User contributions for Rickerjones
A user with 973 edits. Account created on 25 January 2009.
16 February 2013
- 18:1118:11, 16 February 2013 diff hist +499 Air Navigation: State of the Art in 1937 →The World Flight: add Weems to Earhart Letter current
- 17:5917:59, 16 February 2013 diff hist +295 Air Navigation: State of the Art in 1937 →The World Flight: add Putnam letter to Weems
- 17:4117:41, 16 February 2013 diff hist +420 m Air Navigation: State of the Art in 1937 →The World Flight: Add para on training
- 17:3017:30, 16 February 2013 diff hist +178 N File:Putnam Reply to Weems Courtesy National Air & Space Museum.jpg George Putnam's reply to Weems' offer of navigational and radio training. Courtesy Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History via National Air and Space Museum current
- 17:1617:16, 16 February 2013 diff hist +440 N File:Weems to Earhart Letter Courtesy National Air and Space Museum.jpg Commander PVH Weems offered to provide Earhart with celestial navigational and radio skills, including Morse code, which he felt was necessary for overwater flight. His May 14, 1937 letter was 5 days before Earhart’s Oakland departure on the second ... current
4 January 2013
5 October 2012
- 20:3720:37, 5 October 2012 diff hist +2 m Landing on a Reef: A Case Study →Flight of the Monospar Croydon ST-18 current
15 September 2012
- 18:1118:11, 15 September 2012 diff hist +341 Landing on the Reef? →Aerial photograph: add links current
14 September 2012
- 17:3717:37, 14 September 2012 diff hist +24 m Landing on a Reef: A Case Study →Links: add category
- 17:1417:14, 14 September 2012 diff hist +8 m Landing on a Reef: A Case Study →Air Accidents Committee’s Report
- 17:0817:08, 14 September 2012 diff hist +420 Landing on a Reef: A Case Study →Air Accidents Committee’s Report: Add liinks
- 16:5316:53, 14 September 2012 diff hist 0 Landing on a Reef: A Case Study →Rescue: adjust image
- 16:4916:49, 14 September 2012 diff hist +2 Landing on a Reef: A Case Study →Rescue: adjust image
- 16:4816:48, 14 September 2012 diff hist +2 Landing on a Reef: A Case Study →Landing On the Reef
- 01:4301:43, 14 September 2012 diff hist +258 N File:Proposed and Actual Track.jpg Proposed route from Darwin to Koepang, and the actual track of the Monospar Croydon after navigating with a faulty compass and erroneous night time DF bearings from Darwin. The aircraft landed on Seringapatam Reef 267 miles south of its intended destin... current
- 00:2400:24, 14 September 2012 diff hist +1 m Landing on a Reef: A Case Study →Rescue: add space
- 00:1900:19, 14 September 2012 diff hist +8 m Landing on a Reef: A Case Study →Rescue: clarify
- 00:0500:05, 14 September 2012 diff hist +6 m Landing on a Reef: A Case Study →Landing On the Reef: Photo Credit
13 September 2012
- 23:5823:58, 13 September 2012 diff hist +10,773 N Landing on a Reef: A Case Study New page on Monospar Croydon Landing on Seringapatam Reef in 1936
2 September 2012
- 20:4820:48, 2 September 2012 diff hist +259 N File:Proposed vs. Actual Track.jpg Proposed route from Darwin to Koepang, and the actual track of the Monospar Croydon after navigating with a faulty compass and erroneous night time DF bearings from Darwin. The aircraft landed on Seringapatam Reef 267 miles south of its intended destinat current
- 20:3620:36, 2 September 2012 diff hist +282 N File:Monospar Croydon on Seringapatam Reef (Courtesy Flightglobal).jpg The only General Aircraft Monospar Croydon ST-18 ever built is shown after landing on Seringapatam Reef in the Timor Sea. While taxiing to a higher dry area on the reef, the tail wheel yoke fractured on the rough coral, otherwise the plane was undamaged current
29 June 2012
- 16:1716:17, 29 June 2012 diff hist −14 m SS Norwich City →SS Trongate
- 16:1316:13, 29 June 2012 diff hist +35 m SS Norwich City →A Postscript: post new link
17 June 2012
- 20:3320:33, 17 June 2012 diff hist +1 m SS Norwich City →Norwich City’s Stranding on Gardner
- 20:3120:31, 17 June 2012 diff hist −5 m SS Norwich City →Norwich City’s Stranding on Gardner
- 03:1103:11, 17 June 2012 diff hist −52 SS Norwich City →SS Trongate: Replace discontinued link
- 02:3302:33, 17 June 2012 diff hist −1 m Norwich City Survivors' Shelter →What equipment and provisions were available to the Norwich City surviving crew members? current
16 June 2012
- 21:3821:38, 16 June 2012 diff hist −547 SS Norwich City →Provisions and Equipment Left at the Norwich City Survivor's Shelter: delete reference to board of trade mandated equipment.
