Did Amelia turn back towards the Gilbert Islands after the failed attempt at finding Howland?
10. The facts reveal that Earhart was indeed trying to back track and reach the Gilbert Islands after the failed attempt at Howland. Her pleas for radio contact were heard by a radio operator at Nauru Island. This report was filed with Coast Guard Headquarters in San Francisco. Radio Nauru recognized Earharts s voice on three separate transmissions approximately eleven hours after the last broadcasts were received by the Coast Guard Cutter Itasca. Earhart backtracked on the world flight in the vicinity of Burma as the result of a tropical monsoon. It was considered standard procedure in case of emergency. How much fuel did the Earhart airplane have on board and what was the aircraft’s maximum range and and allowable flying time. 11. Perhaps the best fuel analysis of Earhart’s flying time that we at Allied Artists, Inc. have ever seen was made by a former B-29 W.W. II navigator by the name of Rollin Reineck, Kailua, Hawaii. If you analyze the factual information available from the Earha
