[Dx-qsl] Expedition - Howland Island But Not Hams

Sun Jun 3 11:25:10 EDT 2012

Not related to DXing but an interesting read.
73 Murray, K3BEQ
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By Julian Ryall, Tokyo3:11PM BST 03 Jun 20124
One of the most enduring mysteries of the annals of aviation, is what 
happened after Miss Earhart last radioed from her Lockheed Model 10E 
"Electra" that she was unable to locate an airstrip for landing.
The accepted wisdom was that Earhart's aircraft had simply run out of 
fuel and crashed into the ocean on July 2, 1937, as she searched for 
Howland Island.
Howland was the final refuelling stop before flying on to Honolulu and 
completing the journey by touching down in Oakland, California.
An expedition that will set sail from Hawaii on July 2, which marks the 
75th anniversary of the last message by Phoenix International, the US 
Navy's primary source of deep ocean search and recovery expertise, will 
map a former British possession that has been indentified as the most 
likely crash site.
A team of enthusiasts from the International Group for Historic Aircraft 
Recovery (Tighar) has drawn up the plans for the expedition, which is 
backed by the US State Department.