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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Jun 2018, 00:36
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

David i was merely theorizing that a welded mount...

David i was merely theorizing that a welded mount wouldn't have any other identification.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jun 2018, 22:22
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

...and a prudent engineer would have left the tag...

...and a prudent engineer would have left the tag wired to the mount to provide identification.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Jun 2018, 07:31
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

David, I am not doubting your assessment that a...

David, I am not doubting your assessment that a tag existed. What I am saying is that if the metal tag from AE's aircraft can be shown beyond reasonable doubt to have existed in New Britain, then...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Jun 2018, 22:28
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

If that "metal tag" existed, then whatever Greg...

If that "metal tag" existed, then whatever Greg thinks is no longer "fact". To put that another way, "in the drink near Howland" is a hypothesis just like Davids.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Jun 2018, 01:24
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

The Australian Army case I had was a lot cruder....

The Australian Army case I had was a lot cruder. It was a base of something like masonite with a cover of perspex and a canvas flap with two hold down rivets in the lower corners. I may still have it...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Jun 2018, 07:36
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

Squawk, your logic in this matter never ceases to...

Squawk, your logic in this matter never ceases to amaze me. What I am doing is paying David Billings the honour of doing the sort of due diligence a professional investor would do before committing...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Jun 2018, 22:50
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

David, where is the map now?

David, where is the map now?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Jun 2018, 06:58
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

Thank you for your reply David. I am just doing...

Thank you for your reply David. I am just doing what any good investigator would do. Unfortunately there are people in this world who want desperately to believe a theory and are so mentally invested...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Jun 2018, 03:08
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

To be a devils advocate for a moment David, your...

To be a devils advocate for a moment David, your entire case rests on:

1. A 1945 sitrep that refers to the discovery of an ammo dump. It contains a reference to a "patrol A1" and illegible letters...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th May 2018, 11:04
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

Any chance the tag will turn up in U.S. archives?...

Any chance the tag will turn up in U.S. archives? I have friends travelling through Texas airbases shortly if that is any help.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd May 2018, 21:45
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

It's time of turnaround to range to crash site...

It's time of turnaround to range to crash site that seems to me to be important.

If AE transmitted that she was in vicinity of Howland, how long did she spend looking for it before perhaps heading...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Mar 2018, 07:01
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

Based on the experiences of other explorers, D....

Based on the experiences of other explorers, D. B. is well within his rights to keep the search area secret. If he finds the wreck, the film, book and TV rights to the discovery are astronomically...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Mar 2018, 05:28
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

New species of frog. Billingsia perhaps?

New species of frog. Billingsia perhaps?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Mar 2018, 09:00
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

would the magnetos provide some signal? Also the...

would the magnetos provide some signal? Also the crank on a radial is going to be wrather short compared to an inline engine.. Is the magnetometer signal a function of geometry as well as mass?
...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Mar 2018, 19:55
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

FP,you are right, I don't think it was a...

FP,you are right, I don't think it was a magnetometer, some sort of pulsed metal detector, however it proved to be dangerously unstable flying under a helicopter so all hte project did was generate...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Feb 2018, 21:30
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

A few points: I am familiar with...

A few points:

I am familiar with aeromagnetic stuff as a result of having to administer one of those University R&D syndicates circa 1998 that was trying helicopter towing of a large loop of...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Feb 2018, 05:54
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

Good luck with your search.

Good luck with your search.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Feb 2018, 08:42
Replies: 558
Views: 200,941
Posted By Sunfish

'removed", "retrieved" the data plate? exactly...

'removed", "retrieved" the data plate? exactly how was this done, considering the only tool would be a .303 smle bayonet to chop through rivets? and not much time and no noise? where is the data...
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