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But nothing was ever found. No wreckage, no bodies, nothing. All that remained were the elements of mystery and a mystery it quickly and easily became. Flight 19 "The Lost Patrol" is now the central element of the legend of the infamous "Bermuda Triangle."
At 1820 a PBY was airborne out of CGAS Dinner Key to try to contact the flight. No luck. Transmitter antenna trouble. But garbled messages were still coming in from FT-28. "All planes close up tight . . .we'll have to ditch unless landfall . . .when the first plane drops below 10 gallons, we all go down together."
Originally posted by Shikamaru
reply to post by wasco2
Can you provide some source links to your info? I tried googling it and searched on multiple diff sites, but didn't exactly see this information listed anywhere. In paticular, I'm speaking about the Vero Beach radio fix, and the proof that he flew out over into the Atlantic to sudden death.
Originally posted by wasco2
There is no mystery what happened to Flight 19. .
Originally posted by Shikamaru
reply to post by wasco2
I have read the entire report, but the problem I see with the paticular plot point is that, it was in fact the last one. There was never a radio contact after that. These pilots had no working compass equipment so how is it that they knew where West was? The pilots were also clearly disoriented as recorded by previous radio transfers.
Logically, my point is at that paticular plot point, adding in disorientation, and the fact that the students were actually contradicting the instructors ideas, there's a chance they could've flown right back into the ocean, towards the triangle.
Originally posted by Shikamaru
(snip)
Now that I've brought some background to the table on my side, how about you find me an article, a link, and official source telling me that he was a so-called "rogue pilot" who managed to achieve Lieutenant and serve as a Flight Lead on numerous occassions?
Originally posted by Shikamaru
reply to post by The Shrike
Quite unsporting of you to come in and accuse me of being guilable, then provide no basis for your own perspective. All while being completely rude. Impressive.
Second, I'd like to reiterate that this thread is supporting a theory. While I am open to different opinions, I am against those with no sources to back up their ideology.
Thanks.
Originally posted by The Shrike
Originally posted by Shikamaru
(snip)
Now that I've brought some background to the table on my side, how about you find me an article, a link, and official source telling me that he was a so-called "rogue pilot" who managed to achieve Lieutenant and serve as a Flight Lead on numerous occassions?
You asked, you got:
en.wikipedia.org...
[Taylor, although an excellent combat pilot and officer with the Navy, had a tendency to "fly by the seat of his pants", getting lost several times in the process.[citation needed] It was twice during such times that he had to ditch his plane in the Pacific and be rescued.
Blame for the loss of Flight 19 was placed on Taylor.]
edit on 2-12-2010 by The Shrike because: For editing purposes.
Originally posted by The Shrike
Originally posted by Shikamaru
reply to post by The Shrike
Quite unsporting of you to come in and accuse me of being guilable, then provide no basis for your own perspective. All while being completely rude. Impressive.
Second, I'd like to reiterate that this thread is supporting a theory. While I am open to different opinions, I am against those with no sources to back up their ideology.
Thanks.
Posting a theoretical thread is not the problem. It's perpetuating unsupported by research. If you had done even basic research you would not have bothered posting as it serves no purpose. Your topics have been covered here ad nauseum. Use the search function.