No radar on the Lockheed or at Howland Is. either...unfortunately.
Centaurus...you have seen those things that others have only dreamed of.... in that long delirious blue. And that VAST Pacific.. Sure is an awful lot of water out there !
Seen the shadow trap tho, gave it eta + 15, ignored the many "islands" and headed off to the next place...after some sweaty dr and guesstimates...to the right destination...fortunately. (SE, one radio. lighty)
Frank Noonan was given to be one of the top trans-Pacific navigators of his day, so always figured that he would have had a back up plan if things were not working out.
But what....??? All the way back to Rabaul...I dont think anybody even contemplated the idea. But....
MH 370 has taken it from top billing. I wonder if it is still unfound and talked about 80 years hence.