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by Tom Maxwell
Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:49 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

Before leaving Lae, PNG,  Amelia and Fred knew they would need radio guidance once the flight approached Howland Island. The radio and telegram messages sent to the Itasca by the Amelia/Putnam team, while initially confusing,  detailed the required frequency and timing of the homing beacon. Both und...
by Tom Maxwell
Thu Sep 23, 2021 1:11 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

The flight was on course. What went wrong. Two things: (1) The Itasca never transmitted a low frequency homing beacon for the flight. (2) There was something wrong with Itasca transmission on the communications 3105 Kc voice channel. Before leaving Lae, PNG,  Amelia and Fred knew they would need rad...
by Tom Maxwell
Wed Sep 15, 2021 1:21 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

The flight was on course. What happened? What went wrong? Many investigators think Amelia was not knowledgeable about her radio equipment. And because of Amelias' lack of knowledge, Amelia is often cited as responsible for the failure of the world flight. That is only partially correct. The followin...
by Tom Maxwell
Thu Sep 02, 2021 1:53 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

The most recent news is that the Nautilus lost the ROVs as the tether came undone. That recovery time is going to extend the timeline considerably. Til then I'll continue with other subjects. There are arguments if the world flight saw the ocean tug Ontario, assigned to provide a mid flight checkpoi...
by Tom Maxwell
Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:54 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

I am always too optimistic. Falkor is headed back to mainland US. The "Phoenix Islands" expedition is over and turned out to be not a remake of the 2017 expedition but a limited Howland/Baker Island expedition only. Not gonna get that bettor picture. http://aquariusradar.com/FalkorHeadinghome.png Al...
by Tom Maxwell
Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:55 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

SOI Falkor seems to be returning to Honolulu. Maybe equipment trouble.
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by Tom Maxwell
Mon Jul 05, 2021 1:04 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

SOI Falkor continues the biological survey and research north of the Phoenix Islands. The OET EV Nautilus has left the San Pedro/LA port to start the 2021 explorations. The ship will hug the West Coast of North America from British Columbia to Baja California for a variety of explorations before hea...
by Tom Maxwell
Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:06 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

The SOI ship Falkor has been at work with the biological survey in and around Howland and Baker islands and the shallower seamounts south and west of that location. Looks like they may work their way south to look at the western most of the Phoenix group, Nikumaroro. Just a guess. The blog that vari...
by Tom Maxwell
Mon Jun 14, 2021 4:30 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

SOI Falkor is at work with biological survey at depth about five hundred miles north of Orona. Interested viewers can follow the Falkor and the ROV dives with live video https://schmidtocean.org/rv-falkor/status/status-navigation/ . The location map is annotated with the 157 line that is noted in th...
by Tom Maxwell
Sun Jun 06, 2021 1:40 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

The SOI research vessel Falkor has departed Honolulu to start the Phoenix Islands expedition.
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by Tom Maxwell
Mon May 17, 2021 1:02 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

The SOI research vessel Falkor has a HQ60 UAV on board. It can be launched from the ship's deck. I wrote to the SOI and suggested the HQ60 be used to take photos at the Electra location: W 172.1575 S 04.4986 in the Orona lagoon. With good surface conditions, a bettor image might be obtained. The Fal...
by Tom Maxwell
Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:13 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

Measurements of the L10E in the Orona lagoon are done with the Google Earth ruler. And then the measurement is corrected for the refraction of water/air interface. The virtual image is easy to illustrate:Image Image
by Tom Maxwell
Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:55 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

The 2021 summer expeditions to the central Pacific will include both the O cean E xploration T rust ship Nautilus and the S chmidt O ceanographic I nstitute ship Falkor. Nautilus is to concentrate on a deep water search around Howland which I am sure is going to fail; I hope to interest Dr. Ballard ...
by Tom Maxwell
Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:26 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

Another image of the Musick memorial at Kanton. I think this photo is by Aras Mardosa about 1976 just before the US DoD left the island.

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by Tom Maxwell
Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:02 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Plane in the lagoon at Orona
Replies: 130
Views: 198461

Re: Plane in the lagoon at Orona

Both Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan had experience with extreme long range flying. Noonan had recent experience just 2 years before with the harrowing 21 hour return flight from Hawaii as navigator aboard the S-42 Pan Am Clipper. After Musick sat the big sea plane down on the bay at San Francisco/Al...