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* How did it take so long for her to land? (She answers that the world is big, but it isn't so big that it takes 74 years to fly around it, even with 1937 technology. Earhart had already completed the majority of her journey before disappearing, and had "only" to cross the Pacific Ocean -- with stops in Howland Island and Hawaii -- before returning to her point of origin in Oakland, California. Had her flight succeeded, she could have completed it within three days of when she was last seen.) | * How did it take so long for her to land? (She answers that the world is big, but it isn't so big that it takes 74 years to fly around it, even with 1937 technology. Earhart had already completed the majority of her journey before disappearing, and had "only" to cross the Pacific Ocean -- with stops in Howland Island and Hawaii -- before returning to her point of origin in Oakland, California. Had her flight succeeded, she could have completed it within three days of when she was last seen.) | ||
* How did she survive that long, apparently without aging? | * How did she survive that long, apparently without aging? | ||
− | * Why didn't her plane fall apart (as even one year of continuous flight would have induced considerable depreciation (wear and tear) on many of the plane's mechanical components, and Amelia Earhart could not have repaired the plane while flying it) | + | * Why didn't her plane fall apart (as even one year of continuous flight would have induced considerable depreciation (wear and tear) on many of the plane's mechanical components, and Amelia Earhart could not have repaired the plane while flying it) or run out of fuel? |
* Why didn't anyone else see her on her journey or at least detect her with radar? | * Why didn't anyone else see her on her journey or at least detect her with radar? | ||
* Why doesn't she know that a flight shouldn't take 74 years? | * Why doesn't she know that a flight shouldn't take 74 years? | ||
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:Amelia: Can I talk to someone smarter? | :Amelia: Can I talk to someone smarter? | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Amelia Earhart]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Amelia Earhart]] | ||
[[Category:Aviation]] | [[Category:Aviation]] |