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Re: Amelia Earhart's aerial navigation
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2009 Oct 27, 22:32 -0500
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2009 Oct 27, 22:32 -0500
Just chiming in. I cannot think of any possible use a pelorus would have on an airplane. A drift Sight would be critical, but not a pelorus. Ken Gebhart On Oct 27, 2009, at 8:45 PM,wrote: > > Jackie, you wrote: > "One of the few things we know for sure is there was a pelorus > fitted on a bracket at the starboard window which I understood him > to have used to take bearings. This is shown in several photographs." > > Can anyone point me to one of these photos somewhere online? I > tried to find one. Based on the text descriptions I've found of the > gear in the navigator's station on the Electra, I would now guess > that the current film got the details exactly correct visually. > > And you wrote: > "I havent seen the film yet, but I have heard it pays scant > attention to Noonan. But at least this time round they get the > resemblance right. Apparently he is portayed as unintelligent and > boisterous. Quite the opposite. He was highly intelligent and quiet > spoken." > > I wouldn't say that he's portrayed as 'unintelligent' --it's just > that his character is barely fleshed out --"scant attention" just > as you say. As for being 'boisterous', the rumors of drinking come > up early and there's a speculative scene where he very mildly hits > on Earhart while drinking the night before the last flight. He (the > character) apologizes the next morning and all is forgiven and > forgotten. Though that's all pure speculation, it wouldn't surprise > me if the issue had arisen at some point during the circum- > navigation given Earhart's well-known extra-marital activities and > given the amount of time they spent together. Like I say, it's not > played in the film as salacious gossip. It simply calls attention > to something that every viewer has to be thinking. > > I think the square door I thought I saw, and mentioned previously, > was a perspective trick. I checked the trailers online, hoping for > a shot of Noonan's navigation station with the pelorus, and saw a > different angle on the door --not square. > > -FER > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---