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In reply to the discussion: Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly detected by sonar 16,000 feet underwater, exploration team claims [View all]RussellCattle
(1,718 posts)52. Looks like a "swept wing aircraft" to this admittedly untrained observer. Not what she was flying.
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Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly detected by sonar 16,000 feet underwater, exploration team claims [View all]
Kennah
Jan 2024
OP
Looks like a "swept wing aircraft" to this admittedly untrained observer. Not what she was flying.
RussellCattle
Jan 2024
#52
I See A Documentary Film Being Made Of This Find - Coming To The History Channel....nt
global1
Jan 2024
#2
It'll last over eight years while the searchers get closer than ever each week.
marble falls
Jan 2024
#6
It averages about 14,000 feet deep, but the deepest spot is almost 37,000 feet.
Chainfire
Jan 2024
#9
I wonder what is the total number of airplanes resting on the floor of Pacific?
Chainfire
Jan 2024
#4
I don't think so, the plane is made mostly of aluminum, and at those depths, there is little oxygen and it is very cold.
Chainfire
Jan 2024
#21
"Exposed, unfinished aluminum reacts strongly with chloride ions. Within weeks, the chemistry
struggle4progress
Jan 2024
#60
The Titanic would have never sunk if Trump had been president. He knows how to make a deal with icebergs
Bucky
Jan 2024
#34
There are more than a few planes probably down in that area. My dad was lucky to have survived the war. He was in a car
brewens
Jan 2024
#29
And the round object in the lower left is clearly the UFO they collided with before crashing
petronius
Jan 2024
#56
I've heard there's this super high tech carbon fiber submersible that can go retrieve it...
WarGamer
Jan 2024
#47
The Glomar Explorer retrieved the K-129, a soviet nuclear submarine from 16,000 feet
Brother Buzz
Jan 2024
#48