"We are on the line 157 337"
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.
Why were Earhart and Noonan were flying on those compass headings? The most likely answer is that Noonan had calculated a line of position at sunrise.
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