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Offline JohnnyReb

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Piece of Amelia Earhart's plane found.
« on: October 29, 2014, 09:17:12 PM »
Here's a link to the article...BUT what caught my eye was the gaff in the following sentence, do you see it? MSM be stupid.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mystery-of-amelia-earhart-solved-fragment-from-missing-plane-identified/ar-BBbVCrA?ocid=TSHDHP

TIGHAR suggests the the pair had to make a forced landing on the coral reef of Nikumaroro after running out of jet fuel roughly 350 miles from their destination, Howland Island.
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Re: Piece of Amelia Earhart's plane found.
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2014, 09:30:05 PM »
What kind of jet was she flying?
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Re: Piece of Amelia Earhart's plane found.
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2014, 09:35:05 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on October 29, 2014, 09:30:05 PM
What kind of jet was she flying?
A Lockheed Electra.
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Re: Piece of Amelia Earhart's plane found.
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2014, 09:40:50 PM »
Quote from: Chris_ on October 29, 2014, 09:35:05 PM
A Lockheed Electra.

Never seen a jet with propellers.     :whistling:
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Re: Piece of Amelia Earhart's plane found.
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2014, 09:44:02 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on October 29, 2014, 09:40:50 PM
Never seen a jet with propellers.     :whistling:

Aren't turboprops considered jet propeller engines? 

I'm way out of my element on planes. :shrug: 
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Re: Piece of Amelia Earhart's plane found.
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2014, 09:49:23 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on October 29, 2014, 09:44:02 PM
Aren't turboprops considered jet propeller engines? 

Yes.



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Re: Piece of Amelia Earhart's plane found.
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2014, 10:11:13 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on October 29, 2014, 09:44:02 PM
Aren't turboprops considered jet propeller engines? 

I'm way out of my element on planes. :shrug:

Me too.  I was thinking jet fuel was what was wrong from the story. :shrug:   O-)
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Re: Piece of Amelia Earhart's plane found.
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2014, 10:24:13 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on October 29, 2014, 10:11:13 PM
Me too.  I was thinking jet fuel was what was wrong from the story. :shrug:   O-)

You are right, "jet fuel" is an anachronism. Amelia Earhart's plane would have used gasoline.
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Re: Piece of Amelia Earhart's plane found.
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2014, 11:16:26 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on October 29, 2014, 10:24:13 PM
You are right, "jet fuel" is an anachronism. Amelia Earhart's plane would have used gasoline.

You know a lot about planes for a human, much less a dog.  :-)
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Re: Piece of Amelia Earhart's plane found.
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2014, 11:19:19 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on October 29, 2014, 11:16:26 PM
You know a lot about planes for a human, much less a dog.  :-)

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