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    Re: Earhart's Plane - Search For?
    From: Greg R_
    Date: 2011 Apr 26, 19:07 -0700

    I'll have to go take a look at my source material again, but if I remember
    right wasn't there a cloud deck around 1000' that day and they had dipped
    below that altitude in order to try to spot Howland?
    
    I used to fly out to the Bahamas when I lived in Florida years ago, and know
    exactly what you're talking about re: cloud shadows looking a lot like a
    land mass when viewed from the air.
    
    --
    GregR
    
    
    On 4/25/2011 10:50:28 PM, Gary LaPook (glapook@pacbell.net) wrote:
    
    > I saw those videos before. The helicopter approach to Howland doesn't
    > accurately show the situation that Earhart was facing. If you have ever
    > flown over the ocean looking for low islands you will recognize how cloud
    > shadows can look a lot like an island as shown in the video. But when
    > Earhart was approaching Howland the sky was clear for 40 NM around
    > the island so no cloud shadows to deal with.
    
    
    
    
    

       
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