ‎ Clarence (Kelly) Johnson testing a single vertical stabilizer version of the Lockheed Electra 10 at the University of Michigan's wind tunnel. (Wikimedia Commons) current

2 June 2011

• 21:4321:43, 2 June 2011 diff hist +259‎ N File:S.S. United States and S. S. America (U.S. Navy Photo).jpg ‎ The S S United States (background) and S S America (foreground) pass in New York Harbor. Harry Manning was Captain of the "Big U" in 1952 when it captured the Blue Riband for setting both the Eastbound and Westbound Atlantic speed records. (U.S. Navy Ph current
• 21:2921:29, 2 June 2011 diff hist +200‎ N File:Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Harry Manning and Fred Noonan, Oakland, California, 17 March 1937 (Wikimedia Commons).jpg ‎ Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Harry Manning and Fred Noonan (L to R) on March 17, 1937 in Oakland California prior to their departure to Honolulu on the World Flight's first attempt. (Wikimedia Commons) current

27 May 2011

• 14:1414:14, 27 May 2011 diff hist +205‎ N File:Harry Manning's Award for SS Florida Rescue.jpg ‎ Medals and awards presented to Captain Harry Manning for his part in the heroic rescue of the 32 man crew of the Italian vessel Florida on January 23, 1929.(Courtesy: Hermann Historica Auctioneers, Munich) current

21 May 2011

• 00:2800:28, 21 May 2011 diff hist +159‎ N File:Captain Harry Manning at the radar of the SS America's chart room in 1946© 1998-2010 Smithsonian Institution.jpg ‎ Captain Harry Manning, Master of the SS America in 1946 is viewing the radar in the ship's chart room.© 1998-2010 Smithsonian Institution (used by permission) current

20 May 2011

• 23:3423:34, 20 May 2011 diff hist +199‎ N File:Commodore Harry Manning.gif ‎ Harry Manning was named Commodore of the United States Lines fleet and assumed duties as the Captain of the flagship SS America in September, 1946.(Courtesy of The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA) current

10 May 2011

• 20:2520:25, 10 May 2011 diff hist +44‎ Air Navigation: State of the Art in 1937 ‎ →‎The World Flight: clarification
• 14:0914:09, 10 May 2011 diff hist +310‎ N File:Noonan Octant Receipt.jpg ‎ Harry Manning's receipt from Fred Noonan for U.S. Navy Pioneer Octant number 12-36 dated March 20, 1937, the date of the Luke Field take-off accident, and written Matson Line note paper. Noonan was to return the octant Manning signed for from the Navy u current

30 April 2011

• 23:2023:20, 30 April 2011 diff hist +269‎ N File:GPP to WT Miller 3-1-37 re Pan Am Nav.jpg ‎ George Putnam appears to be less than comfortable with Harry Manning's expertise as an aerial navigator in this 3-1-37 letter written just days before the first attempt. In it, he suggests that "Manning may be able to talk to practicing Pan Am navigators current

1 April 2011

• 16:1116:11, 1 April 2011 diff hist +270‎ N File:GPP to WT Miller 3-1-37 re Pan Am Nav.pdf ‎ George Putnam appears to be less than comfortable with Harry Manning's expertise as an aerial navigator in this 3-1-37 letter written just days before the first attempt. In it, he suggests that "Manning may be able to talk to practicing Pan Am navigators current

20 March 2011

• 20:2020:20, 20 March 2011 diff hist +66‎ SS Norwich City ‎ →‎Identification of the Norwich City: add linkt to report

19 March 2011

• 18:4218:42, 19 March 2011 diff hist +7‎ m SS Norwich City ‎ →‎Identification of the Norwich City: add page no.
• 17:5917:59, 19 March 2011 diff hist +2,245‎ SS Norwich City ‎ →‎Identification of the Norwich City: Add additional information from Bushnell Employment Report

7 March 2011

• 17:5017:50, 7 March 2011 diff hist +69‎ Previous around-the-world flights ‎ →‎Links: add link to Air Navigation
• 17:4917:49, 7 March 2011 diff hist +48‎ "We are on the line 157 337" ‎ →‎Related material: add link to Air Navigation
• 17:4617:46, 7 March 2011 diff hist +69‎ Sextant box found on Nikumaroro ‎ →‎References: Add link to Air Navigation
• 17:4517:45, 7 March 2011 diff hist +69‎ Anne Holtgren Pellegrino ‎ Add link to Air Navigation current