Search for amelia earhart starts again
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'Evidence'
So far as is known nothing new on Amelias last flight has as yet been added than was already known or been produced during the years 1940 - 2007 The items found on the island of Nikumaroro included these -
Partial heel from female shoe of type worn in the 30s
skeleton bones beleived to be female - probably European
Bronze bearings - and piece of flexiglass window - possibly Electra
Zipper pull of type used on flight suits
Part of alumnium panel
The renewed search - with latest hi tech equipment - will be concentrating on the waters around the Island in hopes they will finally recover the Electra
or its wreckage.
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Partial heel from female shoe of type worn in the 30s
skeleton bones beleived to be female - probably European
Bronze bearings - and piece of flexiglass window - possibly Electra
Zipper pull of type used on flight suits
Part of alumnium panel
The renewed search - with latest hi tech equipment - will be concentrating on the waters around the Island in hopes they will finally recover the Electra
or its wreckage.
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theories
there was a chap posting on here a cpl of years ago by the name of dave billings i think an ozzie chap.
he had some evidence and had a theory she turned back towards PNG following the line of flight she had taken and then crashed on New Britain where a wreck was found by the ozzy army in 1945 clearing out the last of the japs from the islands.
the s/n of one of the engines seemingly matched AE's electra plane....
the Ozzie army HQ was informed but did little about it at the time.
veteran soldiers were interviewed (but now dead i think) and had
some confirmation of the find.
the location is known but the area remote and much to this day is uncharted,
also very overgrown now by jungle etc.
the only way to try and locate any metal remains is to use a chopper
with a detector and all of this is very costly.
he had some evidence and had a theory she turned back towards PNG following the line of flight she had taken and then crashed on New Britain where a wreck was found by the ozzy army in 1945 clearing out the last of the japs from the islands.
the s/n of one of the engines seemingly matched AE's electra plane....
the Ozzie army HQ was informed but did little about it at the time.
veteran soldiers were interviewed (but now dead i think) and had
some confirmation of the find.
the location is known but the area remote and much to this day is uncharted,
also very overgrown now by jungle etc.
the only way to try and locate any metal remains is to use a chopper
with a detector and all of this is very costly.
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The latest posts on the subject are on PPrune under the Dunnunda & Godzone - GA Threads as "Amelia Earhart PNG Theory".
The PNG Theory is the East New Britain Project which I run and have been doing for the last 17+ years.
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The PNG Theory is the East New Britain Project which I run and have been doing for the last 17+ years.
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www.electranewbritain.com
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Saw a piece on the news earlier this week where they showed a small glass jar that had been found, in pieces, on the island of Nikumaroro and stuck together, it was identical to a jar used in the thirties and contained ant-freckle cream. Apparently AE had a lot of freckles, hated them and was always trying to hide them.
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This is an interesting development but only adds to what we already believe to be true i.e they died as castaways. It would be incredible if they find wreckage during the search this month.
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East New Britain Expedition again in October
To all those who wish to help me in the endeavour to find the aircraft wreck seen in New Britain in 1945...
Expedition plans are afoot !
I got back from Port Moresby last Wednesday and in a week's time I leave for Moresby again and then on to Singapore to look after another Fokker F100 aircraft on maintenance. I had planned to go back to the jungle around this time but the last aircraft took longer than planned and the "boss" had already asked me to do this next one so I am committed. The maintenance check should end in September and we will be going again in October. Date yet to be fixed....
I now have two Metal Detectors. One for surface searching and one for deep searching. I now know that it is buried and I also know roughly the area where it is buried and the area fits the description given to me by the ex-Lieutenant who is "still breathing" in Perth W.A. My information say it is buried by the side of a track and we know where they are.... After the first trip last year, I went back in alone and scouted around with the local people when I heard the news that it was buried in late 1996 or early 1997, just before logging started in there again.
As to funding, the East New Britain Project has now been put on "Indiegogo", which is a public funding website and can be seen at:
Let's Look For Amelia Earhart's Plane -- Indiegogo or by simply opening up the website www.indiegogo/projects and doing a search for Amelia Earhart.
It only went up three days ago. There is a short video on there from our 2006 expedition and one shot is of team member Jason in his tent with the rain pouring down and you can hardly hear him. That day's rain was the worst we have experienced in there, the camp was very nearly flooded.
The campaign for funding will last three months and we are asking for US$100,000.00 this is also to be able to produce a short film of our endeavours when we do find it. There are links to YouTube and to Facebook which also has some pictures.
I do not expect the funds to grow at a rapid rate and then I only expect that funds will trickle in until Gillespie of TIGHAR comes back empty handed.... I say that tongue in cheek because there will be the "inevitable" twist to his story which somehow will keep Tighar in the public eye.... Maybe another turtle bone !
The team in Los Angeles who are assisting me put the show on the road and I am grateful to them for that.
Regards,
David Billings
Expedition plans are afoot !
I got back from Port Moresby last Wednesday and in a week's time I leave for Moresby again and then on to Singapore to look after another Fokker F100 aircraft on maintenance. I had planned to go back to the jungle around this time but the last aircraft took longer than planned and the "boss" had already asked me to do this next one so I am committed. The maintenance check should end in September and we will be going again in October. Date yet to be fixed....
I now have two Metal Detectors. One for surface searching and one for deep searching. I now know that it is buried and I also know roughly the area where it is buried and the area fits the description given to me by the ex-Lieutenant who is "still breathing" in Perth W.A. My information say it is buried by the side of a track and we know where they are.... After the first trip last year, I went back in alone and scouted around with the local people when I heard the news that it was buried in late 1996 or early 1997, just before logging started in there again.
As to funding, the East New Britain Project has now been put on "Indiegogo", which is a public funding website and can be seen at:
Let's Look For Amelia Earhart's Plane -- Indiegogo or by simply opening up the website www.indiegogo/projects and doing a search for Amelia Earhart.
It only went up three days ago. There is a short video on there from our 2006 expedition and one shot is of team member Jason in his tent with the rain pouring down and you can hardly hear him. That day's rain was the worst we have experienced in there, the camp was very nearly flooded.
The campaign for funding will last three months and we are asking for US$100,000.00 this is also to be able to produce a short film of our endeavours when we do find it. There are links to YouTube and to Facebook which also has some pictures.
I do not expect the funds to grow at a rapid rate and then I only expect that funds will trickle in until Gillespie of TIGHAR comes back empty handed.... I say that tongue in cheek because there will be the "inevitable" twist to his story which somehow will keep Tighar in the public eye.... Maybe another turtle bone !
The team in Los Angeles who are assisting me put the show on the road and I am grateful to them for that.
Regards,
David Billings
Last edited by David Billings; 3rd Jul 2012 at 11:39.
