[ARC5] My post has been hacked by an ax...Round 2 Re: AE off topic, my read on it

[Jay Coward via ARC5]

Somehow my post is missing some text towards the end.
 
 
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From: Jay Coward via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
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Subject: [ARC5] AE off topic, my read on it




From the pictures I've seen in the various books written, AE's radios were 
mounted on the right side of the airplane and behind her. If she had frequency 
control there must have been a "coffee grinder" up front in the cockpit. I've 
seen nothing in the published photos unless I've missed something. Also, Noonan 
was stuck in the back of the plane. Gas tanks separated the pilot and navigator. 
They communicated by slips of paper clipped to a "cloths line" pulley , fore to 
aft. I don't think he had easy access to the radio equipment.
 There has been hype at the time prior to AE's attempt regarding the "new" 
Bendix  loop antenna for DFing. I believe this to be an early DU type instrument 
and the loop was fixed to the airframe. AE would have to steer the airplane in 
order to "fix". There is also some contention as to the frequency bands this 
"new" Bendix loop covered. Some say HF (and LF). HF DF would be impossible as 
multihop signale may come in stronger than local signals. If the loop was 
Bendix, then I propose the receiver was also Bendix.
 As to AE's demise, I have a strong feeling that FDR orchestrated her 
disappearance in the name of national security. He knew and al the US Navy knew 
of the impending attack on the US by IJN on Pearl Harbor and the resultant chaos 
and resurrection of the USN to victory.

Someone "hacked out" a good portion of my post regarding my assessment of FDR's role in the demise of AE.
 
 


 

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