- 21:0821:08, 16 June 2012 diff hist +1,272 SS Norwich City →Identification of the Norwich City: Update with photo of lifeboat with no name on it
- 20:0220:02, 16 June 2012 diff hist +4 m Norwich City Survivors' Shelter →What equipment and provisions were available to the Norwich City surviving crew members?
- 19:5719:57, 16 June 2012 diff hist −2 m Norwich City Survivors' Shelter →Where was the survivors’ shelter located?
- 19:5319:53, 16 June 2012 diff hist +1 m Norwich City Survivors' Shelter →What equipment and provisions were available to the Norwich City surviving crew members?
- 19:4919:49, 16 June 2012 diff hist −2 m Norwich City Survivors' Shelter →What equipment and provisions were available to the Norwich City surviving crew members?
- 19:4119:41, 16 June 2012 diff hist +122 Norwich City Survivors' Shelter →What equipment and provisions were available to the Norwich City surviving crew members?
- 18:3718:37, 16 June 2012 diff hist −13 m Norwich City Survivors' Shelter No edit summary
- 18:2518:25, 16 June 2012 diff hist −25 m Norwich City Survivors' Shelter No edit summary
- 17:4517:45, 16 June 2012 diff hist −1 m SS Norwich City →Norwich City’s Stranding on Gardner
28 May 2012
- 21:5021:50, 28 May 2012 diff hist +429 N File:Norwich City Port Lifeboat (Courtesy Vancouver City Archives).jpg This April 23, 1928 photo of the Norwich City following the Second Narrows Bridge collision offers a view of the port lifeboat. It does not appear to have the name of the mother vessel and port of registry painted on the bow a year before the grounding current
18 May 2012
19 March 2012
- 15:2515:25, 19 March 2012 diff hist +77 Pocket knife Add link for number convention used by Catterougus current
27 January 2012
- 18:4718:47, 27 January 2012 diff hist +428 SS Norwich City →Norwich City’s Stranding on Gardner: Add information of SS Lavington Court.
29 December 2011
- 17:3517:35, 29 December 2011 diff hist +89 SS Norwich City →Norwich City’s Stranding on Gardner: Update Tongate's Involvement in Apia
27 November 2011
- 22:3422:34, 27 November 2011 diff hist +68 Norwich City Survivors' Shelter →Where was the survivors’ shelter located?
- 22:2722:27, 27 November 2011 diff hist +64 File:Norwich City Lifeboat 1938 (Wigram AFB Archives)).jpg include length and weight in description. current
24 October 2011
- 21:1321:13, 24 October 2011 diff hist +3 m Air Navigation: State of the Art in 1937 →The World Flight
- 20:2920:29, 24 October 2011 diff hist −3 m Air Navigation: State of the Art in 1937 →Aerial navigation of WW I
- 20:2120:21, 24 October 2011 diff hist +3 m Air Navigation: State of the Art in 1937 →Balloon navigation
- 20:0820:08, 24 October 2011 diff hist +11 m Air Navigation: State of the Art in 1937 No edit summary
18 September 2011
- 23:2323:23, 18 September 2011 diff hist −1 m Captain Harry Manning →Earhart’s World Flight navigator
11 September 2011
- 16:0116:01, 11 September 2011 diff hist +241 N File:WE 631B Mic Ref (Courtesy Bob Paquette Microphone Museum)-.bmp A 3x5 card with reference data on the Western Electric 631A and 631B microphones. A set of reference cards were maintained by repair facilities for Western Electric microphones and related equipment. (Courtesy Bob Paquette Microphone Museum) current