The Trailing Radio Antenna
I've read some of your posts and have a few questions. Can the report to and reply from the US Army Aid Corps be documented?
Same question for the Australian Army Patrol.
It really is absurd to think that Amelia would have continued to fly the 157-337 line. Circling to search for Howland Island for a while, might have made sense, but only until fuel got low enough to make returning unlikely.
But, if returning was the backup plan, everybody should have known it. And I've never heard a word about that until I came across this site.... What's up with that?
I have several books on Amelia and one says the long trailing antenna was damaged in the crash in Hawaii and not replaced. Another says she had it removed in Miami. I imagine if she had it at the time, she'd have used it? Perhaps that explains why she could not rdf Howland? It worked and brought her into Honolulu. It might also explain why the Itasca couldn't locate her?