Group: Piece of metal may solve mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance

CNN ^ | 10/30/2014 | Emma Lacey-Bordeaux

[bkopto]

GGG ping

[Gaffer]

So....I’m guessing the rivets were ferrous and eroded by the salt water?

[Harold Shea]

Couldn`t have been that many of that

model of plane in the area.

Unless someone has flown across the Pacific

they have no idea how big it is.Brave lady,dumb

idea that flight was.

Got an aunt that still has some AE luggage.

Bit old looking,but still work just fine.

[Sacajaweau]

Pretty good evidence cuz you have to find a reason for another “size and type” to be in the area.

[C210N]

Interesting that rivets factor with Earhart crash...

Apparently rivets a big factor in the Titanic sinking as well. Iron in place of stronger steel rivets, where dictated by limited access for pneumatic hammers and then need to hand form/drive the rivet. Iron rivets with slag and/or slag in a weakening alignment versus an alignment that would have made the rivet stronger.

[Paladin2]

"the rivets were ferrous"

Unlikely.

[iowamark]

This is total BS. The guy is a professional scammer.

[grobdriver]

The rivets would have been aluminum, like the majority of the airframe.
Some steel rivets are used where more strength is needed - a patch over a window opening (an odd modification) would not be such a case.

[cynicalman]

More fun if it remains a mystery. What if Elvis is still alive? Was there a 2nd gunman in Dallas? Was there really a one armed man? Oh yea that was solved.

[Jewbacca]

“Got an aunt that still has some AE luggage.”

Had some, too.

But they got lost one time on a flight from Hawaii.

/banda - bing/

[iowamark]

http://doubtfulnews.com/2014/10/a-piece-of-the-earhart-plane-remains-are-a-questionable-claim/

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4295

http://skeptoid.com/blog/2012/03/20/more-amelia-earhart-nonsense/

http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/06/tighar-accused-of-racketeering-in-earhart-plane-recovery-project/

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

AE is working in a Seven-Eleven in Detroit with Elvis. He works the swing-shift, AE works the graveyard-shift. That is why they are never seen.

[tanknetter]

The threads on TIGHAR over on WarbirdInformationExchange (WIX) are always fun to read.

[tanknetter]

The rivets are a factor in identifying the aircraft remains not in the crash.

The crash was caused by lack of fuel.

[RightGeek]

[bgill]

If Elvis were alive, he’d have made an appearance when his wacky daughter “married” equally wacky Michael Jackson.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“If Elvis were alive, he’d have made an appearance when his wacky daughter “married” equally wacky Michael Jackson.”

ROFL

[IndyTiger]

If Elvis were alive, he’d have made an appearance when his wacky daughter “married” equally wacky Michael Jackson.

If he didn't die of a heart attack from the shock first.

[Secret Agent Man]

rivets, yes. also the type of steel plates used on the hull. apparently on the brittle side.