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Title: HF on Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight #air #ale
Post by: Fansome on July 11, 2017, 1827 UTC

[UDXF] HF on Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight #air #ale
Bonnie KQ6XA <bonniekq6xa@gmail.com>
Yesterday, 1:24 AMUDXF@groups.io
The Project Amelia Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight includes HF operation on ATC and Ham freqs.
Pilot Brian Lloyd is the first solo aviator to attempt the historic Earhart equatorial route, and is about 2/3 of the way round-the-world now.
He is active on HF using Aeronautical ATC on the MWARA channels with callsign N916BL.
Also, he is active on ham radio using callsign WB6RQN.
He scans and sounds on ALE using a subset of the common HFN and HFL ham radio net channels, in the 5 MHz to 21 MHz range.
Most of his ALE-initiated voice SSB activity so far has been on 14346.0 kHz USB and 18117.5 kHz USB.
Watch for activity from 13 July to 24 July, when he will be over the Pacific Ocean and North America.
He is scheduled to overfly Howland Island on 15 or 16 July.
More info about radio schedule and equipment:
http://projectameliaearhart.org/ham-radio/
http://projectameliaearhart.org/aeronautical/

-Bonnie Crystal KQ6XA
Title: Re: HF on Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight #air #ale
Post by: Token on July 11, 2017, 2002 UTC
Some of the tracking history for this flight:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N916BL/history

T!
Title: Re: HF on Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight #air #ale
Post by: Looking-Glass on July 13, 2017, 0217 UTC
On our national news in Australia last week it was reported that the Japanese military had both Fred Noonen and Earhart "captive" on Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

A grainy black & white photograph taken on Jaluit showed two "westerners" sitting amongst Japanese soldiers on the wharf on Jaluit.

"Profiling" of the image said "it was near certain that the two profiles matched both Earhart and Noonen."

The mystery continues...amazing how both the Japanese and American governments are so "hush hush" over this picture coming to light. ;D
Title: Re: HF on Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight #air #ale
Post by: sat_dxer on July 13, 2017, 0313 UTC
"Lost Photograph" is Discredited, nice try Hitler Channel
Title: Re: HF on Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight #air #ale
Post by: Josh on July 13, 2017, 1858 UTC
In the end, it will be revealed Emilia and Fred lived out their days in regal splendor as the King and Queen of the Penguins.
Title: Re: HF on Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight #air #ale
Post by: Looking-Glass on July 15, 2017, 0827 UTC
Or in a traditionally constructed shack on an uninhabited never visited island in Eastern Kiribati, then again, they would have procreated and built up a small village. ::)

The saga continues with another twist and turn, a lot like Roswell and the aliens who crash landed, denial and excuses and other various spin... :D
Title: Re: HF on Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight #air #ale
Post by: Pigmeat on July 15, 2017, 1920 UTC
Or in a traditionally constructed shack on an uninhabited never visited island in Eastern Kiribati, then again, they would have procreated and built up a small village. ::)

The saga continues with another twist and turn, a lot like Roswell and the aliens who crash landed, denial and excuses and other various spin... :D

Have you ever seen photo's of Amelia? Fred would have stuck with holes in coconuts and thought of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Title: Re: HF on Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight #air #ale
Post by: sat_dxer on July 15, 2017, 2006 UTC
Or in a traditionally constructed shack on an uninhabited never visited island in Eastern Kiribati, then again, they would have procreated and built up a small village. ::)

The saga continues with another twist and turn, a lot like Roswell and the aliens who crash landed, denial and excuses and other various spin... :D
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Have you ever seen photo's of Amelia? Fred would have stuck with holes in coconuts and thought of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Sad but we all can't stay age 20:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bmYyhG_-tuQ/TzEjQZPc4QI/AAAAAAAAAFI/2DDGL9IO9Ts/s1600/question3_answer.jpg
Title: Re: HF on Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight #air #ale
Post by: Pigmeat on July 15, 2017, 2103 UTC
That poor girl. At least they stuck a rag on her head to cover up a sizable portion of the worst part. Scarier than Belinda Carlisle, and we all know how she looks.
Title: Re: HF on Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight #air #ale
Post by: sat_dxer on July 15, 2017, 2211 UTC
Oh gee sorry OM she was after all an army nurse in that pix, maybe someone long this line perhaps?  :-[
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z5AcsBIeDAs/maxresdefault.jpg
Title: Re: HF on Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight #air #ale
Post by: Pigmeat on July 16, 2017, 0129 UTC
A picture of Amelia in her playpen as an infant! And in color! Do you know how rare these are? 

I've got a buddy who's an archivist at the Smithsonian. Would you like me to test the waters on what they might want to pay for it?
Title: Re: HF on Earhart 80th Anniversary Flight #air #ale
Post by: sat_dxer on July 16, 2017, 0239 UTC
Oh heavens no, if it ever got over into the National Archives we wouldn't want the Hitler Channel to be hamming it up